Steamed shrimp usually takes about 3-5 minutes to cook, and it needs water to boil the pot. Specifically, it needs to be distinguished according to the treatment methods of shrimp:

1. If the shrimp is steamed as a whole, it usually needs to be boiled and steamed for 5 minutes. Because the protein content of shrimp itself is very high, almost all of them are protein, but heating with shell will slightly hinder the steaming of the whole shrimp, so the steaming time should be controlled at 5 minutes.

2. If the shrimp is steamed, the water should be boiled and steamed for 4 minutes. Because the shrimp is decapitated, the water in the shrimp meat will evaporate more easily, so the heating of the shrimp meat will be obviously accelerated, and it can be eaten after steaming for 4 minutes.

3. If the shrimp is steamed on the back, the water should be boiled and steamed for 3 minutes. Because the meat inside the prawn is opened, the heating surface will be greatly improved, and the thickness of the whole prawn will be divided into two, so the steaming time will naturally be significantly shortened, and it is usually about 3 minutes with SAIC.

4. If shrimps are steamed, they should be steamed with clear water for 3 minutes. Although the shrimp is completely shelled, the shrimp meat is still thick, and the steaming time is the same as that of the open-backed shrimp. It is recommended to steam for 3 minutes before eating.

Is it better to steam shrimp with cold water or hot water?

Steamed shrimp is recommended to be steamed with hot water, and the water needs to be turned on before cooking. The reason for this is the following：

1, steamed shrimp in cold water is easy to get old. Because the cold water is heated too slowly in the pot, it is difficult to boil the water immediately, and the shrimp will lose more juice during this low-temperature heating process, leading to the aging of shrimp meat;

2. Steamed shrimps in cold water have a strong taste. Because the cold water is heated slowly in the pot and there is no steam in the early stage, the shrimp can't be taken away by steam well in the process of low-temperature steaming, so the shrimp steamed in cold water has a heavy smell.

How to make steamed shrimp delicious?

To make steamed shrimp delicious, you need to do the following three things:

1, keep the shrimp head steamed. Because there is shrimp brain in the shrimp head, this is the key to delicious shrimp meat. After that, you don't have to eat shrimp brain, but it's best to steam it together when steaming, which is why the steamed shrimp in the hotel is complete.

2. Remove the shrimp line. Many people don't steam shrimp lines directly because they are lazy. In fact, the effect of steaming is very poor, because the shrimp line is the intestine of shrimp, which contains shrimp feces. If the feces are not removed together when steaming shrimp, it will release bad smell under the action of high temperature and penetrate into shrimp meat, which will reduce the umami taste and fragrance of shrimp.

Cooking skills of steamed shrimp;

(1) When steaming prawns, be sure to use fresh prawns instead of frozen prawns, otherwise it will be dry and not delicious.

(2) When steaming shrimp, you can't add salt and marinate it too early. You need to dip the dish separately and finally dip it.

(3) Of course, it is best to finish the steamed prawns, otherwise the second steaming taste will be much worse.