1, if the shrimp for the whole steam, generally need to boil the water on the pot to steam for 5 minutes that is cooked. Because the shrimp itself protein content is very high, almost the whole body for protein, but the whole shrimp steamed with shell heat will be slightly impeded, so the steaming time should be controlled in 5 minutes for the best;
2, if the shrimp to go to the head of the steam, generally need to open the pot of water to steam for 4 minutes that is cooked. Because the shrimp to the head, shrimp internal moisture will be easier to evaporate, so the heat of the shrimp will be significantly accelerated, the general steam steam 4 minutes to eat;
3, if the shrimp for the open back steam, generally need to open the water on the pot to steam for 3 minutes that is cooked. Because the prawns open back itself internal meat are open, the heat surface will be greatly improved, and the overall thickness of the shrimp is also divided into two, steaming time will naturally be significantly shortened, generally steam about 3 minutes can be;
4, if the steam shell-less shrimp, generally need to open the water on the steam steam for 3 minutes to be cooked. Although the shrimp completely shelled, but the shrimp meat is still thicker, steaming time is the same as the open back shrimp, it is recommended to steam for 3 minutes before eating better.
Steaming shrimp with cold water or hot water?
Steaming shrimp is recommended to steam with hot water, and need to steam the water before the pot. Reasons are as follows:
1, cold steam shrimp shrimp easy to old. Because the cold water in the pot heating is too slow, the water is difficult to boil immediately, shrimp in this low-temperature heating process will lose more juice, which leads to the shrimp firewood old;
2, cold steam shrimp fishy heavy. Because cold water in the pot is slow to heat, no water vapor in the early stage, so the shrimp in the process of being cooked by low-temperature steaming can not be very good by the water vapor to take away the fishy taste, so the cold water steaming shrimp fishy taste heavy.