Three to five minutes. Shrimp is a delicious food that is easy to cook. A normal shrimp can be cooked in three to five minutes. If it is larger, it can be extended for a few minutes. When the shrimp turns red, it marks that it is ripe. Shrimp, an arthropod living in water, belongs to arthropod crustaceans, and there are many kinds, including Antarctic red shrimp, green shrimp, river shrimp, grass shrimp, prawn, prawn and lobster.