Shrimp should be cooked for 10 minutes or more.

Generally, the time it takes to cook shrimp is related to the size of the shrimp. Normal sized prawns or river prawns can be cooked for about seven or eight minutes. If you cook crayfish or prawns, you will need to cook for about ten to twenty minutes for a better taste, and cooking for too long will affect the flavor.

Shrimp can easily be cooked, about ten minutes can be, the common market prawns itself is a transparent color, when preheated will gradually turn red, not recommended to cook too long, it will affect its own is the nutritional value. It is recommended to see the shrimp become red after continuing to cook for a minute or two on the pot, so as not to cook too old to affect the taste.

Shrimp is not suitable for cooking too long, boiled for a long time easy to cook rotten, will lose the texture of the teeth. If it is frozen shrimp you need to thaw the prawns at room temperature, thawed according to the size of the decision to cook time, frozen shrimp cooked, do not open the lid, it is best to simmer for 2 minutes.

Types of shrimp:

1, long hair shrimp

South Fujian called red shrimp, the two called prawns or prawns, Taiwan called the red tail shrimp. Long hairy shrimp carapace is thin, and smooth and transparent, the body is light greenish gray, abdominal feet for dark red. Body length is generally 15cm-18cm.

2, green shrimp

Also known as river shrimp, the scientific name of the Japanese marsh shrimp, because the body color blue, translucent, so named. Green shrimp for freshwater shrimp species to the south of the Yangtze River, the highest yield, because its production is not seasonal restrictions, so in the market all year round can be bought. Green shrimp meat is tender, taste adaptability, suitable for a variety of cooking methods.

3, small river shrimp

Small river shrimp widely grown in rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs, belonging to freshwater shrimp. River shrimp body crystal clear, greenish gray, small head. Small river shrimp shrimp shell is very thin, which also has a lot of calcium, after cooking the whole body is orange-red, crispy and attractive taste.