In modern stores, there are often both ordinary shrimps and king prawns. It seems a huge selection of not only unpeeled shrimp, but also without a head or completely without shell. Moreover, peeled or peeled half, are much more expensive. Therefore, you can save and clean the shrimp yourself.
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Instruction manual
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To clean king prawns, you can resort to the advice of professional chefs. Pre-thawed shrimp at room temperature, deprive the heads, and then pull the tail by hand, trying to remove the entire shell. At the same time, stretch the vein-esophagus to get rid of their waste products. Or you can start cleaning with the separation of the legs, and then proceed to the head and carapace.
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Sometimes a bag of caviar remains on the paws, which can be carefully removed and used in food, because shrimp caviar is not only very good in taste, but also very useful. King prawns differ mainly in larger size, and not particularly palatability. The big advantage of these crustaceans is the ease of cleaning, compared with their small counterparts.
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But real gourmets who truly love shrimp do not clean them manually, but using special kitchen tools. First with tiny scissors cut off their legs, and then with a small knife draw along the outer bend of the carapace, open it and take out the point with the inner dark “vein”. After removal, carefully remove the shrimp meat and rinse under a stream of very cold water. But if these manipulations seem very complicated, then the vein can be removed later, already from the peeled shrimp taken out of the shell. It remains to cook from them your favorite dish.
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To clean boiled seafood, many chefs use the technique of sudden temperature changes. To do this, hot cooked shrimp must be sent to cold water for a few seconds and remove the bursting shell. Serve the shrimp to the table on a large dish with freshly chopped vegetables, sprinkle finely chopped greens on top.
Useful advice
If you decide to serve the guests unpeeled shrimp, then put a bowl of water on the table, in which add a little lemon juice in advance. It is used to repel fish smell from the hands.