How long should I cook shrimp and how do I know if it's ready?

Shrimp are becoming increasingly popular. Mostly, you can buy them in the store in frozen form. Therefore, before you proceed directly to cooking, they need to defrost. Under no circumstances should you use the microwave or hot water for this purpose. The meat will become tough. "Rubber" seafood is unlikely to please relatives or guests. Do not wait for them to cool on their own at room temperature. It is better to put them in a colander and put under cold water.

How long should the shrimp be boiled?

The most important thing is not to spoil the product by long cooking. It takes only a few minutes to bring them to readiness. Otherwise, they will become completely tasteless. They will be difficult to chew.

1. Cooking small Atlantic shrimp will take only 4-5 minutes.
2. King or tiger shrimp will take two minutes longer.
3. If frozen shrimp were peeled, then keep them in boiling water for more than 5 minutes. But it's better to boil the raw shrimp for about eight minutes.

Important! Boiled frozen shrimp after defrosting just rinse with boiling water. The water can be drained after a minute.

How to tell if a shrimp is cooked

You can tell if the shrimp is cooked by the color of the shell. It should become transparent. If you bought peeled products, then you should be guided by the color of the meat. Raw it is gray, but the cooked it is white-pink.

Another sign of the readiness of shrimp - they float to the surface in the pan.

Take note! At the stage of boiling, the body of shrimp remains flat, in the finished product takes the shape of the letter "C", and in the overcooked form twists into a ring.