Shrimp is a kind of aquatic animal, which is found all around the globe in both clean and saline water.  Grown-up shrimp feeds on filter benthic animals, and lives near the base of the water. Shrimps are an essential source of food for superior aquatic creatures from fish to whales.

Shrimps have high resistance to toxins in contaminated regions, and can add to high amount of toxin in their marauders. Shrimps are usually caught with prawns and ranched for the use of human beings. If you want to cook shrimp, then just follow the following instructions.

Instructions:

Defrosting

• First of all, defrost the shrimp in fridge and leave it for almost one day to defrost Individually Quality Frozen (IQF) shrimp. You can also keep the meat in a vessel filled with cold water; it is a quick substitute when you are cooking ice-covered shrimp.

• You should never thaw the frozen shrimp in hot water, in warm water, or in the oven, because it will cook your meat partly and will make it hard. The odor of the shrimp should be like sea water or sir without hint of ammonia or acid.

• After thawing the shrimp, discard the heads of the meat, remove the legs, and carefully take away the shell of the shrimp.

De-veining:

Once you discarded the shell, form a thin slice laterally down the exterior arc of the body. The dark string running laterally along the back of the shrimp is the intestine. Take out the vein with the help of your utensil or finger. Now wash the shrimp under running chilly water.

Cooking instructions:

Boiling:

To cook shrimp, at first you will have to boil the meat, this is the most common technique of cooking frozen shrimp. Boil water  around 5 cups per pound.

When the shrimp is cooked completely, the meat will turn transparent and its skin will become light orange and drift on the top. Remove the shrimp from stove instantly and keep in ice. The cooking time of the shrimp differs from two to four minutes, totally depends on the mass of the meat. Now, put some spices and flavored liquids into the boiling water as preferred.

Steaming:

Get a large vessel with a cap or any steaming basket. When the water starts simmering, turn the temperature as low as you can, keep the shrimp filled container in the vessel, and then cover and cook until the meat of the shrimp becomes transparent and the skin or shield becomes light orange or pink. After that, take out the shrimp instantly and keep it in ice. Now, put some spices and flavored liquids to boiling water as per your preference.

Broiling or Baking:

This process can be completed by keeping shell on or off. You should always marinate or sprinkle a combination of fluid or oil before you cook the meat.  Cook until your shrimp meat becomes transparent or the skin of meat becomes orange or pink. While cooking you will have to very careful, because broiling can immediately make your meat hard. Serve the dish warm and hot. If you making puffy shrimp, then you will have to cook it until the filling starts to simmer.

Pan Frying:

In this process, the shrimp is cooked with olive oil, coconut oil or in butter.  First of all, pour some oil in a pan and then put the shrimp and preferred spices in it. Cook for almost 10 minutes. And serve it hot.

Deep Frying:

For this technique, you will have to dip the shielded shrimp in you favorite liquid, like milk and then spread gently your preferred coating, like flour or corn meal. Place the prepared meat in deep fryer at around 380 degrees, fry until it become golden brown. Serve it hot. To fry your meat, you can also use peanut oil.