Shrimp cooking tips and hints
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List of Ingredients
Shrimp cooking tips and hints
* Shrimp per pound
10 shrimp or less = Colossal
11 to 15 = Jumbo
16 to 20 = Extra-large
21 to 30 = Large
31 to 35 = Medium
36 to 45 = Small
about 100 = Miniature
Recipe
Expect the weight of raw shrimp to reduce by half when
cooked. Two pounds raw shrimp will yield 1 pound cooked,
peeled shrimp.
One more note about size: Larger shrimp generally have
larger veins, which should be removed. The veins in smaller
shrimp are often so negligible that it's not worth removing
them. Either way, the issue of removing the vein to be one
of aesthetics. It neither harms nor improves the flavor of
the shrimp.
It's easier to peel and devein raw shrimp rather than
cooked shrimp. Shrimp cooked in the shell has more flavor
than shrimp peeled before cooking.
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