Tiger shrimp have a larger size and an unusual color, unlike classic small shrimp, as well as their own cooking characteristics, so let’s look at how much and how to properly cook tiger shrimp (boiled-frozen and fresh, peeled and unpeeled).

One of the key factors influencing the taste of cooked shrimp (both tiger and other types) is the cooking time, so let’s immediately look at how long to cook tiger shrimp:

  • How long to cook frozen tiger prawns (peeled and unshelled)? If the purchased tiger shrimps are boiled-frozen (they were pre-cooked before freezing and have a pink tint), then it is enough to cook them for 1 minute after boiling water, but if you bought fresh frozen tiger shrimps, then they must be gradually defrosted before cooking and after putting them in boiling water cook for an average of 3-5 minutes until cooked (if pink and floated, then they are ready).
  • How long does it take to cook fresh tiger prawns? Fresh tiger prawns are boiled for an average of 3-5 minutes (depending on the size), and before cooking they do not need to be peeled from the shell and head, but it is advisable to remove the stomach (intestinal tape).

Having learned how long to cook tiger prawns, we will next consider how to cook them correctly in a pan so that they turn out tasty, soft and juicy.

How to cook frozen boiled tiger prawns?

Boiled-frozen tiger fish in most cases are a ready-to-eat product, since they were boiled at the factory and frozen after that. Nevertheless, many advise carrying out a small heat treatment, so let’s look at step by step how to cook frozen tiger shrimp (pink in color, pre-cooked):

  • Defrost the shrimp by pouring them into a colander and holding them under cold or warm water so that the ice comes off the shrimp and they are cleared of small debris.
  • Place a pan of water on the stove and bring the water to a boil over high heat (pour on average 2 times more water in volume than shrimp).
  • After the water boils, add salt (1 teaspoon of salt per 1 liter of water if the shrimp are peeled, or 2 teaspoons of salt if the tiger shrimp are unpeeled from the shell and head), and if desired, you can add a few black peppercorns, bay leaf, juice from half a lemon and other spices or herbs.
  • Next, add the defrosted shrimp and after the water boils again, reduce the heat so that the water does not boil too much and cook the shrimp for 1-2 minutes.
  • We immediately remove the cooked shrimp from the pan and serve.

Note: after the tiger prawns have thawed, it is advisable to remove the intestinal tape that runs inside the tail. This can be done in several ways, and the shrimp can be peeled raw or left in the shell and with the head on (see the video below for more details).

How to cook fresh frozen and raw tiger prawns?

  • Ingredients: fresh tiger shrimp - 0.5 kg, water - 1 liter, salt - 0.5-1 tbsp, spices - to taste.
  • Total cooking time: 10 minutes, preparation time: 5 minutes, cooking time: 5 minutes.
  • Calorie content: 87 calories (per 100 grams of product).
  • Cuisine: European. Type of dish: seafood. Number of servings: 2.

Raw and freshly frozen tiger prawns need to be cooked longer than boiled and frozen ones. These shrimp have a grayish color (with a dark brindle color on the back). Let's look further at how to cook raw tiger shrimp (if the shrimp are freshly frozen, you must first defrost them by placing them on a plate and in the refrigerator the night before the day of cooking):

  • First of all, we remove the intestinal tape in the tail from the tiger shrimp (before this, peel the entire shrimp from the shell and head or not, at your discretion).
  • Place water in a saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil, then add salt and spices to taste (pepper, bay leaf, lemon juice, herbs).
  • Place the tiger prawns in boiling water, wait until the water boils again, reduce the heat so that the water simmers slightly and cook the shrimp for 3-5 minutes (depending on whether they are large in size or not, and peeled from the shell and head or No).
  • At the end of cooking, remove the shrimp from the pan and serve.

Note: unshelled tiger prawns are salted twice as much as peeled ones.

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Tiger prawns are not the most affordable product, and therefore, after purchasing it, you should make sure that you know about all the preparation rules. In this article we will share with you not only the subtleties regarding cooking shrimp, but also several recipes using them.

How to cook tiger prawns deliciously?

Let's start with recommendations regarding preparation. If you don’t know how to cook frozen tiger prawns, then don’t worry, their preparation scheme is not much different from that of their fresh counterparts, except that you need to defrost the shrimp before cooking in the refrigerator.

Now about how long to cook tiger shrimp: the optimal cooking time is 4-6 minutes (depending on the size) in boiling salted water, as soon as the shrimp change their color, it’s ready.

If you decide to fry tiger shrimp, for example, on skewers, then the cooking time will be 1.5-2 minutes on each side.

Tiger prawns in creamy sauce

We figured out how to cook tiger prawns, and now let’s move on to the recipes. First in line are shrimp - ideal for pasta or just like that.

Ingredients:

  • butter - 25 g;
  • garlic cloves - 2 pcs.;
  • cream - 165 ml;
  • lemon juice, spices to taste;
  • king prawns - 300 g;
  • parsley.

Preparation

Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry finely chopped garlic in it for half a minute. Add cream and spices to the garlic, put the sauce on medium heat and simmer until thick. Season the peeled shrimp with the remaining lemon juice, salt and pepper, put in a thick sauce along with parsley and simmer for 4-5 minutes or until tender.

Exotic salad with arugula and tiger shrimps

Ingredients:

For the salad:

  • boiled shrimp - 10-12 pcs.;
  • - 2 pcs.;
  • red bell pepper - 1 pc.;
  • arugula - 80 g;
  • shallots - 4 pcs.;
  • a glass of fresh coriander leaves.

For refueling:

Preparation

Peel the mango pulp and cut into thin strips. We extract the seeds from the red pepper and also cut it into cubes or thin strips. Thinly slice the shallot rings and combine all the prepared ingredients together. Add washed and dried arugula, fresh coriander and pour the dressing over everything.

To prepare the dressing, just whisk the butter with lime juice, chopped chili and garlic passed through a press. Afterwards, mix the salad again, place the shrimp on top and serve the dish.

Cook tiger prawns for 5 minutes

How long does it take to cook tiger prawns?

Tiger shrimp are named this way for a reason. These crustaceans have a unique color - there are stripes across their tail. Tiger prawns are very tasty, healthy and easy to prepare.

If you purchased frozen tiger shrimp, first of all, they should be thawed at room temperature. When the crustaceans have thawed, you can start cooking. A small amount of cold water is poured into the pan and it is placed on the fire. After boiling, add salt at the rate of 1 teaspoon per 1 liter of liquid. You can also pepper the water. Tiger shrimps are dipped into boiling water. They are cooked for 5 minutes, after the water boils again, if the boiling process has stopped. After this, all that remains is to drain the liquid. Tiger prawns are completely ready to eat.

Choosing tiger shrimps correctly!

There are three types of tiger shrimp, which are sold in supermarkets and stores. So, they are:

  • ordinary - these are small crustaceans up to 20 cm in length and weighing about 40 g, their distinctive feature is the presence of transverse tails that are pink in males and green in females;
  • green - these are larger crustaceans from 23 to 32 cm in length, they have not only dark stripes on the tail, their second distinctive feature is the color is light brown with the presence of small patches of green;
  • black - these are the largest crustaceans - up to 36 cm in length and weighing up to 500 g; there are light transverse stripes on their black shell.

You need to choose tiger shrimps carefully. If you are in doubt about which crustaceans to purchase, packaged or loose, buy the product in its original packaging. Pay attention to the color of the shrimp. It should be neutral gray and not have white spots, which indicate a violation of the temperature conditions for storing the product. Pay attention to the following features of a high-quality crustacean - its tail is tightly curled and its shell shines. Do not buy tiger shrimps with black heads or yellow meat - this is a sign that they were sick during life.

Remember, tiger shrimp cannot be re-frozen. So crustaceans will lose not only their appearance, but also the beneficial properties they contain. Never put frozen tiger prawns in boiling water - this will ruin their taste.

Frozen tiger prawns should be stored in the freezer. Cooked crustaceans are suitable for consumption within 2 days.

Shrimp is a very tasty and healthy product. It is quite possible to cook it at home, but to do this you should follow a few simple cooking rules. The finished shrimp meat will delight you with its softness, tenderness and juiciness.

Shrimp is a very tasty product, which in our usual society is considered a delicacy. This is because the cost of shrimp can be too high and sometimes exceeds all permitted standards. The higher the quality of the shrimp, the more expensive their cost will be.

It is worth noting that there are two types of shrimp:

  • cold-water
  • warm water

Cold-water shrimp are those shrimp that we usually call “Atlantic”. They are not large and they are cheaper. The more elite types of shrimp are considered warm-water: Tiger and Royal. This shrimp is much larger in size than the Atlantic one, it has more meat, and its meat is tastier.

Shrimp is a product that definitely needs to be cooked to avoid poisoning. In addition, the taste of cooked shrimp meat is aromatic and tender, while raw shrimp meat is almost tasteless, with a fishy taste.

The best way to prepare shrimp is to boil them. But this is not so simple either. The fact is that cooking shrimp requires a certain amount of time.

It must be followed very precisely. If you overcook the shrimp for just a minute, the meat will become rubbery and not tasty. And if you do everything correctly, the shrimp will literally “melt in your mouth.”

Atlantic shrimp

king prawn

Tiger shrimp

How and for how long to cook fresh shrimp after boiling?

Now that you have precisely determined the type of your product, you should start cooking them. It is important to know that there is no need to peel the shrimp before cooking; you risk tearing off excess pieces of meat.

However, if you have some personal beliefs and aversions to shrimp heads, you can do this painstaking work and chop off each head with a knife. But with the same success you can do this with the finished product, without harm to the meat.

Preparation of shrimp:

  • Prepare a large saucepan for cooking. It could even be a ten-liter saucepan. The main thing is a sufficient amount of water and a convenient way to catch shrimp with a slotted spoon.
  • Wait until the water boils completely and salt it, a teaspoon of salt per large pan of water is enough
  • If you wish, you can add any spice to the water to your taste. The most popular are: bay leaf, a bunch of dill, a few cloves and even a slice of lemon or lime

Boiled shrimp can be immediately placed on ice to cool and retain their tenderness. But this is far from essential. You can immediately place them on a paper towel to absorb excess water or on a serving plate.



boiled, prepared shrimp

Do I need to defrost shrimp before cooking?

In most cases, the buyer does not buy freshly caught shrimp in the store, but frozen ones. This is the most common way to deliver shrimp anywhere in the world for consumption. But there is one nuance with such shrimp. As a rule, the product that is frozen is already semi-finished.

Probably, some have already noticed that fresh shrimp has an unpleasant grayish color, while packaged and frozen in a store it has an appetizing orange color. The semi-finished shrimp is deliberately lightly boiled and frozen for ease of consumption.

This kind of shrimp should be cooked a little less time than fresh shrimp. It is important to know that it should not be defrosted. If you notice that there is too much ice on one shrimp, this is the consequence of several refreezes and the dishonest attitude of sellers towards the products.

It is best not to buy such shrimp. Avoid frozen weight shrimp and buy ones that are sealed.

If there is a lot of ice on the shrimp, you can try breaking it before cooking. Cover the shrimp with a towel and tap them with a rolling pin.

Cooking frozen shrimp:

  • Salt the water, pepper and add spices to taste
  • Place frozen shrimp in a saucepan
  • Without waiting for the next water to boil, time exactly forty seconds
  • After 30-40 seconds, take a slotted spoon and stirring all the shrimp, begin to take them out onto the dish one by one
  • Make sure your shrimp is soft


frozen shrimp

How long to cook frozen peeled shrimp?

Cooking frozen shrimp depends only on their size. Thirty seconds may be enough for a small shrimp, while a tiger shrimp requires a full minute.

Some gourmets are confident that no cooking should be done for frozen shrimp. In principle, this opinion is true. But for hygienic purposes and in order to eat a warm dish, there is one simple way to prepare the dish.

How long to cook frozen shrimp:

  • Open the bag and pour the shrimp into the bowl
  • Boil water in a kettle until it boils
  • Pour boiling water over all the shrimp
  • Keep an eye on the shrimp; they should be kept in hot water until the “ice glaze” completely disappears.
  • After this, you can drain the water and serve the shrimp on the table.
  • Sprinkle shrimp with lemon juice or prepare a separate creamy garlic sauce


cooked shrimp

How to cook frozen unpeeled shrimp in the shell?

In a modern store you can find three types of shrimp for consumption:

  • freshly caught
  • unpeeled (those that were frozen immediately or after cooking)
  • peeled (can be pickled, can be in sauce and even frozen)

The difference between peeled and unpeeled is that some have a shell, while others do not. If you see shrimp meat on sale, you should know that this is a ready-to-eat product that only requires defrosting. Shrimp that show a shell have a natural shell and eggs (depending on gender).

Shrimp meat in any form is more expensive than unpeeled shrimp because most of the work has already been done. The existing shell does not affect the taste of the product in any way. While you boil the water, fresh shrimp should be cooked in the usual way:

  • small - half a minute
  • large - two and a half

Cooled, cooked shrimp in the shell are easy to eat. You tear off the tail (it is spiny and not edible), as well as the head. Spread the legs of the shrimp and take out the meat. Everything is very simple.



Unpeeled cooked shrimp

How long to cook unpeeled king prawns?

Preparation of king prawns:

  • Boil water until completely boiling, add salt and pepper, a slice of lemon and a small bunch of dill to the water
  • Time two minutes, take a slotted spoon and over the next minute gradually catch the nice orange-colored shrimp into a serving bowl.
  • Ready shrimp can be sprinkled with lemon juice and prepared with garlic and cream sauce


unpeeled king prawns

How to cook frozen tiger prawns?

  • Open the packet of shrimp and place the contents in a separate bowl.
  • Boil the water until it boils completely, add salt and pepper, a slice of lemon and a small bunch of dill and a bay leaf to the water
  • Wait for the next boil and after bubbles appear on the surface, pour all the shrimp into the pan
  • Time it for three minutes, take a slotted spoon and over the next minute gradually scoop out the nice orange-colored shrimp into a serving bowl.


boiled tiger prawns

How to cook green shrimp?

Sometimes on store shelves you can find green shrimp. This means that you are presented with a freshly caught, but immediately frozen product. These shrimp should be cooked in a slightly different way:

  • You should know exactly what is in front of you: fresh shrimp or frozen, and only then start cooking
  • Fresh shrimp should be thrown into boiling water and cooked, depending on the size, for two to three minutes (everything is described in great detail above in the article)
  • If you have fresh frozen green shrimp in front of you, you should first boil the water. Then you need to add your favorite spices and salt to it. The entire amount of shrimp is thrown into boiling water
  • This cooking should take eight to ten minutes, depending on the size of the shrimp.
  • During this time, the “ice glaze” will melt and the shrimp will acquire a pleasant pink-orange color, which will indicate its readiness


green shrimp, cooking instructions

How to cook Argentine shrimp?

Argentine shrimp is distinguished by the fact that it is not grown artificially. Argentine shrimp is one that grew in its natural environment and was caught in the Atlantic Ocean. This is a common product in modern supermarkets, which sometimes even costs several times less.

Preparation of Argentine shrimp:

  • Boil water until completely boiling
  • Add salt, a piece of ginger, a bay leaf and a few cloves of garlic into boiling water.
  • You should throw your amount of Argentine shrimp into boiling water
  • These shrimp are quite large and therefore should be boiled for about five minutes.
  • After four and a half minutes, you can take a slotted spoon and gradually catch the shrimp from the boiling water
  • Boiled shrimp should be decorated with chopped herbs and served with creamy garlic sauce


Argentine shrimp, cooking instructions

How to cook Azov shrimp?

The Azov shrimp is very small and it is practically the same as the Atlantic one. It does not require long cooking:

  • Add any spices to boiling water to taste: dill, bay leaf, cloves, garlic, ginger and salt
  • After the salt has dissolved, throw in the shrimp.
  • Wait for the water to boil again (this is about a minute and a half)
  • During this time, the shrimp will lose its gray color and turn pink-orange.
  • After two minutes of cooking, the Azov shrimp is considered ready
  • Scoop each portion out with a slotted spoon and place in a serving dish.


Azov shrimp, cooking method

How to cook shrimp in the microwave?

Modern kitchen appliances allow you to cook shrimp not only in a pan, but also in the microwave:

  • Prepare a kilogram of shrimp, place them in a glass bowl
  • The shrimp must be covered with a special sauce: to do this, mix a glass of water and a glass of soy sauce. Stir thoroughly and pour it over all the shrimp.
  • Squeeze part of the lemon over the shrimp, sprinkling them with juice.
  • Cover the shrimp with a microwave-safe lid.
  • Turn on the microwave in warm mode for five minutes
  • After the time has passed, remove the shrimp and cool, serve on the table.


how to cook shrimp in the microwave?

How to cook shrimp in a slow cooker?

You can also cook shrimp in a slow cooker. To do this, you should use the “steamer” mode:

  • Pour water into the bowl
  • Place shrimp on a wire rack to steam
  • Sprinkle shrimp with lemon juice
  • Turn on steam mode
  • Wait for the water to boil in the bowl and keep the shrimp with the lid closed in the slow cooker for exactly ten minutes to cook


how to cook shrimp in a slow cooker?

How to cook shrimp for beer?

  • Boil water in a saucepan
  • Wait until the water boils completely and salt it, add dill and garlic (a bunch of dill, a handful of garlic)
  • Depending on the variety of your shrimp, follow the cooking rules and regulations. Atlantic small shrimp is boiled in water for no more than two minutes. After one and a half minutes, you can take a slotted spoon and catch everyone one by one from the pan onto a dish
  • Large varieties of shrimp (King and Tiger) should be cooked for no more than three minutes. That is, after two and a half minutes, take a slotted spoon and catch the shrimp
  • Pepper the finished shrimp and sprinkle with lemon juice. Bon appetit!

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Shrimp can be fried and salted, but the most popular is boiling. Everyone loves boiled shrimp, especially if they are tiger. But what is the right way to avoid keeping them in the water or, conversely, not to take them out earlier, and to enjoy the taste of seafood.

Preparing to cook tiger prawns.

To begin with, you should buy tiger shrimp; they are sold in almost any store. Choose fresh shrimp, they will be juicier and tastier. Prepare salt, pepper, bay leaf and other seasonings in advance. You can peel the shrimp in advance, but this is more difficult than after boiling.

Cooking tiger prawns.

Pour clean water into a saucepan and add shrimp. If you peeled the tiger shrimp from the shell in advance, then you only need to add a tablespoon of salt based on the calculation that you have a liter of water in the pan. There should be 3 or 4 times more water than shrimp. Most often, tiger shrimp are sold raw, so you need to cook them for no longer than 3-4 minutes so that the meat does not become tough. If the shrimp are red, i.e. already boiled, they need to be kept in boiling water for about 5 minutes. Finished shrimp float to the surface of the water on their own. Please note that if your shrimp are not pre-cleaned, the salt should be 2 times more! Also, without first peeling the shrimp, after cooking the shrimp, place them in a colander and rinse lightly with cold water. When cooked, tiger prawns look different; they turn white and the black stripes turn red.