How To Clean Shrimp
If you're looking for a guide on how to clean shrimp, you've come to the right place. This post will give you not only one but two easy ways to prepare this tasty seafood.
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Servings: 1 servings
Equipment
- Scissors
Ingredients
- Fresh shrimp
Instructions
- Gently stick the scissors' sharp end to the gap between the shrimp's head and its body. Pull the head out.Carefully pull the vein out. Be gentle, or you might break the vein.
- Make a cut on the shell along the shrimp body. Peel off the shell and legs but keep the tail intact.Rinse the shrimp with clean water and place them on paper towels to dry.
- To clean the shrimp but keep the head and shell, hold the shrimp upside down with one hand. Make a vertical cut between the shrimp legs. Push out the shrimp intestines in its head.Carefully pull the vein out.
- Rinse the shrimp well.
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Notes
- The total time is based on 1 serving of raw shrimp, which is about 1 pound per person.
- Freezing the shrimp briefly beforehand can make it easier for you to peel them.
- You can differentiate the organs and the "tomalley" by their colors. The intestines are typically black or dark gray and connected to the vein.