Seafood is very popular at the festive table or during modest gatherings with friends. Especially often, many housewives choose boiled shrimp as a beer snack . Currently, you can buy them at any store - frozen, peeled or in shell.
But far from everyone knows how to cook king prawns to make an original and delicate dish. Very often, when preparing them, we limit ourselves only to the information that is given on the packaging, and as a result we get a rather ordinary dish.
You can make a culinary masterpiece from ordinary frozen shrimp, if you know a few secrets.
First you need to choose the right seafood. Currently in supermarkets they are presented in a wide range.
When buying, you should pay attention to the color of the shell (it should be uniform), as well as its integrity. If there are too many lumps of snow in the seafood bag, this indicates improper storage technology.
Before you cook king prawns, you need to clarify in which form they were packaged - raw or boiled. This information is contained on the packaging. However, it can also be determined by the color of the product.
Before starting cooking, it is recommended to defrost seafood, for which it is immersed in cold water for several minutes. Speaking about how much to cook frozen king prawns, it is worth mentioning that the time will be 3-4 minutes. If you overdo the seafood in boiling water, then their meat can become harsh, like rubber. By adding various spices here you can achieve an original taste.
So, in order to cook this dish, water is put on the fire and brought to a boil. After that, salt is put in the liquid (to taste), about a teaspoon per liter. Shrimp dip in boiling water for several minutes, recline in a colander to glass the water.
There is much debate about how much to cook king prawns, but most opinions agree that the cooking time should not exceed five minutes.
Ready seafood is laid out in a dish, sprinkled with chopped herbs, sprinkled with lemon juice. To give astringency to boiling water during cooking, you can add a little soy sauce.
Before boiling king prawns, it is recommended to determine how they will be served. If this dish is prepared as an appetizer for beer, then you can initially use this drink in the recipe. So, the water is brought to a boil, the volume of which is taken from the calculation indicated on the package. Next, salt and beer are added here (half a liter per kilogram of seafood).
Shrimps are placed in a liquid, left for a few minutes, after which they are pulled out and served to the table. As a result of this, seafood acquires a light beer aroma, becomes more tender and serves as an excellent snack.
There are many ways to cook king prawns. Here, first of all, you need to rely on your own taste and preferences. Various spices are added to the dish, while it is most often recommended to put dill in any form (fresh, dry, frozen).