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re: Boiling shrimp. How to get them to peel easy?

Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:24 am to
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
28360 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:24 am to
If possible get fresh shrimp that have not been iqf freezed.
Posted by cssamerican
Member since Mar 2011
7137 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:51 am to
This is going to sound like BS, but I was at a restaurant where the shrimp were easy to peel all the time and I asked them what was the secret.

Have season water cooled off till cold. Boil shrimp until just done in plain water. Once Shrimp are done boiling remove from plain water to the seasoned water. The longer you leave them in the seasoned water the spicier they will become.

They peel perfectly and you can get them well seasoned.
Posted by JasonL79
Member since Jan 2010
6398 posts
Posted on 1/2/14 at 9:54 am to
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If possible get fresh shrimp that have not been iqf freezed.


This.

The type of shrimp you get and how they were frozen makes a huge difference. You can boil IQF (salt brine frozen shrimp which is how the majority of shrimp are caught and frozen now) perfect and they will still be harder to peel than fresh (never frozen) or nitrogen/CO2 frozen shrimp.
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