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Freezing fresh shrimp - why do you remove the head (and are they ruined)?
Posted on 2/26/16 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 2/26/16 at 3:28 pm
I got a good deal on some fresh (from NOLA, driven up in a refrigerated truck that day), head-on shrimp up here in OKC and (apparently) mistakenly froze them head-on. I have never needed to freeze fresh shrimp before so I was unaware the heads needed to be removed prior to freezing.
#1. Are they ruined? If it makes a difference, they were vacuum sealed and frozen in a deep freeze the day I bought them.
#2. Can you please educate me as to why you need to remove the heads from shrimp before freezing? The internet is full of people saying you have to remove the heads before freezing but decidedly short on any consistent answer as to why.
#1. Are they ruined? If it makes a difference, they were vacuum sealed and frozen in a deep freeze the day I bought them.
#2. Can you please educate me as to why you need to remove the heads from shrimp before freezing? The internet is full of people saying you have to remove the heads before freezing but decidedly short on any consistent answer as to why.
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Posted on 2/26/16 at 3:34 pm to The Last Coco
I freeze them with the heads on in water all the time and I've never had any issue with them.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 3:34 pm to The Last Coco
You ever seen those little white signs with the red letters outside stores that say "Gulf Shrimp in Store $5.99/lb"? They are all over LA, even at some gas stations. Those are frozen head-on gulf shrimp. I've bought them, ate them, and didn't think they were bad. So I think you're good.
This post was edited on 2/26/16 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 2/26/16 at 3:35 pm to The Last Coco
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Can you please educate me as to why you need to remove the heads from shrimp before freezing?
There is more fat in the head. The fat is what goes rancid.
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Are they ruined?
How long have they been frozen? If they don't stink they are fine.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 3:38 pm to Artie Rome
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There is more fat in the head. The fat is what goes rancid.
Ok. This makes sense. I'll have to make up an excuse to eat them sooner rather than later then.
And thanks to the other responses for letting me know this isn't completely uncommon. They've only been frozen a month.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 3:39 pm to The Last Coco
I never remove the head when freezing. I simply put them in an old milk jug.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 3:46 pm to The Last Coco
Don't remove head, don't rinse before freezing...
Posted on 2/26/16 at 3:49 pm to wickowick
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Don't remove head, don't rinse before freezing...
Posted on 2/26/16 at 3:53 pm to wickowick
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Don't remove head, don't rinse before freezing...
Good deal. I didn't do either of those.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:25 pm to The Last Coco
I used some frozen in water head on shrimp for bbq shrimp last month. They'd been frozen for a year. They were delicious.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 5:58 pm to The Last Coco
I always freeze mine headless in Ziploc/Gladloc containers in water.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 6:04 pm to The Last Coco
I normally take the heads off and freeze separate so I can make shrimp stock with them. Either way you are fine.
Posted on 2/26/16 at 9:58 pm to The Last Coco
I have two motivations for freezing shrimp without the heads. The first is they take up less space without the heads. The second is I use the heads to make shrimp stock that I can freeze separately and use when I need it.
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