Boiled or Steamed Shrimp?

Boil

Boil using the same seasoning you'd use if boiling crabs or crawfish. Just don't boil shrimp near as long as they cook real fast.

As far as anything else in the pot, I usually do some corn on the cob, new potatoes, mushrooms and use cut up onion, celery, lemons and bay leaves in the water to kick it up a notch for the seasoning end.

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Steamed Shrimp

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While in Fl rocks. When you cross the border back into La, boiled.

BBQ style. Butter, Garlic, Worcestershire Sauce.

Most common mistake is people over cook them. Shrimp cook exceptionally fast. Most important thing you can do is put ice in to drop the water below cooking temp.

Put the shrimp in and bring back to a boil.
Cut the fire
Add ice
Soak till they reach desired spice level

The flavor of boiled shrimp can't be beaten, but I think the texture of quickly steamed shrimp is superior, but you're going to miss out on the flavor that soaking gets.

I think I slightly prefer steamed shrimp with a good cocktail sauce or some drawn butter, but I sure as hell will never turn down a few pounds of heavily seasoned boiled shrimp.

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1 pound of raw shrimp

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All this for one stinking pound of shrimp. frick, go to the seafood market and buy that much and save all the trouble------and responses to your post.