Boiling Shrimp Time for Dummies

Some say salt makes the shell stick, some say the heat makes the shell stick. It's probably both.

I've been told that you can boil your shrimp for 15 minutes and they come out perfect. I'm not sure what the truth is anymore.

The thing I do know is that you have to stop the shrimp boiling as fast as possible once they are close to being done or they will over cook. That means lots of ice to cool the water and shrimp.

Look up stalecracker's method. It works for me.

My method is to get the water to a rolling boil, drop the shrimp, kill the fire, then stir them a little and watch carefully for when the shells begin to separate from the meat on the back of the shrimp.

Then pull the shrimp. If you want them spicier, let the water cool so they won't cook anymore and put them back in until they reach your desired spiciness.

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don't season the water. rolling boil. drop shrimp in and when it comes back to a boil, boil for 1 minute. ice it and add seasoning to soak for 20 minutes.

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^^^^^this^^^^^

The Stale Cracker guy has videos on this and it works.

All of this

‘bout 3:50 min…

You don't need a watch, you need to watch for when they float, when they float cut the fire, when they sink pull them out. Sometimes they float before the water comes back to a boil, sometimes they don't.