Pour fresh king prawns into a saucepan with a little boiling water and cook for 10 minutes after boiling. Defrost frozen king prawns and cook for 10 minutes after boiling water.
How to cook king prawns
1. Defrost frozen shrimps, wash fresh ones.
2. Pour water into a saucepan – for each kilogram of shrimp 800-900 milliliters of water.
3. Put the pan on the fire, after boiling add salt, pepper and put the king prawns.
4. Cook the king prawns for 10 minutes.
Sauces for king prawns
Garlic Sause
for 500 grams of shrimp
Products
Garlic – 2-3 clove
Vegetable oil – 20 grams
Lemon – half
Sugar – half a teaspoon
Salt to taste
Shrimp own juice – 150 milliliters
Recipe
Chop the garlic finely, add it to the vegetable oil, then add salt, sugar and lemon juice, mix. Place the king prawns in a cooking bowl, add the sauce. Cook in this sauce for 10 minutes. Serve the finished dish, placing it on a deep plate along with the sauce.
Spicy sauce
for 500 grams of shrimp
Products
Lemon – 1 piece
Sugar – half a teaspoon
Chili pepper – 1 small pod (5 centimeters)
Soy sauce – 1 tablespoon
Water – 1 teaspoon
Recipe
Squeeze lemon juice, add chili pepper cut into thin rings (along with seeds), sugar, soy sauce, water. Mix everything well until sugar dissolves. Serve with ready-made shrimps in a separate gravy boat.
Delicious facts
– Boiled king prawns are stored in the refrigerator for up to three days.
– Cost 1 kilogram of king prawns in Moscow averages 700 rubles. (on average in Moscow as of June 2017).
– Readiness fresh shrimp is determined by their color – when cooked at the initial stage, they turn pink, then almost red – this means that they are ready. The optimal cooking time for fresh king prawns is 10 minutes. Pre-thaw frozen king prawns from the package, then reheat for 5 minutes.
– When cooking shrimp, it is important to do not overexpose, as long cooking times can cause them to become “rubbery”.
– To make the shrimp soft, before cooking, they should be soaked for 30 minutes in water.
– Calorie content of boiled king prawns – 85 kcal / 100 grams.
– The benefits of king prawns The protein contained in king prawns restores muscle tissue, strengthens the collagen fibers of the skin, making it smooth and elastic. Also, shrimp meat has anti-sclerotic properties, improving blood flow. And iodine, which shrimp contains in large quantities, stimulates mental performance, is necessary for the immune system and the maintenance of the normal functioning of the thyroid gland.
– Vitaminscontained in shrimp: PP (metabolism), E (skin, reproductive system), B1 (digestion), A (bones, teeth, vision), B9 (immunity).