Steamed Prawns & Quick Peeling Method

Name: Steamed Prawns & Quick Peeling Method
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 350g Pippi Shrimp; Some garlic; Some ginger

by Le Xiaoyao

4.6 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

10m

Serving

2

Pippi shrimp is also called mantis shrimp, because when the Pippi shrimp leaves the water, there will be liquid out of the tail, so it is also called scampi. The meat of Pipi Shrimp is very sweet and delicious, but it may be because of its weird appearance and its armor and hard shell. People who are not familiar with it don't know where to start and often miss this delicious seafood. In fact, as long as you learn the tricks to deal with this armor baby, you will love it. Today, I’ll start with the simplest method, and the one that best reflects the delicious meat quality of Pippi shrimp: steaming. "

Ingredients

350g Pippi Shrimp
Some Garlic
Some Ginger

Steamed Prawns & Quick Peeling Method

1. Pippi shrimps are cleaned and set aside.

Steamed Prawns & Quick Peeling Method recipe

2. Pour clean water into the pot and bring it to a boil, then put the Pippi shrimp on the steaming grid.

3. Steam on high heat for 5-7 minutes until the shrimp turns red.

4. When steaming the shrimp, chop the garlic and ginger into puree separately.

5. Put a little sugar, vinegar, and soy sauce in a small bowl, mix well and add the chopped ginger and garlic to make the sauce.

6. The steamed prawns are peeled and eaten with the sauce, which is extremely delicious.

7. Twist off the two outermost feet of the tail, and then pinch the tail to gently fold it up, and then twist it off.

8. Use a chopstick to stick the shrimp shell from the tail to near the head.

9. Fold open the shell with your left hand, press the chopsticks with your right hand, and apply force in opposite directions with both hands at the same time.