HOW TO MAKE PERFECTLY BOILED SHRIMP!!

There is nothing better, in my opinion than perfectly delicious shrimp and a delicious dipping sauce. Peel and eat shrimp come in a close second, but if we can eliminate the peeling even better. Today I am sharing with you how to make pot of perfectly boiled shrimp with some of the seafood boil seasoning that we shared in a previous video. Served with some delicious and traditional, spicy remoulade sauce that we recently shared. This is a great way to enjoy shrimp all year round, but in the summer it seems to be plentiful, especially in the coastal regions and when you know how to make it yourself, using traditional cooking techniques, you will look like a pro in the kitchen!

Shrimp are a favorite in our house and I have yet to meet a person who did not love them, boiled, steamed, fried or broiled. I know you are thinking of Forest Gump right now aren't you? With good reason! Shrimp is super versatile! Knowing how to cook it is the first step to enjoying it. Perfectly cooked boiled shrimp can be a hard thing to master, but I promise there is not difficult path to this task.

We will be using some of the seafood boil seasoning we presented in a previous video. You can find that here:

I am using 2 pounds of 16/20 Argentine red shrimp. You can feel free to use what you like. Fresh, frozen, up to you. I am using a frozen variety that we enjoy when we cannot source larger shrimp and we wanted to use these nice large ones today. Don't be confused by the numbers. They are merely an indicator of approximately how many shrimp you will find in a pound depending on their size. These 16/20 size are a favorite. 10/15 size are great when you really want to impress and they make for a great dinner presentation.

This all begins so simply with shrimp and water. You could stop there, but if you really want to make your shrimp ultra delicious you will want to build a seasoned water. What you would call a "Court Bullion" in culinary school. This is a quickly-cooked broth used for poaching foods, most commonly fish or, in this case, shrimp. A seasoned water that will help to season what is cooked in it.

To start your court bullion, you will need at least enough water to cover what you are are cooking. For the 2 pounds of shrimp I am using around 10 cups. Add in 1/4 cup of kosher salt or 2 tablespoons of fine salt. Stir well to dissolve. Add in a couple tablespoons of your favorite seafood seasoning and two lemons that you have squeezed into the water and add the shells in as well. This will help to really flavor the water and the shrimp.

Next we need to make a bouquet garni. This is nothing more than a bundle of spices that will further flavor the water. In this case we are using 1 cup of our homemade seafood boil seasoning. I poured this into a square that I cut from a new flour sack towel and fashioned this into a begger's purse then tied tightly with kitchen twine so it will not unravel in the pot. This will help you have less of a mess in the end with loose spices in the water.

Add all of these ingredients to the pot, bring to a simmer and allow this to simmer for 10 to 15 minutes to allow the flavors to concentrate and meld. Once the water has fully simmered remove the bouquet garni from the pot and turn the heat down to low or even turn it off. Add the shrimp and allow them to have a bit of a warm swim for no more than 5 minutes. Remove the shrimp to an awaiting ice bath. That is just a bowl, large enough to hold the cooked shrimp, some water and some ice. This will stop the cooking process and help the shrimp to cool down making them perfectly ready to enjoy.

Now you can drain the shrimp from the ice bath and serve as you like. Use the shrimp, chopped up in delicious salad. Serve in a traditional shrimp cocktail or in a fun Mexican style shrimp cocktail or as a shrimp Louis salad with cool romaine lettuce and some of that delicious remoulade sauce. The fact that you can prep delicious shrimp and have them on hand in your fridge for quick high protein snacks is a real plus. Especially if you are trying to eat better and have delicious foods on hand.

I hope you give this method for cooking perfectly boiled shrimp a try, sometime soon and I hope you love it!

Happy Eating!!

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