How to cook fresh prawns in the market?

Fresh prawns are a delicious seafood, but how to cook delicious and fragrant prawns is a difficult problem for many people. Below, I will share some skills of cooking fresh prawns, hoping to help you cook delicious prawns.

1. Preparation: First, clean the fresh prawns and remove the whiskers and shells for later use. Then, cut some seasonings such as ginger slices, onion slices and garlic slices into small pieces for later use. Finally, prepare some seasonings such as salt, soy sauce, cooking wine and starch for pickling and seasoning.

2. Add enough water to the clear water decanter, and add seasonings such as ginger slices, onion segments and cooking wine. After boiling, put the fresh shrimps in boiling water and cook them. Time should not be too long, generally not more than two minutes. Rinse with cold water after taking out, so that the shrimp meat shrinks and becomes more tender.

3. Marinating and seasoning Put the blanched shrimp into a bowl and add appropriate amount of salt, soy sauce, cooking wine, starch and other seasonings to marinate and taste. Curing time should not be too long, generally not more than half an hour.

4. Cooking methods There are many cooking methods for fresh prawns. There are two common methods:

(1) Steamed prawns: Put the marinated prawns into a steamer, add a small amount of ginger slices and onion segments, steam for 5-8 minutes on medium fire, and then sprinkle with garlic and chopped green onion.

(2) Stir-fry prawns: put the marinated prawns into a pot, add a proper amount of oil, stir fry, add chopped vegetables, such as onions and green peppers, stir fry evenly, and then add a small amount of chicken essence and salt to serve.

5. Precautions When cooking fresh prawns, you should pay attention to the following points:

(1) It is not advisable to overheat, so as not to make the shrimp hard.

(2) The seasoning is mainly light to keep the original flavor of shrimp.

(3) Clean the shrimp intestines before cooking, so as not to affect the taste.

(4) If the shrimp shell is not very brittle, a small amount of baking soda can be added before blanching to make it more brittle and tender.

To sum up, it is not difficult to make fresh prawns. As long as you master the cooking skills, you can easily make delicious and fragrant prawns!