Head on shrimp

What you need to know about cooking shrimp and how to make delicious recipes like shrimp and grits, shrimp scampi, and shrimp cocktails.

These Pan-Fried Garlic Butter Prawns are easy to make but look and taste impressive, perfect for a dinner party.

Asian style stir fried garlic chili shrimp or prawns is juicy, spicy and sweet. Often in Asian cuisine, shrimp or prawns are cooked as a whole that have head and shell on. Not only is it convenient to cook, but also it retains shrimp juicy and gives more flavor to the food.

easy grilled shrimp

Shrimp a la plancha can be a party starter served with crusty bread, a light lunch with a simple salad, or dinner with a side of homemade fries. Plan ahead and order the whole, head-on shrimp in advance from your fishmonger. Make sure you don’t overcook them, as they’ll become rubbery. If you don’t have a proper plancha, a big cast-iron skillet works just as well. Using a good Spanish or Portuguese oil will get you bonus points.

Cooking shrimp with the shells on is a double-barreled taste sensation. The shell itself, if seasoned and sauteed, is delicious on its own. It also protects the shrimp inside from overcooking and becoming tough. A shrimp boil or shrimp on the barbie also shines when the shell is left on.

Slowly grilling head-on shrimp while basting with a garlic- and chile-infused nuoc cham yields tender, juicy shrimp in this recipe from Hong Tran, of the restaurant Hai San Ba Cuong in Da Nang, Vietnam.#seafood #seafoodrecipes #seafooddishes #recipes

Prawns are great for grilling because they’re much larger and have a slightly thicker shell than your average shrimp, offering insurance against overcooking.