How to prepare live shrimp quickly and easily that anyone can do

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21/07/2025
To have delicious grilled shrimp and steamed shrimp dishes, proper preparation is an indispensable step. Don't worry if you don't have much experience, Dh Foods brings you super simple and quick tips for preparing live shrimp right below.

Prepare live shrimp while keeping the shell intact

If you want to keep the shrimp shells to make dishes like steamed shrimp or grilled shrimp, cleaning the shrimp is very important to keep it fresh.

Steps to follow:
Step 1: First, hold the shrimp head firmly with one hand and the other hand hold the body near the joint between the head and body. Fold the head and body of the shrimp and squeeze the feces bag at the same time.
Step 2: Continue using your hand or a toothpick to gently poke the back of the shrimp in the second or third section to remove the shrimp vein.
Step 3: Rinse shrimp with water, remove and drain.

Lazy to peel shrimp before eating? Learn how to prepare shrimp to get meat

Shrimp salads, shrimp rolls, soups, etc. will be more delicious when the shrimp are peeled cleanly. Removing shrimp meat during preparation requires meticulousness, but with the following tips from Dh Foods, you will be able to do it easily.

Steps to follow:
Step 1: Wash and drain the shrimp. Break the shrimp head off the body.
Step 2: Use a small knife to insert into the back of the shrimp, slowly cut along the back to the tail of the shrimp. Then, remove the cut shrimp shell.
Step 3: Continue to cut the shrimp's back to remove the shrimp's vein and rinse thoroughly with water.

When preparing and cooking shrimp dishes, you should avoid these things.

During the preparation process, there are some small mistakes that can easily be made that cause the shrimp to lose its natural delicious flavor. Here are some things you should avoid:

Don't waste shrimp shells and heads.

Although a bit hard and not as flavorful as the meat, the shrimp head and shell still have their own uses. Therefore, do not rush to throw them away, but use them in the following ways.
Just remove the poop bag cleanly, you can use the shrimp head to cook soup to increase the natural sweetness and add more nutrients. For steamed and grilled dishes, the shrimp shell will make the dish more attractive and beautiful. Especially, when cooked at high temperatures, the shrimp shell will protect the shrimp meat intact.

Defrosting shrimp properly is also very important.

Busy life sometimes makes you use frozen shrimp instead of fresh shrimp. In these cases, remember to defrost properly to keep the full flavor of the shrimp.
You should not defrost in the microwave or hot water because the heat will change the color of the shrimp and affect the cooking process. Therefore, defrost by pouring water directly into the shrimp and soaking for about 2 - 3 minutes.

The more you cook, the less delicious it is.

Each cooking method will have different times and temperatures to cook shrimp. However, whether baking, steaming or boiling, you should not overcook the shrimp because it will lose the sweetness and nutrients of the shrimp. Normally, the shrimp is just cooked when it has just shrunk and turned orange-red.

Seasoning is moderate, the dish is delicious and just right

Shrimp has a distinctive sweet taste, so when cooking, you should not marinate or season it with too many spices. For example, marinating with too much salt will draw out all the water in the shrimp meat and make the shrimp dry, tough and unappetizing.

Thousands of delicious shrimp dishes with Nha Trang's Salt, Chili, Lime and Ginger make the flavor even more explosive

Cleanly prepared shrimp can be processed into thousands of dishes, from steamed shrimp, grilled shrimp to hot pot,... No matter what the dish is, Nha Trang Salt, Chili, Lemon, Ginger will be the perfect dipping sauce to enhance the aroma and flavor. The warm, spicy ginger flavor combined with the cool green chili will stimulate the taste buds, making the shrimp dish irresistibly delicious, the more you dip, the more attractive it becomes.


Any shrimp dish can be dipped with Nha Trang Salt, Chili, Lime and Ginger.

Whether it is shelled shrimp or peeled shrimp, proper preparation will help you create delicious and beautiful dishes. Hopefully the above sharing will become useful tips, helping you feel more confident in the kitchen!

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