Steamed Shrimp
Hello friends, welcome to Shrimps Recipe. Today we are going to make Steamed Shrimp.
This how-to steam shrimp recipe results in perfectly steamed shrimp you can add to any pasta dish, or feel free to serve chilled with cocktail sauce.
Recipe Summary for Steamed Shrimp
- preparation: 5 mins
- cook: 10 mins
- total: 15 mins
- Servings: 4
Ingredients for Steamed Shrimp
- 1 pound fresh shrimp
- salt to taste
Directions for Steamed Shrimp
- Set a steamer basket into a heavy saucepan and pour in enough water, so the steamer basket sits just on top of the water without touching it. Remove steamer basket and bring water to a boil.
- Meanwhile, butterfly the shrimp with a sharp paring knife, carefully running the knife 1 inch down the bottom of the shrimp without cutting all the way through. Press shrimp open.
- Set shrimp into the steamer basket and sprinkle with salt. Set steamer basket over the boiling water (shrimp should not touch the water).
- Steam shrimp until they are bright pink on the outside and the meat is opaque, carefully moving shrimp around using tongues so they cook evenly, about 5 minutes.
- Serve immediately or chill for later use.
Steamed Shrimp Nutrition’s info
- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Calories: 120.3
- % Daily Value *
- fat: 2g 3 %
- cholesterol: 172.5mg 58 %
- sodium: 168mg 7 %
- carbohydrates: 1g
- protein: 23.1g 46 %
- niacin equivalents: 2.9mg 15 %
- saturated fat: 0.4g 2 %
- vitamin a iu: 204.3IU 4 %
- vitamin b6: 0.1mg 6 %
- potassium: 210mg 6 %
