Uncle Mike's Perfect Spicy Boiled Shrimp
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 2
- Serves:
-
16
ingredients
- 4 lbs shrimp, fresh with shells
- 16 ounces of zataran's liquid crab boil
directions
- In a stock pot, fill with enough water to cover the shrimp and bring to a boil.
- Add 1/2 bottle of Zataran's.
- Bring to a rolling boil and add 2 pounds of shrimp. Make sure to turn on your exhaust fan!
- Watch the pot for the first bubble after the shrimp have been added and set a timer for one minute.
- Get a second pot and place it in your sink with a colander over it.
- Once the timer goes off, remove the shrimp pot from the heat and pour over the colander catching the shrimp and reserving the cooking liquid in the pot below.
- Immediately ice down the shrimp to stop the cooking.
- Take the second pot with the seasoned water, put on the stove top and bring to a boil.
- Add the rest of the Zataran's and bring to a rolling boil.
- Repeat the timed cook, straining and ice down for the other two pounds of shrimp.
- Follow this method exactly, cooking the shrimp in batches, to yield the best results and to prevent coughing fits for anyone in the kitchen from breathing the "spicy" air!
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