How Do You Peel And Devein Shrimp?
• Peel the shell off. This can be done easily by grasping the legs attached to the shell and pulling towards the side of the shrimp. This will crack the shell and if followed through, will take off quite a bit of the shell. Repeat if needed. (Grasp 1/2 of the legs at one time). Leave the tail on or off – it’s your choice. • Look at the end where the head used to be and near the top (dorsal for Bio freaks) side of the shrimp should be a small flap. • Pull this flap towards the tail until it comes off. Underneath is the “vein”, a small black tubule that resembles a chicken vein in a chicken leg. This is actually the digestive tract of the shrimp – stomach and colon in all. • Put the shrimp in cold water and “wipe” the vein away and use the water to keep it from sticking to your hands. If you don’t find one, don’t worry, it just means that that shrimp didn’t get his last supper! • Here is a technique that is “a two-fer” Take a headless shrimp and look at the end where the head use to be a
