Boiled Prawns
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the prawns well.
Boil
Boil the prawns in boiling water with the red chili and salt.
Remove the scum as it rises.
Cook for about 15 to 20 minutes.
Clean and serve
Drain the prawns and let them cool completely.
Remove the shells and the dark vein from the back of each prawn.
Discard the heads and serve with salad.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Prawns
- Form the main body of the dish; their flesh firms and turns opaque as it cooks.
- Red chili
- Adds heat and a fresh, pungent aroma to the cooking water and prawns.
The step that matters
Cooking time. Prawn protein tightens quickly when overheated, so leaving them in the boiling water too long makes the flesh rubbery and dry. Start checking at the lower end of the time range.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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