Are you still using a fork to peel your shrimp? Or even worse, your bare hands?
There’s a better way to peel shrimp, easy, fast, and cleaner, you just need a very low-cost tool that will save a lot of time when you peel shrimps.
You’ll be peeling shrimp in seconds with practice!
We are talking about a shrimp peeler, the most popular is the red plastic made in the U.S.A. and is very efficient.
Another great shrimp peeler is the Toadfish Frogmore Shrimp Cleaner. This is more expensive, but it has more functions, this shrimp tool allows you to peel, devein, and butterfly shrimp in one single smooth motion.
After some practice, you could be peeling a pound of large shrimp (13-15) in an average of 1 minute
Follow these steps:
1. Pull off the head; use your thumb and index finger to gently press and twist off the head.
2. Insert the tool (peeler) right below the top of the shell.
3. Push the tool forward, while at the same time sliding the shrimp towards the handle.
Do not pull up on the tool, just push straight through.
4. Rinse the shrimp and you are don.
5. Repeat with every shrimp :)
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