Prawns

steven_lim_439022

Anyone have a recipe or cooking time for large prawns? Could not find any discussion or recipe for this item. thinking of a lime/lemon cilantro marinade the cool and have with salad.

wolfiegirl

I can tell you how I cook shrimp which should work for prawns as well.

For about a dozen large (10-12) shrimp, I make up a quick brine of 1 L water, 41 grams each of kosher and sugar. Once the brine is cooled, in go the shrimp for about an hour, fridged. Next step would be to rinse the shrimp, vac bag with olive oil, slices of lemon and any herb if you wish. SV at 140 for 30 minutes. Out of the water bath and into an ice bath. Perfectly cooked, tender shrimp every time.

While I'm not sure if you like spicy, into the brine I also add 41 grams of Zatarain's (liquid) shrimp boil. I also add a few splashes into the vac bag before sous viding.

Note that I clean the shrimp before doing any of this, removing the sand vein. Depending on what I'm using the shrimp for, I sometimes remove the shell but not always. Either way, up to you.