626610 Wed Jun 10 04:55:43 -0700 2009 7 31 Home Cooking 0 4758073 I'm all prawned out because I bought 2 1/4 lbs on Saturday, and my wife only ate one prawn. I cooked them up with garlic, olive oil, and some Thai chili sauce. I made a stock from the heads and used it in a risotto. I have to think of a new recipe for this weekend. I think sautéing is better than boiling as you won't lose any of the flavour to the water, unless you save it for something else. Tue Jun 09 17:16:44 -0700 2009 41175 foodyDudey 1 4758090 Grill'em. I lined up about six or seven, skewered them in below the head and near the end of the tail so they lay flat. Just put salt and pepper and some olive oil. High heat. The juices stay in the head,too. Sooo good. Tue Jun 09 17:24:33 -0700 2009 4758073 157056 grandgourmand 2 4758453 Drunk'em. Let them drink the Shaoxing chinese wine and have the aroma of the wine infused into their body, then boil them. Tue Jun 09 19:28:45 -0700 2009 4758090 62525 skylineR33 3 4758489 I had a good experience soaking in Shaoxing wine then steaming them with ginger over a broth. I think you lose less flavour than boiling. Tue Jun 09 19:42:02 -0700 2009 4758453 21022 acd123 4 4758569 We've enjoyed them raw (and as nigirizushi), poached in a stock made with heads, tempura, in a three-way drunken spot prawn comparison with shaoxing, sake, and cognac, and grilled. I'm getting a bit prawned-out as well. Tue Jun 09 20:08:53 -0700 2009 4758489 202405 tjr 4 4758744 Yes, steaming lose less flavour but boiling is easier to control as you can take the shrimp out right away when it turns colour to avoid overcook, we want to avoid overcook as much as possible on this kind of shrimp. I would steam on Lobster though. Tue Jun 09 21:25:38 -0700 2009 4758489 62525 skylineR33 5 4758826 Realistically, you're only boiling it in water for about a minute. How much flavour can be leached out? That's why when you peel them the natural juices are retained. It's a different story though if you deshelled/removed head before cooking. Please do not do that, save that for your regular run of the mill shrimps. I really think w/ something as fresh as this, the less you do to them the better they are. Tue Jun 09 22:20:48 -0700 2009 4758744 14629 aser 6 4759211 It does lose some of the flavour into the water though whether it is a minute or two. Obviously I think acd123 and some people can detect the differences when they say that. It is just that it is hard to control the timing when steaming it. Wed Jun 10 06:03:13 -0700 2009 4758826 62525 skylineR33