how long to cook prawns?

Question

how long to cook the prawns until they are tender and ready for another cooking

Answer 1

As soon as they start to turn pink, flip them over, cook 1 or 2 minutes longer then take them out of the pan.

Answer 2

Prerferably -avoid warm water prawns - because they can come from polluted waters. Though they can be used in hot dishes when the prawn quality hardly matters.

Decent cold water prawns need cooking quite swiftly so they do not shrink and go tough. Literrally toss them in a hot pan and keep them moving for a minute or two.

If they are RAW (grey) shell-on prawns they should turn pink with cooking - saute them with garlic and butter - turn them a couple of times - maybe 5 minutes max especially if they are room temperature when you start. If you are making something like a paella, then add them to the top of the dish near the end of cooking - stir through lightly and quickly and cover - (they will cook in seconds in the heat of the dish and hopefully still remain succulent)

Shell-off prawns need only a couple of minutes cooking or they will go tough...Cold water prawns are usually from nice clean waters with lower bacteria count - it wouldn't make much of a difference if you washed the and ate them almost raw (after all that's sushi!) - but you should never eat the warm water prwns raw due to potential bacterial load.

Most folks buy pink prawns (shell off OR on) which are already cooked so the 'cooking' process should be the minimum to warm through otherwise they just become little tastelsess tough bullets!

Always add pink pre cooked prawns at the last minute after all the rest of a dish (like a curry) is ready...they only need to heta in the warthe of the sauce in this case. (Tip: Make the sauce a bit thick as the prawns will release water and thin it down again)

Answer 3

prawn is very easily to cook, dont over cook, its really dont taste good at all, overcooked any of the seafood can damage all the vitamins in it. Light stir with some vege only takes a few minutes, abt 5 to 10minutes with high temp. If u think wanna to cook it with some other things juz put the prawn second last.

Answer 4

I have been cooking and loving all types of seafood for years,
with any kind of shrimp, these can be either frozen or fresh with shells on, if they are frozen I defrost them in warm water, and before I put them in the boiling water I rinse them off, this gets rid of the smell sometimes associated with them being frozen, if they are fresh, they should be all set. First I bring a pot of water to a boil, make sure the pot is big enough to cover the shrimp in enough water, then I add the shrimp,(prawns in this case) cover the pot, let the water come to a boil again, with prawns I cook them for 8 to 10 minutes depending on the size, any other size shrimp exactly 6 minutes, I always taste one to make sure, "old habit" that I am happy with the way they taste, then drain and rinse with cold water immediately. They should come out perfect every time.

Answer 5

fresh prawns are grey in colour and when grilled/cooked they turn pink thats how you will know they are cooked, then they are ready for putting into a prawn dish like curry!! X

Answer 6

Prawns should not be overcooked !
always either stirfry, or cook in a curry, the sign being, their curling , and not sticky, if you sample test , by cutting one of them, with a knife, and the interior is white, cuts effortlessly !
you can also fry them, by dipping them in the paste of gram flour, in a deep pan, in hot oil !

Answer 7

Another cooking? You not planning on cooking those babies twice are you? If you do plan on eating the erasers off a pencil

Answer 8

cook them in butter for about 3-5 min. them add a good lemon pepper mix cook for another 3-5 min then add alittle white wine for 2 min. then serve

Answer 9

Depends on what you're using them for, or in...sautee them in a pan over medium heat in butter until they start to turn a light pink color...if you over cook them they will be tough and rubbery. I always use garlic when I sautee mine...YUM, YUM!!!

Answer 10

split them from head to tail and remove gut, shower them with garlic, ginger, a good dash of white wine and lemon juice, pan fry in a hot pan for roughly 1 minute!! serve with chunky french bread covered in butter. ENJOY!