Argentine shrimp (langoustines) in creamy garlic sauce
1. Before cooking langoustines, they must be thawed. At home, simply remove the shrimp and leave it on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator to thaw.
2. During this time, make the sauce. Remove the garlic cloves from the husks and chop finely into slices. Combine with chopped dill, fish seasoning, lemon juice, and salt.
3. Soften, but do not melt the butter too much. Add the above prepared mixture to it. Now make balls from this mass and put them in the freezer until hardened.
4. The langoustines have already thawed by this time, start cutting them. Do not touch the head, slightly cut the shell. This must be done to remove the intestines. If the shrimp are very large, this step should never be skipped.
5. There is the simplest method for removing the intestines from langoustines: to do this, we make an incision along the back, turn on the water pressure and wash the open cavity under running water. It is also imperative to rinse your hair; sometimes the intestines move into this area. Under such pressure, all inedible parts will be removed on their own.
6. Before cooking Argentine shrimp, set the oven to preheat to 180 degrees. We prepare the mold, grease it with butter, and lay out the langoustines in a beautiful order.
7. Take the butter balls out of the freezer, cut them into 2 equal parts with a sharp knife and place them on top of the langoustines. Place the dish in the oven for a quarter of an hour. Ready!
Boiled Argentine shrimp
1. As in the previous case, Argentine shrimp must be thawed, then cut along the back and the esophagus washed under running water. Next, dry the langoustines.
2. Fill a pan with water and place it on the stove. Add garlic cloves, salt and peppercorns. Wait for the bubbling to begin.
3. After boiling, start cooking the Argentine shrimp. Place them in boiling water in batches and note the cooking time. It is 2 minutes.
4. Then immediately remove and place on lettuce leaves. Sprinkle with lemon juice before serving.
For beer
Shrimp are one of the most desirable snacks to accompany beer. They contain a large amount of protein, vitamins, and have a pleasant sweetish taste that goes well with beer.
Ingredients:
- wild red shrimp - 1 kg;
- water - 2 kg;
- bay leaf - 1-2 leaves;
- salt - to taste;
- black peppercorns - 4-5 peas.
Cooking time - 10 minutes;
Cooking time: 8 minutes.
Number of servings - 4.
Per 100 grams of product:
- calories - 118.9
- proteins - 23.2
- fats - 2.7
- carbohydrates - 0.4
- Seafood should be thawed in advance in a gentle way. If desired, they can be cleaned of the shell and abdominal vein.
- Boil water in a saucepan, add seasonings and shrimp.
- Cook for 7-8 minutes. Depending on the size, the cooking time for crustaceans may vary. Shrimp that float to the surface is a sign that they are cooked.
- Drain the water and place the crustaceans on a plate. You can pour lemon juice on top and garnish with lemon slices.
Important! Do not overcook crustaceans, otherwise their meat will become rubbery and not tasty! How long to cook these seafood will be determined by their changed color.
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Grilled Argentine shrimp
When deciding how to cook langoustines, consider grilling.
1. Before you cook Argentine shrimp, you need to defrost them by placing them in a colander. All excess moisture should drain completely. At the same time, prepare other products.
2. Peel the ginger root and grate it on a fine grater. Do the same with garlic. Mix the ingredients in a bowl, pour in lemon juice. Add olive oil, soy sauce and spices to taste.
3. Stir the marinade thoroughly until smooth. Place shrimp in it. The langoustines should be completely covered in sauce. Leave for 2 hours, stir occasionally.
4. Heat up the grill and fry the shrimp on each side for 3 minutes. Serve the appetizer hot. Spicy sauce and seafood sauce go well with langoustines.
How to deliciously fry peeled shrimp for salad?
Many people believe that unpeeled shrimp tastes better. But, unfortunately, they are not suitable for preparing other dishes, since eating unpeeled shrimp is inconvenient.
But you don’t have to worry that your favorite seafood will lose its juiciness after cleansing. If you fry them correctly, their taste will be even better.
To prepare a small portion of salad you will need to take:
- Large shrimp – 250 g
- Soy sauce - at your discretion
- Lemon - a little
- Garlic – 2 cloves
- Ground pepper - a pinch
- Greenery - a little
Fry shrimp for salad
Preparation:
- Peel the shrimp
- Peel the garlic, chop finely, combine with shrimp
- Add remaining ingredients
- The shrimp should sit in the marinade for a while. Then fry them on both sides
Langoustines in a frying pan
1. Before cooking Argentine shrimp in a frying pan, they must first be thawed and peeled. Remove everything unnecessary.
2. Squeeze the garlic through a press, mix with finely chopped herbs, chili pepper and salt. Add oil and lemon juice.
3. Mix the ingredients thoroughly and add the shrimp. Leave for 25-35 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the frying pan. No need to add oil.
4. Fry the seafood on each side for 1 minute. Serve with vegetable salad with avocado.
Cooking features
What makes this species different is that it cooks faster than other shrimp. If you overcook them, they become too soft, so you need to be careful about timing. Simply drop the shrimp into already boiling water for a minute or two; You can add salt, celery, bay leaf or other seasonings to the water for flavor. If frozen seafood is used, place it in boiling water and cook for about 2-3 minutes.
When frying in a frying pan, you can use any vegetable oil and even butter. Not only soy sauce is added to seafood - garlic and aromatic herbs go well with it, you can add vegetables, but you can’t simmer for more than 1-2 minutes. If lemon juice or sauce is used, they must be added at the last minute of cooking.
In some countries, they really like to grill Argentine shrimp; to do this, they will need to be marinated first. They are subjected to heat treatment both in the shell and without it. It is advisable that the product has already been defrosted, since in this mode it is difficult to control readiness and it is necessary that the meat is fried evenly.
Argentine shrimp. Lots of recipes and ideas on how to cook. Important nuances when preparing.
Shrimp is one food that I never refuse.
I tried to cook a lot of things that are sold in stores.
I started with the smallest, ordinary ones, then it wasn’t enough for me and I got hooked on the royal ones. But, having tried Tom Yum with a huge shrimp in some place, I realized that there is no longer a place in my life for the same little things!
Argentine red shrimp.
We sell them most often frozen, by weight or in packages, and also in boxes. There are shrimps on sale with and without heads, and the most expensive ones have both a head and mustache.
The average price is 700 rubles per kg of frozen shrimp.
The size of the Argentinean one is about 15 cm. Without a head, 10. This is one of those that we sell.
Headless shrimp. Not peeled/cleaned
The color of the shell is pink, but this is their natural color.
Shrimp with head.
It is known that smaller types of shrimp are sold already boiled and can simply be dipped in hot water and can be eaten. These definitely need to be prepared.
I have never seen caviar on shrimp like this.
Taste
Very different from the royal ones that everyone is used to. This is the meat. Sea meat. And sea taste in the good sense of the word. It's like the tuna of the fish world.
Here is another type of shrimp that has an unusual taste: Tiger shrimp.
The meat is dense (if cooked correctly), elastic and there is a lot of it. You take a bite and feel that this is really not a delicacy for every day. It’s somewhat reminiscent of crayfish, but it doesn’t have that sweetish note.
The taste is not for everyone. Those who adore any sea things will definitely like it, but those who are careful with them and begin to tremble at the sight of tentacles, oysters or sea urchins may not come in.
When raw, the meat has a grayish tint, but when cooked it turns white.
Argentine ones are very filling. Even I, a big fan of these nasty things, am not able to eat more than 7 pieces. And for several days in a row I can’t eat these very things. Need a break.
Carapace and esophagus
Pink, very hard shell, easy to clean along with the paws, literally removed in one layer. It is impossible to under-clean such a shrimp, as happens with royal ones. Some people prefer to leave the tip of the tail untouched when cooking, but I remove everything, I consider this a privilege of restaurants.
There is a black vein on the back. This is the intestines. It must be removed because it is very large. If some of it remains, you will feel the sand in your mouth that the shrimp absorbed. Sometimes it comes off in one motion, sometimes it breaks and then you need to rinse the shrimp. And according to the rules of good manners, and simply because we are cooking for ourselves, we need to remove the esophagus even when cooking unpeeled shrimp. To do this, we defrost the reptiles (necessarily in cold water!) and use scissors to make a longitudinal cut along the back. Use a toothpick to remove what is unnecessary.
By the way, I freeze the shells; they are good for broth.
How to cook?
There are a lot of options here!
▪️The easiest thing is to fry unpeeled shrimp with garlic. Goes great with beer or white wine.
First, marinate the shrimp in your favorite seasonings for 10 minutes. I use black pepper, garlic, basil and a little salt. It can be in soy sauce, then no salt is needed.
Heat sunflower oil in a frying pan and throw in a lot of garlic. And one important point - add a little cream. This will also make an amazing garlic sauce for them. Place the shrimp in an even layer and fry for 1.5 minutes on one side, and also on the other.
Sprinkle with herbs (combined with cilantro, parsley) and eat hot! You are awesome!
▪️Add to Tom Yam. I won’t write a recipe for the soup, but here I add 3 pieces per serving, whole. You need to add it a minute before the soup is ready, because the shrimp will continue to cook even in a plate.
▪️On skewers. As a light snack or aperitif. I marinated the peeled ones in pepper and soy sauce, skewered them, threaded them all the way through and fried them on all sides. Simple and effective.
▪️ Make a beautiful salad of golden fried peeled whole shrimp. Cherry tomatoes, avocado, mixed green salads or cilantro, shrimp on top. Season with a sauce of lemon juice, salt, Provençal herbs and olive oil. It looks nice, but somehow uninteresting. I don’t add Argentinean ones to the salad, because they have much greater potential.
▪️What’s really cool and wonderful is grilled shrimp. They deserve it! We marinate and simply fry. In extreme heat, no more than a minute on each side. Somehow they didn’t keep track and they took 7 minutes to prepare. It was something. They were simply falling apart. It turned out tasteless: but I had to eat it, because the money was paid and throwing away the shrimp is blasphemy.
▪️ I often cook tomato soup and always with shrimp. I like adding whole ones.
▪️Pasta with coconut milk and shrimp. Fry the chili, add turmeric, dried parsley, pour in coconut milk, and simmer. Add peeled shrimp and lime juice, cook for a minute, add boiled spaghetti, simmer for another minute. Season with pepper and cilantro. Serve with a wedge of lime.
Recipes
To prepare an amazing appetizer using Argentine shrimp and chimichurri sauce, you will need to prepare:
- parsley;
- oregano;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 1 chili pepper;
- shrimps;
- rice vinegar;
- polenta;
- pecorino cheese;
- oil.
In this dish, the calorie content per hundred grams will be 554 calories, with carbohydrates - 46 g, fat - 33 g, protein - 24 g. The product is useful due to its high sodium content; it contains 1511 mg per serving.
- At the first stage, bring the water in the pan to a boil and add salt. While the water is boiling, grind the parsley stalk and oregano through a meat grinder. The garlic is crushed, everything is combined and chili is added. Everything is seasoned with salt and ground black pepper.
- Start preparing the chimichurri sauce. Add vinegar, olive oil, 1 tbsp to the prepared mixture. water and ¼ teaspoon salt. Mix everything thoroughly in a small bowl. The shrimp are marinated in this sauce for at least five minutes, but preferably longer.
- In the meantime, you can start preparing the polenta. As soon as the water boils, reduce the heat to medium and add corn flour, stirring constantly for a minute. We wait until the cornmeal is well cooked; If we draw an analogy with dishes that are more familiar to us, then we cook mamalyga. Turn off the heat, add butter and pecorino cheese.
- Lastly, cook the shrimp: to do this, put a large frying pan on the fire and heat the olive oil. Fry the seafood for two minutes, one minute on each side. Serve hominy with shrimp in portioned plates.
If you don’t want to spend a lot of time, you can simply boil the shrimp and serve them as is. First you need to take a large saucepan and boil water. The shrimp need to be dipped into a salty, already boiling liquid. If they begin to float and turn orange, they are ready to eat.
Three minutes is enough to bring the raw product to readiness, and if you purchase it already boiled, then you only need to immerse the seafood in water for 30 seconds and immediately remove it, otherwise it will be overcooked.
It is advisable to add to the water for flavor:
- black peppercorns;
- garlic;
- lemon juice;
- cloves;
- Bay leaf;
- dill;
- tomato paste.
Argentine langoustines in cream with garlic
The calorie content of this dish is 335 kcal. In addition to being low in calories, Argentine langoustines in creamy garlic sauce have a spicy taste.
What ingredients will be needed?
To “create” such a savory dish, you need to prepare the following ingredients:
Using this set of products you can prepare 4 servings.
Step-by-step cooking process
Algorithm for preparing seafood appetizers:
Place the shrimp back into the pan and spoon for 2 minutes. pour hot sauce from the pan over the seafood.
What can I add?
To diversify the taste of seafood, you can add a few scallops. Also, don’t be afraid to experiment with spices and herbs.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
When adding half-cooked shrimp for the second time, it is worth changing the wok pan to a serving pan. It is in such a container that the dish is served to the table. At the same time, you can decorate the appetizer with a slice of lemon and a sprig of parsley.
Crispy grilled shrimp
What could be tastier than grilled shrimp? But seafood has a very delicate taste and aroma that can overcome the acrid smell of smoke.
Another difficulty is creating a crispy crust, so it is important to choose the right recipe.
What ingredients will be needed?
To cook grilled shrimp with a crispy crust, you don’t need to prepare a huge range of ingredients:
It is not recommended to use salt, as soy sauce is quite salty.
Step-by-step cooking process
Step-by-step process for cooking shrimp on the grill:
After the marinating time is over, you need to immediately place the skewers with shrimp on the grill. Frying on one side is carried out for 2 minutes.
What can I add?
An addition can be any type of spices that harmonize well with the basic set of seasonings. You can add 10-15 g of orange juice to the soy sauce. A creamy sauce can be a great addition.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
Depending on the number of skewers, a serving figure is formed, in the center of which there is a gravy boat. Usually this is a wigwam made of skewers, and a gravy boat is placed next to it. Additionally, you should put ¼ of an orange and a sprig of basil on the dish.
In the microwave
Guests with beer on the doorstep, and a ball in the refrigerator, who is not familiar with this situation. In this case, a package of shrimp purchased in advance and waiting in the freezer and a microwave oven will help out. How long will this cooking take, only 8-10 minutes, and a minimum of ingredients will be required.
Microwave recipe:
KBZHU – 78.5; 16; 0.7; 1.9. Cooking – 10 min.
Ingredients:
- Seafood – 400 gr.
- Soy sauce – 150 g.
- Water – 50 ml.
- Black pepper (peas) – 6 gr.
Preparation:
- Thaw and rinse raw Argentine shrimp.
- Place them in a special bowl and squeeze the garlic on top through a press.
- Add pepper, salt and soy sauce there.
- Pour in warm water, cover with a lid, place in the oven for 4 minutes.
- Take it out, mix it and put it in the microwave again for three minutes, the dish is ready.
It’s good if you have time for seafood to cool in brine, they will become tastier and juicier by absorbing the aromatic liquid.
Langoustines in a frying pan
Lobsters cooked in a frying pan are distinguished by the natural taste of seafood, since baking is carried out using a minimum amount of ingredients.
What ingredients will be needed?
To cook lobsters in a frying pan, you need to prepare the following ingredients:
This recipe uses a lot of water for cooking and stewing.
Step-by-step cooking process
You can cook Argentine shrimp in a frying pan as follows:
It is recommended to stew Argentine shrimp in this state for about 5 minutes. Then you should turn off the stove and leave the product to simmer under the closed lid for another 5 minutes.
What can I add?
To diversify the taste, you can use a variety of spices or seasonings. Garlic is often used.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
It is recommended to serve lobsters warm, combining them with boiled rice. Slices of lime and sprigs of thyme can be used to decorate the serving.
Langoustines with a smoky smell on the grill
It is quite difficult to cook Argentine shrimp on the grill so that they retain the subtle aroma of smoke.
But the marinade plays the main role in successfully solving the problem.
What ingredients will be needed?
To prepare “fragrant” langoustines on the grill you will need the following ingredients:
You can supplement the marinade with aromatic spices or take orange (lime) instead of lemon.
Step-by-step cooking process
First of all, you need to light the grill and heat the coals.
Then you can start preparing the lobsters:
Then prepare the sauce for serving. You need to mix finely chopped parsley, mayonnaise, spices, lemon zest and the juice of ½ part of the lemon itself.
What can I add?
Grilled vegetables can serve as a side dish. It is advisable to use bell pepper, lemon, zucchini. Fresh vegetables such as cucumber and cherry tomatoes can be added.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
Place the still warm shrimp on a plate and pour the sauce over it. It is recommended to place fresh and grilled vegetables nearby.
Recipe with garlic sauce and white wine in the oven
You can also cook Argentine shrimp in the oven. To do this, you need to choose a suitable marinade.
This dish will be an excellent alternative to grilled shrimp.
What ingredients will be needed?
To cook langoustines in the oven with garlic sauce and white wine, you need to prepare a set of products:
Note
Some cooks prefer to separate the heads of the shrimp and remove the dorsal vessel. To do this, you need to cut the shells of sea inhabitants with scissors along the back, and then rinse with running water. The shell itself does not need to be separated. This cooking method is suitable for professionals. But even in cool restaurants, chefs still cook and serve shrimp whole, in their natural form.
Fragrant shelled shrimp with Italian herbs in the oven
Fragrant shrimps in Italian herbs can be an excellent appetizer that will resemble a gourmet dish of European cuisine.
What ingredients will be needed?
For cooking you need to prepare the following products:
Additionally, sea salt and ¼ part of lime are used.
Step-by-step cooking process
You can prepare Argentine shrimp with Italian herbs according to this scheme:
You need to place the workpiece on a wire rack, which needs to be placed in a preheated oven. Bake the dish for 10 minutes.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
It is advisable to place hot shrimp on a plate and pour over any creamy sauce. Place a slice of lemon and a sprig of parsley.
Soft and juicy seafood stew
Soft and juicy langoustines can be an excellent addition to the holiday table. The cooking principle is simple and fast, so it is often used by inexperienced cooks.
What ingredients will be needed?
What can be used to prepare stewed langoustines:
Instead of lemon, you can use lime.
Step-by-step cooking process
Process for preparing stewed lobsters:
The shrimp should simmer in the cream for about 5 minutes.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
Place the shrimp on a dish and pour over the remaining sauce that remains after stewing. Additionally, you can decorate with lemon slices.
Fried shrimp in soy sauce
Shrimp fried in soy sauce is considered a simple appetizer that can be served at a festive table.
What ingredients will be needed?
To prepare fried shrimp in soy sauce, you need to use the following products:
Additionally, you can use other spices and lemon.
Step-by-step cooking process
The preparation algorithm consists of the following steps:
During the frying process, you need to turn the langoustines every minute so that they fry evenly.
What can I add?
You can add a few tablespoons of dry white wine to the soy sauce.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
Place shrimp on a plate and squeeze lemon on top. You can decorate with finely chopped parsley. The appetizer can be served hot or cold.
Sauce
When serving shrimp, special attention is paid to preparing the sauce. In principle, it has many variations, so we present to your attention one common version.
- Ingredients: a couple of cloves of garlic, half a glass of soy sauce, half a lemon, fresh or pickled ginger, olive oil - 3 large spoons.
- Mix grated ginger root, finely chopped garlic, olive oil, and soy sauce in a suitable bowl. Mix well.
- There is no need to boil or cook the sauce. As already mentioned, you can vary the ingredients.
- While eating, you are supposed to dip the peeled shrimp into the sauce and put it in your mouth!
Fried shrimp with lemon
The Fried Lemon Shrimp takes 30 minutes maximum to prepare. The appetizer is considered universal, as it can be combined with any sauces and side dishes.
What ingredients will be needed?
To get 3 servings, you need to prepare the following products:
Additionally, black pepper is used.
Step-by-step cooking process
You can cook Argentine shrimp with lemon in a frying pan according to this recipe:
After frying, place the langoustines on a paper towel to remove excess fat.
What can I add?
Additionally, you can add other herbs - parsley, basil, Italian herbs.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
Place the “low-fat” shrimp in the form of a pyramid in the center of the plate. Pour over the sauce and garnish with a slice of lemon.
Preliminary preparation
You can cook shrimp in different ways: boil, fry in a frying pan, grill, marinate and eat raw - in any case, if it is not purchased boiled, then sometimes it will need to be cleaned first.
It is necessary to remove the shell and remove the head and intestines when frying in batter. In this case, you can use special scissors and remove the head yourself, then bend the ridge of the tail until it bursts and, hooking it with your fingers, tear the shell, leaving only the tail.
Afterwards, they find the intestines, carefully pick them up and pull them out by hand so that they do not tear and their contents do not end up on the meat.
If this happens, it is not enough to simply rinse the shrimp; it is best to do this in a solution of potato starch.
Shrimp cocktail
Shrimp cocktail is a salad in which the main ingredient is shrimp meat. This dish can only be served at a festive table, as it has a “grand” appearance.
What ingredients will be needed?
To prepare shrimp cocktail you will need the following products:
Additionally, ground cayenne pepper, sea salt, and ground black pepper are used.
Step-by-step cooking process
Here's how to prepare shrimp cocktail:
You can pour the remaining sauce in which the seafood was “soaked” on top.
What can I add?
When everything is put in the bowl, you can sprinkle the cocktail with lemon.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
The cocktail can be served cold or warm. Lettuce leaves can be used as decoration.
Steamed shrimp in a slow cooker
Steamed langoustines in a slow cooker cook quickly, and the dish turns out very light and tasty. You can prepare this version of the dish without any problems with a minimum of ingredients.
What ingredients will be needed?
To prepare steamed langoustines in a slow cooker, you need the following products:
Spices and salt will be added.
Step-by-step cooking process
You can get a tasty and quick dish as follows:
Place shrimp on foil for baking. You must first place it in a special container from the multicooker for steaming. You need to make holes in the foil. Place the workpiece in the multicooker and set the “steaming” program. Cook for 10 minutes.
What can I add?
Additionally, you can use lemon or lime slices.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
Place the shrimp in a mound and cover with cream sauce and a sprig of parsley. It is better to eat the dish while still warm.
Spicy marinated shrimp
When you get tired of shrimp rolls, soups and salads, try marinating shrimp - you will certainly love this unusual appetizer. Bring 30 peeled shrimp to a boil in salted water with a bay leaf. Drain the water, cool and transfer them to a half-liter jar or small saucepan. Add to the shrimp a couple of cloves of chopped garlic, chopped parsley and any spices according to your eye - coriander, peppercorns, cloves, cumin or chili. Pour 1 tsp into a jar. vinegar or lemon juice, add ½ tsp. salt and fill to the top with vegetable oil. Marinated shrimp are ready the next day - you can eat them as an independent snack, make pizza with shrimp and other dishes from them.
Shrimp can be simmered in a slow cooker, baked in a convection oven, boiled in a pressure cooker, fried in batter or boiled in beer. Seafood is always healthy, so you can come up with a variety of ways to cook shrimp and serve them with delicious sauces.
Useful tips and tricks
To get delicious langoustines in any type of cooking process, you need to follow certain recommendations:
If you take these recommendations into account, the dish will in any case turn out tasty and aromatic. It is not difficult to prepare delicious Argentine shrimp well, using any culinary technology and recipe. Various recipes involve the use of diverse products, which allows you to create real culinary masterpieces for every day.
