On the culinary forum, Ms. Pham Kim Ngan introduced to the ladies a method of preparing fresh shrimp that she accidentally witnessed from the shrimp seller, which received a lot of attention.
Ms. Pham Kim Ngan shared: “Today, when I went to the market, I learned another way to prepare shrimp with just a spoon and still keep the shrimp intact!”
In the shared clip, we can see a person preparing live shrimp at a very fast pace. The person in the clip only uses the handle of a spoon to dig into the head of the shrimp and quickly remove the insides. Each preparation only takes about 10 seconds.
Quickly cleaning shrimp with just a spoon. The clip quickly received shares from members of the forum.
Most of the comments shared that they did not know about this special method of preparing shrimp. However, some opinions suggest that this method actually removes the shrimp’s sand vein but does not fully remove the shrimp’s digestive tract. But there are also many people who say that with shrimp of unknown origin, cleaning it this way will give peace of mind.
Method of cleaning shrimp with a spoon
Preparation: Large shrimp, spoon
Steps: Hold the head of the shrimp and the back facing up.
Hold the spoon upside down, use the handle of the spoon to poke into the gap between the back and head of the shrimp, gently hook the black part at the head of the shrimp, then pull out the shrimp’s vein.
With this method, it only takes 1-2 seconds to clean the shrimp. The shrimp retains its original shape and does not get crushed.