Aqua Star Raw Easy-Peel Shell-On Shrimp 26-30, 2 lb

EDITORIAL VERDICT

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RECIPE INTERSECTION

What can I make with this?

These published Playbooks use reviewed methods that this specific product clears. The dish cards are the fastest path from bag to dinner.

50 min · Intermediate

Tom Yum Goong

A hot-sour Thai broth with lemongrass, galangal and makrut lime — deeply prawn-flavored, but with the shrimp themselves poached for only about ninety seconds.

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25 min · Easy

Butter-Poached Shrimp

A low-temperature butter emulsion turns large sweet shrimp glossy and tender. This is precision over sizzle: hold the butter below frying temperature and let the shrimp finish gently.

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50 min · Easy

Lowcountry Shrimp Boil

Potatoes, corn and smoky sausage in a boldly seasoned pot — with the shrimp added only at the very end so they stay plump instead of paying for everyone else’s cook time.

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70 min · Intermediate

Shrimp Etouffee

A nutty Louisiana roux, the trinity and shrimp-rich gravy — with the shrimp added only at the finish so the sauce gets its time without taking it from the meat.

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35 min · Easy

Classic Shrimp Cocktail

Plump chilled shrimp with real snap, cooked in a seasoned pot below a hard boil and paired with a horseradish-heavy cocktail sauce that actually tastes alive.

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50 min · Intermediate

Chingri Malai Curry

A silky Bengali coconut curry built around large prawns: perfume the fat, build the gravy first, then let the shrimp finish in it for only a few minutes.

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METHOD INTERSECTION

How this bag wants to be cooked

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GOOD FORBoil and drain (liquid discarded)Simmer in seasoned liquid (liquid eaten)Butter poach / fat poach / low-temp sous vide

WATCHBake and air fryDeep fry

AVOIDHot pan searLive fire / grillRaw and acid-cured

Boil and drain (liquid discarded)Method guide →Simmer in seasoned liquid (liquid eaten)Method guide →Butter poach / fat poach / low-temp sous videMethod guide →

THE PRODUCT ITSELF

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COUNT / FORM26-30 per lb

Raw, shell-on, easy-peel, deveined

NET WEIGHT2 lb

No separate weight-basis note.

ORIGINNot recorded

farmed

UPC731149650220

Glaze detail not recorded.

Ingredients & treatments

Shrimp, Salt, Sodium Tripolyphosphate (For Moisture Retention).

Catalogue treatment read: phosphates, no added water declared; salt.
Phosphate treatment · declared
Added salt · declared

SPECIES INTERSECTION

Exact species is not verified

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COMMERCIAL RECORDS

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TRUST LAYER

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Group or market-name inference does not identify an exact scientific species in this product record.