How to De-Intestine Shrimp

How to De-Intestine Shrimp

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesHow to De-Intestine Shrimp

Learn how to peel and devein shrimp with this step-by-step tutorial. Leave the tails on or off? Ever wonder what that black vein is? Should you keep the shells? (Yes!) Get all these answers and more.

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Video on how to devein shelled shrimp

My friends Becca (Biloxi Mississippi) and Carole ("Nawlins" Louisiana) are probably scratching their heads reading this ("What? You have to show people how to devein shrimp? And how to peel shrimp?")

But if like me you didn't grow up on the Bayou or in some other shrimp-filled country you may be wondering as I did how to remove the shells from your tasty shrimp when you first see them.

Becca kindly taught me how to peel and devein shrimp (thank you honey). The technique is below. She also told me that the best shrimp come from the Gulf of Mexico. And that you should always buy them in the shell.