Our Ultimate Shrimp Guide

Get cooking with these delicious shrimp recipes and pointers on buying and preparing shrimp. The eating part you can handle yourself.

26 Favorite Shrimp Recipes

Enjoy our favorite 20 shrimp recipes, plus cooking tips, fun facts, and everything you never knew about shrimp.

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Cornmeal-Cumin-Crusted Shrimp

Tip: Large shrimp are fairly easy to devein. Simply slit the back with a paring knife and lift the vein out with the knife point. But don't feel you have to devein. If you can't see the vein when the shrimp is raw, chances are you won't when it's cooked. Similarly, smaller shrimp have smaller veins, often not visible. Deveining comes down to aesthetics, not hygiene. If the veins don't show, don't bother.

Recipe: Cornmeal-Cumin-crusted Shrimp with Red Pepper-Chiplote Dipping Sauce