A rich seafood stock is made easy with shrimp shells and a few aromatics.
How to Make Homemade Shrimp Stock
Homemade shrimp stock adds amazing flavor to so many seafood dishes and it is super easy to make. I've included instructions on how to make a homemade stock from shrimp shells in many of my recipes here, but I figured it was time to give it a spot of its own for the how to tip section of my site.
Now, I do realize that not everybody has access to fresh shrimp, although in some grocery stores you can buy frozen shrimp in the shell. One thing is for certain y'all - {pulling out soapbox} Stop buying the foreign imported stuff! If that's the only shrimp you've ever eaten, well... you've never eaten shrimp. Turn over the package, look at the very bottom and you'll find the country of origin. Look for packages marked Wild American Shrimp. Yes, it costs a little more thanks to the influx of foreign imports that everybody has been buying - and truth is, most folks don't even realize that is what they are buying - but Wild American is worth every extra penny. Try it once, you will never go back. {tucking soapbox back away}For those of us fortunate enough to live along a coastline and have direct access to shrimp fresh out of the water, homemade stock from the shells - and always the heads when you have them - makes all the difference when preparing seafood dishes - like Shrimp Sauce Piquant, Seafood Gumbo, and Courtbouillon, to name a few. Here's the way that I do mine.
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Recipe: Homemade Shrimp Stock
©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Cook time: 1 hour 30 min | Total time: 1 hour 40 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 cups
Ingredients
Instructions
- Shells and heads from 2 pounds of shrimp
- 1/2 gallon of water
- 1 onion, unpeeled, quartered
- 2 ribs of celery, leafy tops included, chopped rough
- 4 cloves of garlic, smashed and unpeeled
Add ingredients to stockpot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 1-1/2 hours. Strain and let cool. Use immediately, refrigerate or freeze.
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