Pierre Franey's Shrimp Broth

By Pierre Franey

Published April 12, 1983

Total Time
25 minutes
Rating
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Ingredients

Yield:About 3 cups

  • The peeled shells from 1 pound of raw shrimp

  • 3 cups water

  • 6 peppercorns

  • ½ cup coarsely chopped onion

  • 1 rib celery, coarsely chopped

  • 1 bay leaf

  • Salt to taste if desired

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Put all the ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Let simmer about 20 minutes.

  2. Step 2

    Strain the broth, discarding the solids. There should be about three cups.

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Fredericktibbetts@gmail.com

Most frozen shrimp is now sold shelled. Please consider buying it whole, because you can shell the shrimp in a jiffy, and make this great stock: the quickest fish stock of all.

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