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Homemade Shrimp Stock

Ingredients

  • 8 cups water
  • 2.5 lbs Shrimps head/shells (rinsed)
  • 2-4 celery sticks (cut into chunks)
  • 2 big carrots (cut into chunks)
  • 2 onions (cut into chunks peels on/remove)
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 2 bay leaves
  • Few parsley (I didn’t measure)
  • 1 Teaspoon Olive oil (or your choice)
  • ½-1 teaspoon black peppercorns

Instructions

  1. Gather you recipe ingredients.

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  2. In a big shallow pot, heat oil, add all the vegetables and stir back and forth for about a minute.

  3. Add shrimp heads/shells and parsley, peppercorn and stir. Continue to cook until the shrimp start to change color.

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  4. Add cold water and mix. Cover slightly and bring to a boil then allow to simmer for about 10-15 mins.
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  5. Place a strainer in a big bowl and strain the liquid be careful when doing this as the content is still hot.

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  6. After the stock has cool down, pour the stock in clean jars and allow to cool down completely before storing. Discard the vegetables.

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  7. You can pour some of the stock into ice cube trays and freeze, remove and place in zip locks (how you intend to use at a time) and freeze.