Crab Depot sets the full spread with Peeled and Deveined Farm-Raised Large Shrimp with tail-on, head and shell-off. Our shrimp partners overseas keep the catch fresh and healthy and deliver a buttery, succulent shrimp perfect for your recipes. Depending on the time of year, crab depot sources shrimp from Vietnam, Ecuador, and India. Each pound offers 21-25 shrimp per pound. Choose either chilled or flash frozen.
🦐Jumpstart your Seafood Recipes
with Peeled and Deveined Shrimp!
Both overseas and domestic shrimp harvesters prepare shrimp for chefs who want to serve dishes like chilled shrimp cocktail with zesty sauce, garlicky shrimp scampi, and crunchy coconut shrimp. Diners don’t want to spend time peeling the shells and also prefer savoring the shrimp without any digestive tract “dirt”. The shrimp tastes sweeter when cleaned since this tract may hold grit and sand, giving a bitter taste. Plating the recipe, showcasing the shrimp looks pristine and buttery with this preparation. Yes, to be technical, “P&D” is mouthwatering good!
Two simple steps take a graded-size shrimp to the “peeled and deveined” category. Fishermen remove the tough outer shell from the catch and then cut a small incision along the back, exposing the dark tract. Then with a specialty tool, they scrape out the grit. After the precise preparation, the crew quickly flash-freeze the shrimp for cooking calendar convenience. Full prawn and shell-on selections reach the seafood markets as either fresh or frozen options, but peeled and deveined keeps its quality best as frozen.
In short of time? Want to impress your dinner guests with a shrimp dish? Jumpstart your ideas with either Crab Depot’s Peeled & Deveined Shrimp 31/40 ct. or 21/25 ct. selections.