How do you freeze shrimp?

I typically dont. I find they get mushy.

But I guess if I had to...like fish. Submerged in water.

I've always pulled the heads and pack the tails in gallon freezer ziplock bags. I cover with ice water and suck all the air out with a straw before zipping the bags. They keep for months. May have to double bag them if leaks develop.

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I typically put them somewhere cold, like a freezer.

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while simultaneously failing at sarcasm. if you are going to be a dick, at least be remotely funny.

we used to use Ziploc bags, until the tails would prick a hole in it causing ice slicks in the bottom of the freezer. we bought some cheap stackable plastic containers. Fill with be-headed shrimp, fill w/water, leaving head room and freeze. works better than bags.

Usually in water, double bagged. I pop the shell off the head but leave all the good stuff attached to the tail.

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I freeze them in plastic containers with water to cover, leaving room for expansion. Then, I cover the top with plastic wrap so there are no air bubbles to prevent freezer burn on any that float up. They're good for a long time that way. I've frozen them, head on, like that with great success. Made bbq shrimp last week with some 9-12 head on frozen shrimp from last August. Couldn't tell they'd been frozen at all.

Depending on how much you get, buy a dewar of liquid nitrogen and IQF yourself. When frozen in nitrogen, they will keep for a year and defrost as a fresh shrimp. If its just a few pounds, freeze in water.

I dehead them
put them in a ziploc or gladloc plastic bowl
cover with water
put lid on bowl
lable the size and date
freeze them


When I thaw them out I run cold water over them and as the fall off from the shrimpsicle I peel them. Been doing it like that for 20 years and never had a shrimp go bad.

This is a little time consuming, but a glaze and freeze like fish. Head off and shell on.

If you are freezing you fish in water, you are doing it wrong.