Shrimp Sous Vide is your shortcut to restaurant-quality seafood at home! And this recipe unlocks juicy, tender shrimp & a sauce that'll wow you and your family.
Using our sous vide machine has been a total game changer for our family! We think of it as a fancy French version of a crockpot. We call our sous vide machine Julie, and we can’t wait to share more recipes that she has helped us create.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
Perfectly Cooked Shrimp Every Time: The sous vide method ensures that you have perfectly cooked shrimp with a consistent texture throughout.
Juiciness and Tenderness: The addition of baking soda (a secret ingredient) and the sous vide cooking process work together to create shrimp that is exceptionally juicy and tender.
Customizable Flavor Profile: The addition of lemon juice, Italian seasoning, and olive oil gives the shrimp a bright and aromatic character.
Recipe Ingredients
You’ll need the following ingredients to make this Sous vide shrimp recipe.
Ingredient Notes
Raw Shrimp (Peeled and Deveined): Raw shrimp's natural sweetness and delicate texture make it perfect for sous vide cooking. You can use shell-on shrimp for this recipe. I used medium shrimp for this recipe but jumbo shrimp will do just fine.
Lemon Juice: Lemon juice adds a citrusy element and cuts through the richness of the shrimp. The acidity it provides enhances the overall balance of flavors. Substituting it with lime juice, lemon zest or orange zest works as well.
Baking Soda: Baking soda is a unique addition to this recipe that helps tenderize the shrimp, and results in shrimp with a more succulent and juicy texture. Avoid using baking powder because it will change the taste and texture of your shrimp.
How to make Shrimp Sous Vide Step-By-Step
Check out these step-by-step instructions with images. Just so you know, you'll find all the details and exact ingredients of this recipe on the printable recipe card below!
Step 1: Thaw your frozen shrimp in cold water for 30 minutes - 1 hour, and then drain the water after the shrimp thaws.
Step 2: Place the thawed shrimp in a medium or large bowl, sprinkle baking soda over them, and then combine. Let the shrimp rest for about 30 minutes. This step ensures juicy and tender shrimp.
Step 3: Using a sous vide cooker, preheat your sous vide water bath to your preferred level of doneness. The recommended temperatures for different doneness when cooking shrimp are below:
Rare (Very Tender): 120°F (49°C) - 130°F (54°C)
Medium (Tender): 130°F (54°C) - 140°F (60°C)
Well-Done (Traditional): 140°F (60°C) - 150°F (66°C)
Larger shrimp may require longer cooking times.
Step 4: After 30 minutes, add salt, pepper, lemon juice, Italian seasoning, and olive oil to the shrimp and then combine.
Step 5: Place your seasoned shrimp in a sous vide bag or ziplock bag. Gently remove as much air from the bag using a vacuum sealer or the water displacement method. Also, try your best to make sure that the shrimp are in a single layer.
Step 6
Cook the shrimp in the preheated water bath for the recommended times for different doneness levels. After cooking, place the sous vide shrimp on paper towel-lined plates to absorb excess moisture.
Step 7
Save the juice that's in the vacuum bag and drizzle the succulent shrimp with the juice. Optionally, you can garnish your shrimp sous vide with fresh parsley.
Step 8
Serve the sous vide shrimp with cocktail sauce, white wine, or a squeeze of lemon juice. Enjoy!
Recipe Tips and Tricks
Gently remove as much air from the bag using a vacuum sealer or the water displacement method if you're using a heavy duty zipper-lock bag.
Try your best to make sure that the shrimp are in a single layer.
After cooking, place the sous vide shrimp on paper towel-lined plates to absorb excess moisture.
You can garnish your juicy shrimp with fresh parsley.
You can reuse sous vide bags if they are in good condition, have been cleaned properly, and have no holes in them.
Two popular sous vide machine brands are Joule and Anova. I used the Joule for this recipe.
Storage and Reheating
You can cook frozen shrimp instead of thawing it. The cooking time for frozen shrimp will be longer and will also depend on the size of the shrimp and your preferred texture.
Your Questions Answered
Sous vide cooking is a cooking method where food is vacuum-sealed in bags and then cooked at a precise, low temperature using an immersion cooker in a water bath. Cooking this way ensures even cooking as well as consistent results.
You'll need a sous vide machine or immersion circulator, vacuum-sealer or zip-lock bags, and a container like a stock pot for the water bath.
That's totally up to you. Shrimp shells help trap flavor and moisture, but they also make them hard to eat. I used peeled shrimp for this recipe because they cook faster and are easier to eat.
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Shrimp Sous Vide
Ingredients
Method
- Thaw your frozen shrimp in cold water for 30 minutes - 1 hour, and then drain the water after the shrimp thaws.
- Place the thawed shrimp in a medium or large bowl, sprinkle baking soda over them, and then combine. Let the shrimp rest for about 30 minutes. This step ensures juicy and tender shrimp.
- Using a sous vide cooker, preheat your sous vide water bath to your preferred level of doneness.
- After 30 minutes, add salt, pepper, lemon juice, Italian seasoning, and olive oil to the shrimp and then combine.
- Place your seasoned shrimp in a sous vide bag or ziplock bag. Gently remove as much air from the bag using a vacuum sealer or the water displacement method. Also, try your best to make sure that the shrimp are in a single layer.
- Cook the shrimp in the preheated water bath for the recommended times for different doneness levels. After cooking, place the sous vide shrimp on paper towel-lined plates to absorb excess moisture.
- Save the juice that's in the vacuum bag and drizzle the succulent shrimp with the juice. Optionally, you can garnish your shrimp sous vide with fresh parsley.
- Serve the sous vide shrimp with cocktail sauce, white wine, or a squeeze of lemon juice. Enjoy!
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