Seafood Stock
This easy seafood stock recipe is made with fresh shrimp shells and whole blue swimmer crabs boiled to sweet perfection. It is the perfect rich foundation made in just 20 minutes total and gives you a deep, authentic flavor that easily beats any store-bought broth.
Servings: 7 cups
Ingredients
- 8 cups water
- 21.2 oz shrimp shells including the heads
- 2 blue swimmer crabs
Instructions
- Bring the water to a boil in a large pot. Add the shrimp shells and whole crabs.
- Boil for 10-12 minutes, or until the crabs turn bright orange and the stock is flavorful.
- Skim off any foam that rises to the surface.
- Remove the crabs from the pot and set aside.
- Strain the stock through a fine-mesh sieve and discard the shrimp shells.
- The stock is now ready to use in soups, noodles, congee, and other seafood dishes.
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Nutrition
Serving: 7cups | Calories: 15kcal | Protein: 2g | Fat: 0.5g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 60mg | Potassium: 50mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 0.3mg