Prawn curing revisted

[Amerman]

Last springer season I did a prawn curing 101 thread and wanted to make sure it stayed where people could find it easy for fall and the coming spring season.


Spent today curing up a bunch of prawns and thought I would share with all how easy it can be.

Start with some prawns. We let them thaw in a container.

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Take some Amermans salmon cure (you can use steelhead if you are fishing for steelhead).

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Pour a small layer over all of the prawns.

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Flip the prawns and give them some more cure.

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Once the prawns are covered well so that the cure is all over the prawns and evenly around the prawns, pour them into a container. For this we used a quart freezer bag.

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A look into a filled bag. At this time you can add scent if you want.

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The prawns will juice and disolve the cure.

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Rotate the prawns every few hours, and after 2 or 3 days, depending on temperature (less time at warmer temps.), they will look like this.

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We did some orange and did some red. You can also mix the two colors.
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You can view the whole thread here http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?t=149247