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Preheat a grill to moderately hot.
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Mix the paprika, peanut oil, and salt and pepper to taste and rub all over the shrimp.
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Grill the shrimp, turning once, until done, about 5 minutes.
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Meanwhile, mix the soy sauce with the garlic, ginger, lemon juice, and cayenne; taste and adjust the seasoning.
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Serve the shrimp hot, with the soy mixture as a dipping sauce.
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Almost all shrimp are frozen before sale.
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So unless youre in a hurry, you might as well buy them frozen and defrost them yourself; this will guarantee you that they are defrosted just before you cook them, therefore retaining peak quality.
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There are no universal standards for shrimp size; large and medium dont mean much.
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Therefore, it pays to learn to judge shrimp size by the number per pound, as retailers do.
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Shrimp labeled 16/20, for example, contain sixteen to twenty per pound; those labeled U-20 require fewer (under) twenty to make a pound.
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Shrimp from fifteen to about thirty per pound usually give the best combination of flavor, ease (peeling tiny shrimp is a nuisance), and value (really big shrimp usually cost more than $15 a pound).
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On deveining: I dont.
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You can, if you like, but its a thankless task, and there isnt one person in a hundred who could blind-taste the difference between shrimp that have and have not been deveined.
