Do prawns need to be deveined?

Chef's answer
If the prawns are shell-on, you'll need to peel them. This can be done before or after cooking, but peeling them after cooking makes for a juicier, more flavourful prawn. ... It's not harmful to eat, but the prawn looks better without it, and it can be a bit gritty. Removing it is called 'deveining'..
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Instructions
  • Heat 1 tsp oil in 12 inch skillet over high heat until smoking.
  • Meanwhile, toss shrimp with salt, pepper, parsley and crushed red pepper.
  • Add half of the shrimp to the pan in single layer and cook until edges turn pink, about 1 minute.
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    Prawns can be bought raw or cooked. They can be used in the same way and in the same kind of dishes, though cooked prawns can be eaten cold as they are. When raw, they are blue-grey in colour (and are sometimes called green prawns). ... You can find pink and brown varieties of shrimp, and they are sold ready-cooked..
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    The Secret to Juicy Shrimp
  • Soak shrimp in brine. Soak quickly in brine to keep lean seafood moist as it cooks and season it throughout. ...
  • Remove shrimp and pat dry. Remove the shrimp from the brine and discard liquid. ...
  • Sear shrimp. Sear the shrimp in a cast-iron pan. ...
  • Serve immediately. Enjoy soon after cooking for the best texture.
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    Getting shrimp (and many other variety of seafood) right is less a matter of "how you cook them" but more a matter of "when you cook them". If you add in the shrimp to your dish too early, then they get heat for too long and end up "tough and rubbery"..
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    Many people suggested baking soda, marinate shelled prawns with baking soda for half an hour then rinse thoroughly under running water to get rid of the after taste. As baking soda tenderised the prawns, I found that a little bit of "massage" helps in firming up and give them crunchy texture.
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    Shrimp possess lamellar, plate-like gills and a set of claws on their front two pairs of legs. Prawns, in comparison, have branching gills, and claws on three sets of their legs, with the front pair being noticeably larger. ... Prawns, lacking such body segmentation, have straighter bodies than shrimp.
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    it is actually not a vein (in the circulatory sense.) It is the shrimp's intestinal tract, and its dark color means it is filled with grit or other feces. The intestinal tract is often dark brown to black appeared more visibly on bigger shrimp like prawn..
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