My mother-in-law has one such dish she used to order at a nearby restaurant—Shrimp Fra Diavolo from the local Bravo! Italian ...

The answer, it turns out, is no. Much like you can grill frozen shrimp without thawing them, you can cook them in a multitude of other ways directly from frozen, too. Not only can you do this ...

Cook, undisturbed, until the side exposed to the heat develops a browned crust, 3 to 5 minutes. Carefully turn the burgers and repeat on the other side, cooking until the shrimp has turned opaque ...

It is also where I learned to cook the peeled and deveined shrimp directly in the hot steamy grits. I wrote about that version—accented with wilted baby spinach and cherry tomatoes—about 10 ...