Fans of spicy seafood dishes will definitely like the presented recipe for a warm squid salad. It is worth noting that when preparing a recipe for squid, it is necessary to fry in a pan, this circumstance destroys all traditional ideas about cooking. Believe me, after such heat treatment, the squid will become soft and tender, since the heat treatment lasts only 3-4 minutes. First, ginger, garlic, chili and onion are fried in a pan. And only then squids join them. All in all, a typical Asian recipe. By themselves, squids are fairly neutral. Therefore, the oil in which we will fry vegetables will give them all its aroma. Can you imagine what will happen in your kitchen? What incredible smells will hover in her? During the cooking period, you get the complete feeling that Asia has come to your house! And also, at the end of cooking, as is done in the same Asia, we will apply a little trick. Add sugar to the squid. This will completely change the dish. And the squid will be eaten instantly. But again, the dish is spicy enough!

Ingredients:

• Squids - 4 pcs.
• Fresh ginger - 1 cm
• Chili pepper - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 3 cloves
• Red onion - ½ pc.
• Bulgarian pepper - ½ piece
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Soy sauce - 2 tablespoons
• Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons

Spicy squid recipe

Cut a 1 cm long piece of fresh ginger root, peel it and cut into thin strips.

Cut the chili into thin rings.

Peel half of the red onion and chop finely. We do the same with garlic.

Peel the bell peppers and cut them into strips. If there is no fresh pepper, then frozen is fine.

With vegetables sorted out, let's move on to seafood. Squids must first be cleaned and cut into approximately 4x4 squares. Next, we take a sharp knife and make cuts in the form of a mesh on the inside of the carcass. The main thing is not to overdo it, the squid must remain intact. We only slightly dissect their surface to add tenderness to the finished dish.

Fry ginger, chili, red onion and garlic in a pan in vegetable oil. Stir occasionally for 1-1.5 minutes. There will be a strong aroma in the kitchen during the frying process.

Spicy squids are ready. Serve warm salad with squid to the table as an independent dish or with rice as a side dish.

Bon Appetit!

Squid, at present, is a very popular product from which you can prepare a large number of delicious dishes, including salads. As you know, this clam has a neutral taste, and therefore it can be combined with a wide variety of ingredients. It is delicious with various vegetables, cereals, herbs, cheese, and of course with the same seafood as itself.

For a long time, he was among the products belonging to the category of delicacies, and buying a jar of canned squid was considered happiness. But now it is not difficult to buy it in the store, and we are happy to prepare it both for a festive table and just for an ordinary lunch or dinner.

And rightly so, it is not only tasty and nutritious, but also very healthy. Eating the meat of this mollusk, in addition to the obtained proteins, vitamins and microelements, helps to increase the vitality of the whole body, stimulates appetite, improves emotional state, and even fights depression.

Therefore, this sea inhabitant is so fond of the people that each mistress has her own favorite recipes with its use. And this is especially true for salads.

Among them there are very simple recipes that can be prepared in 15 minutes. And there are recipes and more complicated, which will take more time to prepare. But they all have one thing in common - they are delicious!

What products are they not cooked with, and what sauces and dressings are not used. In today's selection, we will use the simplest ingredients as a dressing. But if you like to experiment,

I hope you love squid salads and find something new and interesting for yourself in today's selection.

This recipe is as delicious as it is simple. It will not be difficult to prepare it.

We need:

• squid - 100 gr
• eggs - 2 - 3 pieces
• crab sticks - 100 gr
• hard cheese - 60 gr
• green onions, herbs - 100 gr
• garlic - 1 clove
• mayonnaise to taste
• boiled shrimp - for decoration
• salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

Many people do not like to cook dishes with squid due to the fact that it is supposedly a long time to clean them, and they do not want to bother with it. In fact, cleaning them is not difficult at all and I will tell you how to do it. Therefore, if you do not know it, then read it first. And here we will not detain readers who easily cope with this.

1. Peel the squid. Pour water into a saucepan, there should be enough water. Bring it to a boil, lightly salt and add a carcass or two. Close the lid, let it boil, then immediately open the lid and cook for 1.5 - 2 minutes.

There is a second way, in which the carcass is poured with boiling water and kept in it 3 times for one minute. Drain the water each time.

I will tell you about all the methods of heat treatment of squid

2. Remove the carcass from the water. If boiled, then it must be placed in cold water to stop the heat treatment process. Allow to cool, then cut into thin strips.

3. Cut boiled eggs and cheese into cubes.

4. Crab sticks in small pieces.

5. Chop the herbs and garlic. Chop the green onions.

6. Mix 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise with garlic, add green onions, herbs and garlic. You can use ready-made garlic sauce that you can buy at the store.

7. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients with the sauce, salt and pepper.

8. Prepare a small, hollow round dish, place on a plate and fill tightly with salad. Then carefully remove it. The mayonnaise will hold all the ingredients together and keep the salad in shape.

9. Boil 6 - 7 shrimps, cool them and decorate the salad with them, also add a sprig of herbs.

Delicious and beautifully served salad is ready. Therefore, eat it with pleasure!

The easiest recipe

We need:

• squid - 500 gr
• egg - 2 - 3 pieces
• green onions - a small bunch
• dill - a small bunch
• salt to taste
• olive oil - 2 tablespoons spoons

Preparation:

1. Thoroughly clean the squid carcasses of films and entrails. Boil them for 1.5 - 2 minutes in lightly salted water. Then rinse with cold water to stop the heat treatment process.

2. Make sure that there are no films left on the carcass and cut them into rings or half rings.

3. Boil the eggs, cool, peel and cut into two halves. If desired, you can cut them into cubes.

4. Chop green onions and dill smaller, mix with squid.

5. Put on a plate, beautifully arrange the halves of the eggs. Sprinkle with salt and olive oil.

If desired, you can serve salad along with sour cream or mayonnaise. It will be delicious, no matter how you serve it!

Squid with rice and boiled egg

We need:

• squid - 400 gr
• boiled eggs - 3 pcs.
• boiled rice - 100 gr
• chopped dill - 2 tbsp. spoons
• green onions - 2 - 3 feathers
• sour cream - 0.5 tbsp. spoons
• mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons
• salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

1. Peel and boil squid.

2. Remove the carcasses from the water and allow to cool. Then cut into strips. You can cut it into both small and large strips, as you like. If you want the taste of the salad to be more uniform, cut into thin strips, but if you want the pieces of meat to be more tangible, cut larger.

3. Boil the rice in lightly salted water in advance. In order for it to cook well and quickly, and also not to be excessively sticky, it must first be rinsed and soaked, and then rinsed again until the water becomes clear.

Alternatively, you can use parboiled rice, which does not clump during cooking.

4. Boiled rice should also be cooled. If you use excessively "sticky" varieties of rice, then it can be washed.

5. Cut the boiled eggs into cubes, chop the dill and chop the onion feathers.

6. In a bowl, combine squid, eggs and rice, trying to do it gently.

7. Prepare the dressing sauce. Mix sour cream, mayonnaise and chopped dill. Lightly salt, remember that shellfish and rice were cooked in salted water, and mayonnaise also tastes salty. Pepper to taste.

8. Add the sauce to the bowl and mix everything. Place on a plate and garnish with chopped onions.

This amount of ingredients is calculated for 2 - 3 servings.

With cucumber, egg and crab sticks

There are several delicious recipes using cucumbers and eggs. I love it when crab sticks are used along with these ingredients. Although the easiest option can be cooked without them.

We need:

• squid - 3 carcasses
• crab sticks - 200 gr
• fresh cucumber - 2 pieces
• egg - 4 - 5 pieces
• green onions - bunch
• mayonnaise to taste
• salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Peel and boil the squid in slightly salted water for 2 minutes, or pour boiling water over them and let stand for a while. Then remove from the water and let cool.

Then cut into thin strips.

2. Cut eggs, crab sticks and cucumbers into cubes.

Fresh cucumbers are very good to use in combination with squid. They complement each other perfectly. And the smell and taste of the salad acquires notes of freshness and good mood.

3. Chop the green onion. Set aside some of the onion to garnish.

4. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste. Season with mayonnaise. You may need 3 tablespoons, but if you like them more nutritious, add a little more mayonnaise.

5. Let the salad stand for 20 - 30 minutes, so that it lets the juice and is soaked in mayonnaise. Or you can let him stand for a little more time.

6. Garnish with the remaining green onions before serving. You can also use fresh parsley and cucumber slices or slices for decoration.

Here we have such a salad, beautiful, nutritious and very tasty.

Canned squid with potatoes

This recipe also involves the use of canned cucumbers, as well as squid.

We need:

• canned squid - 100 - 150 gr
• canned cucumbers - 3 pcs (small)
• boiled potatoes - 2 pcs.
• green peas - 2 - 3 tbsp. spoons
• mayonnaise to taste
• salt, pepper - to taste
• greens - for serving

Preparation:

1. Cut the squid into cubes and place in a bowl. Can be cut into large or smaller cubes. Whoever likes it better.

2. Cut the potatoes into cubes, about the same size as the squid. Add to bowl.

3. So that the shape of the salad is not monotonous, cut the cucumbers into strips.

4. Add them to the chopped ingredients and add the green peas.

5. Season with salt and pepper to taste and season with mayonnaise.

6. Decorate with fresh herbs.

Don't look that it is so simple. It is as simple as it tastes good. Therefore, as a salad for every day, it is perfect for both lunch and dinner.

"Kamchatsky"

This salad has a name. It is called "Kamchatsky", apparently there are a lot of squids in Kamchatka, and that's why they called it that way.

We need:

• squid - 500 - 600 gr
• pickled cucumber - 2 pieces
• onion - 1 piece
• canned corn - 0.5 cans
• egg - 4 pieces
• sour cream or mayonnaise - to taste
• salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Peel and boil the squid in slightly salted water, then take it out and put it in cold water for a short time to cool down quickly. Dry with paper towels, and if films remain, clean them.

Cut into strips and place in a bowl.

2. Cut the cucumber into small cubes and add to a bowl.

3. Chop the onion as small as possible, also dice them and add to the already chopped ingredients.

4. Cut the egg into cubes, or you can use an egg cutter. Since using it, a fairly small cut is obtained, you can cut the eggs into strips.

5. Add the egg and corn to the salad, from which it is necessary to drain all the liquid.

6. Season with salt and pepper to taste, season with sour cream or mayonnaise. You can also mix sour cream and mayonnaise together.

7. Let stand for a while and serve.

Corn kernels give a bright positive color to the salad, and it looks very appetizing.

With shrimps and crab sticks

Another delicious salad that I recommend taking into your recipe bank. The amount of ingredients is calculated for a large company. And he can prepare for any holiday. I love to cook one for birthdays. It turns out not only tasty, but also beautiful. And it never remains on the table, it is eaten all over without a trace.

We need:

• squid - 750 gr
• shrimp - 750 gr
• crab sticks - 300 gr
• quail egg - 8 pcs (or 4 chicken)
• iceberg or Peking salad - 1/4 part
• green onions - 3 - 4 feathers
• dill - a small bunch
• salt, pepper - to taste
• mayonnaise to taste

Preparation:

1. Boil squids in salted water for 2 minutes or pour boiling water over and soak in it. Then take out, cool and cut into strips.

2. Boil the shrimps in salted water. It is best to use unpeeled shrimp, in which case the cooking time will be 3 to 5 minutes, depending on their size. You do not need to cook longer so that they do not become tough.

When ready, let them cool down and peel off the shell. We will not cut them, but we will use them entirely. With them, the dish will turn out to be very beautiful.

3. For cooking, you can use either a Peking variety or an iceberg. Both tastes neutral and goes well with all other ingredients.

Cut the salad into medium-sized strips, or neat cubes.

4. If you are preparing it just for an everyday day, then you can use chicken eggs, and if you are preparing for the holiday, then I recommend taking quail eggs. They will be a wonderful decoration for the entire dish as a whole.

Peel and cut the quail eggs in half. Chicken eggs can be cut into cubes, leaving two to three yolks also for decoration. Cut the yolks into two halves.

5. Cut the crab sticks into small pieces.

6. Chop the dill, chop the green onion as usual.

7. Combine all ingredients in a bowl, leaving only eggs and some herbs for decoration. Add salt and pepper to taste. Season with mayonnaise and mix everything.

Use mayonnaise to taste, as you like. You can mix mayonnaise with sour cream, either in half proportion or in a two to one proportion. It will be delicious this way and that.

8. Place the salad on a large, flat, pebbled plate. Decorate with halved eggs and sprinkle with herbs. Or put in portioned bowls.

That's it, our salad is ready. As you can see, it turned out to be very beautiful, and I guarantee you that it is also delicious. Eat to your health and treat your guests!

Squid with champignons

This salad is also quite easy to prepare and contains a minimum of ingredients. But do not look at it, it turns out to be very tasty and with such a composition of products.

We need:

• squid - 4 carcasses
• champignons - 200 gr
• onion - 1 piece
• dill - a small bunch
• salt, pepper - to taste
• mayonnaise to taste
• bay leaf - 3 - 4 pieces
• peppercorns - 5 - 6 pieces
• vegetable oil - for frying

Preparation:

Squid can be boiled not only with the addition of salt. You can use the simplest spices to give it a piquant taste.

1. Pour water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil, add bay leaf, peppercorns, salt and two or three sprigs of dill to the water. Boil for 5 minutes.

2. Put in water a couple of squid carcasses and boil them for 2 - 3 minutes. Take it out immediately and put it in cold water to stop the heating process.

When the carcasses are completely cool, cut them into strips.

3. Cut the champignons into small pieces. Then fry them in a small amount of vegetable oil until they become a little soft and ruddy. Do not overcook.

4. Cut the onion into small cubes and add to the mushrooms. Fry everything together a little more, until the onion is lightly browned. Salt to taste. Allow to cool.

5. Mix chopped squid and cooled mushrooms with onions. Add some pepper for flavor and the remaining chopped dill.

7. Serve heaped on a flat plate. You can sprinkle with fresh herbs.

If you prepare such a salad for the holiday, then you can decorate it with canned corn or green peas. Or it is very beautiful, and festive, pomegranate seeds look on a white background, you can use them for decoration as well.

Squid with tomatoes and cheese

Another tasty and beautiful option that will decorate any festive table will also be happy to eat on weekdays.

We need:

• squid - 350 gr (3 carcasses)
• hard cheese - 150 gr
• tomatoes - 2 pieces
• green onions - 3 - 4 feathers
• eggs - 3 pcs.
• pepper, salt - to taste
• olive oil - 2 tablespoons spoons
• Dijon mustard - 1 tbsp. spoon

For decoration:

• olives
• lemon
• lettuce leaves

Preparation:

1. Clean the squid from films and viscera and boil in salted water for 2 minutes. You can boil it in water with the addition of bay leaves, peppercorns and dill, as was done in the previous recipe.

After the allotted time, take out the carcasses and place them in cold water to stop the heating process.

Then dry with a paper towel, remove the remaining films if necessary. Cut the carcass in two and cut into strips.

2. Cut the tomatoes into two parts, cut off the stem and remove the core with a tablespoon along with the juice and seeds. Cut the remaining pulp into cubes.

3. Cut the hard cheese into not very small cubes.

4. Cut the eggs into strips, if there is an egg cutter, then you can use it.

5. Chop the green onion.

6. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir.

7. Line a flat plate with lettuce leaves and place the contents on top. Mix olive oil with mustard and pour over.

8. If you are preparing a salad for the holiday, then you can use halves of olives or olives and lemon wedges for decoration.

9. Serve with pleasure.

Squid with carrots and garlic

This salad probably has Korean roots, and is made, as they say, "based on". Such options are prepared using Korean carrots. The proposed recipe is prepared with fresh, but with some typical Korean cooking elements of this very Korean carrot.

A distinctive feature of this recipe is that it is seasoned not with mayonnaise, but with vegetable oil.

We need:

• squid - 3 carcasses (350 gr)
• carrots - 1 pc (small)
• onion - 0.5 pieces
• garlic - 1 clove
• salt, pepper - to taste
• sugar - 0.5 tsp
• ground coriander - 0.5 tsp
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons

Preparation:

1. Peel the carrots and cut into very thin long strips, cut as for, but much thinner. Then sprinkle it with sugar and add a pinch of salt. Stir the carrots and leave for a while, so that the carrots let out the juice, while, as it were, slightly marinated, if such an expression is acceptable for salt and sugar.

2. Meanwhile, prepare the squid. To clean them from films and entrails and pour in steep salted boiling water, hold in it for 2 - 3 minutes, then drain the water. Leave them to cool.

Once cooled, cut into fairly large strips so that the pieces are felt when we eat them.

3. Cut the onion into thin half rings, which are then cut in half again to form thin quarters. Chop the garlic as small as possible.

4. In the meantime, the carrots should have started juicing, so they must be squeezed out and mixed with the chopped squid.

5. Put all this beauty and yummy in a shallow bowl. Put the onion on top, disassembling it into separate rings. And put the garlic on top of everything.

6. Sprinkle pepper over the entire surface of the salad, and sprinkle ground coriander over the onion and garlic.

7. Heat oil in a small frying pan. Pour hot oil over the garlic and coriander, thereby revealing the coriander flavor and lightly frying the garlic and onion pieces. Let the salad stand for 10-15 minutes.

8. Then stir everything together and serve. You can decorate with fresh herbs.

In this recipe, all products retain their original taste, they are not seasoned with mayonnaise. In addition, the taste and smell of garlic and coriander add zesty spicy flavors that make this salad simply unforgettable.

And the next option is prepared using Korean carrots, and also belongs to the category of delicious.

With Korean carrots, corn and pickled onions

Such a salad can be prepared simply by cutting the onion into it, or you can marinate the onion, and then it will become even tastier.

We need:

• squid - 3 pcs (350 gr)
• egg - 3 pieces
• Korean carrots - 100 gr
• red onion - 1 piece
• canned corn - 200 gr
• hard cheese - 100 gr
• sugar - 1 tsp
• apple cider vinegar - 2 tsp
• mayonnaise, sour cream or sauce - to taste

Preparation:

1. Peel and boil the squid in slightly salted water for 2 - 2.5 minutes. Then cool in cold water, pat dry with paper towel and cut into strips.

2. Peel the onion, cut into half rings or quarters, but thinner. Pour in a little water, add sugar and vinegar. Leave to marinate for 20 minutes.

3. Peel and cut the boiled eggs into small cubes.

4. Grate cheese on a coarse grater.

5. Mix squid, cheese, egg and squeezed onion in a bowl, add carrots and corn, from which all the liquid must be drained.

And of course it would be wrong to leave today's selection without the Korean salad itself. And if you are already tired of reading recipes, then I suggest not to read this recipe, but to look.

Korean spicy appetizer

You can make a salad that is very spicy, like men love it, or less spicy. The pungency, as you understand, depends on the amount of added pepper. So add it to your liking.

The recipe is very simple and delicious! And if you are a fan of chamcha - spicy cabbage cooked in Korean, or Korean carrots, then you will definitely like this salad.

Snack bar with prunes and Adyghe cheese

This recipe is not so common, but if you like salads with squid, and cook them, then take note of this recipe, it is very interesting!

We need:

• squid - 2 pcs (250 gr)
• pitted prunes - 100 gr
• Adyghe cheese - 100 gr
• bell pepper - 1 piece
• sour cream - 2 tbsp. spoons
• sugar - 2 tsp
• salt to taste

Preparation:

1. As always, clean the squid and boil it in salted boiling water for 2 minutes. Then cool and cut into strips.

2. Rinse prunes, dry and cut into slices in length, dividing each into 3 - 4 parts.

3. Adyghe cheese is better to choose unsalted, salty will not allow all other tastes to appear. We need to cut it into thin strips.

4. We also cut the pepper into strips, after removing the stalk from it along with the seeds.

5. Combine all chopped ingredients in a bowl. Add sugar, salt to taste, about half a teaspoon.

6. Season with sour cream and stir. Let stand for 10 minutes, then stir again and place in a slide on a flat plate or in a not very deep salad bowl.

Decorate as you wish and enjoy!

"Seafood"

We need:

• squid - 2 pieces
• crab sticks - 250 gr
• mussels - 200 gr
• peeled shrimps - 300 gr
• red caviar - 3 tbsp. spoons
• egg - 4 pieces
• mayonnaise - 200 - 250 ml
• salt to taste

For decoration:

• green onions
• parsley
• olives

Preparation:

1. Peel the squid from the film and entrails, place in boiling salted water and cook for 2 minutes. Then take out the carcasses and place them in cold water until they cool completely.

2. Cut them into strips.

3. Place the shrimps and mussels in boiling salted water and cook for 2 - 3 minutes, then turn off the heat and let the seafood soak in the water for another 5 minutes. So they will be even juicier and tastier.

4. Boil eggs, cool and peel. Then remove the yolk, it will be useful to us for other dishes, and cut the protein into small cubes.

5. Cut the crab sticks as well.

6. Combine all seafood and chopped egg, add half of the caviar. Salt to taste and season with mayonnaise.

7. Put on a plate, top with the remaining caviar, whole shrimps, olive halves and parsley leaves. Serve to the table. Eat with pleasure!

"Celebratory fireworks"

The combination of products in this salad is very unusual. When I saw this recipe for the first time, I thought that there was too much of everything in it; But since I like to experiment in the field of cooking, I prepared it somehow for the holiday.

And what can I say, he was accepted with a bang! Everyone, without exception, liked him. And of course, he took a place in my notebook with recipes. And today I will be happy to share it with you.

We need:

• squid - 1 carcass (100 gr)
• beef tongue - 100 gr
• cheese - 100 gr
• pickled mushrooms - 100 -150 gr
• egg - 4 pieces
• potatoes - 200 gr
• canned peas - 150 gr
• red bell pepper - 0.5 pcs
• mayonnaise - 250 gr
• mustard - 1 tbsp. spoon
• salt to taste

Preparation:

1. Peel the squid and boil in salted water for 2 minutes. Then briefly immerse in cold water. Then take it out, dry it with a paper towel and cut into cubes.

2. Boil the tongue until cooked and peel it. Chill and cut into strips. Cut the cheese in the same way.

3. Cut mushrooms into cubes, bell pepper into strips.

4. Boil potatoes and eggs until tender, cool, peel and cut into small cubes.

5. Throw the peas on a sieve to glass all the liquid.

6. Mix mustard with mayonnaise.

7. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, add a little salt and season with mustard-mayonnaise sauce. Stir, taste and salt with more salt, if necessary.

8. Place in a flat dish. Decorate with the left mushrooms, sprigs of greenery, or whatever your imagination tells you.

A delicious and beautiful salad is ready and you can taste it. And there is something to try, take my word for it!

And of course, in conclusion, the most important chapter, which will allow any salad to get just an unforgettable taste. Indeed, the taste as a whole sometimes depends on the taste of the main ingredient.

How easy and simple to peel squid

As you can see, each recipe begins with the fact that you first need to peel and boil the squid. The time of the preparation itself and of course the taste of the finished dish as a whole depends on how quickly and correctly we cope with this task.

So, probably everyone knows that if you digest squids, then their meat will become tough, poorly chewed and tasteless. Therefore, in order not to spoil the product, you need to know a few basic rules.

I suggest that you watch the video, which gives one of the traditional methods of cleaning and boiling squid, and a little below I will describe more ways through which this can be done.

As you can see from the video, everything is done quite simply. And now I will describe everything in more detail.

On the shelves of our stores, already peeled frozen squids are mainly sold, and we are used to dealing more with just such a product. Non-frozen shellfish are sold with head and tentacles. Therefore, the cleaning methods of the two products are slightly different.

If you purchased whole carcasses, then you need to cut off the tentacles from them. After cleaning, they can also be used for cooking. Then, holding the carcass with one hand and the head with the other, you need to gently pull it. This action will make it easy to remove the head and entrails.

Now, in both cases, we have whole carcasses with which we still have to work.

If you use frozen carcasses, then of course, they must first be defrosted. It is best to do this at natural room temperature. There is no need to use a microwave oven, so as not to destroy the delicate structure of the meat.

There are three cleaning methods:

The film is removed from a fresh carcass in one motion. But with the frozen one will have to tinker a little.

1. Such carcasses have a surface film of a characteristic brownish-pink color. It can be removed simply by picking it up with a knife. But it takes a significant amount of time.
2. Therefore, you can use the method suggested in the video, that is, put the carcasses in boiling water and boil for 2 minutes.
3. But, personally, I prefer to use the third method. It provides for pouring mollusks with boiling water. As a rule, with this method, the top film immediately begins to curl up. It is necessary to hold the carcasses in boiling water for two minutes, but no more.

After that, the carcasses should be immediately placed in cold or ice water. Or you can put them in a colander under running water. In this case, part of the film can be easily washed off with water, and another part can be easily removed with a knife, simply by scraping the surface.

The fact is that if you leave them to cool in a natural way, then the heat treatment process will continue until the meat has completely cooled down. And our task is only to remove the films, we do not need additional heating of the meat. We will deal with this a little later.

Already peeled and washed carcasses are usually white or slightly creamy. However, there is still a very thin film on the outer and inner surfaces, which you just won't see, but if you gently pick it up from the edge, it will easily stretch in a rather long layer. This film must also be removed.

This almost invisible thin film, if not removed, can play a cruel joke on us. It is she who does not give the opportunity to get tender and tasty meat at the exit. This is a secret that not everyone knows and naturally not everyone takes it away. And then they say that squid should not be cooked at all, since they have no taste.

And so in front of us is a whole carcass peeled from the outside. If you use it for salad, you can make a transverse cut and clean it from the inside as well. If you use the carcass for stuffing, then it will not be possible to cut it, so it will need to be carefully turned out and cleaned from the inside.

Inside, we will definitely have to remove the chitinous chord, it has a transparent color and is rather long and dense, but by pulling it from below, it is quite easy to remove.

Also, sometimes there may be remnants of entrails inside, which must also be removed. And again, we need to remove the thin transparent film.

After all the manipulations, the carcasses should be thoroughly rinsed again.

How to cook squid

There are also three ways to cook squid. And now we will consider all of them.

• 1. Place the carcasses in cold water, add salt to the water, bring it to a boil, and cook for 1 minute. These carcasses will cool at room temperature.

The disadvantage of this method is that it is not recommended to leave the pan during the entire process. Squids should be cooked for exactly a minute, and no more. The time is calculated from the moment when the first "gurgles" appear on the water. Otherwise, the meat will be tough.

• 2. Place the carcasses in boiling salted water, cover with a lid, and bring to a boil again. Then open the lid and cook for another one and a half to two minutes. Then immediately place in cold or ice water to stop the thermal cooking process.

This is the easiest and fastest way to make the meat tender, soft and very tasty.

• 3. Pour boiling water over the peeled carcasses and let sit for 1 minute. Then drain the water, rinse the carcasses thoroughly. Then pour boiling water over again, and again stand for 1 minute. Then do everything again.

In the last filling, the water must be salted.

You should always boil shellfish in salted water. The structure of the meat is such that then it will no longer be salted, it will not take in the required amount of salt. And the desired taste will no longer be obtained.

The disadvantage of this method is that it is the longest in time. You need to boil the water three times, and hold it three times for a minute. However, if there are a lot of carcasses, then this method can be justified. Let me explain why.

Boil squid in a large volume of water. And each time, immerse no more than two carcasses in the water.

This is necessary so that the water heats up faster and the heat treatment process is minimal. If you put three or more carcasses in a saucepan, then the heating process will take longer, and the meat will simply lie in hot water, will not really cook to the desired state, and may become tough without having time to cook.

Therefore, if there are a lot of squid, then with the second method it will also take a long time.

In terms of taste and tenderness of meat, squid cooked in any of these three ways does not differ in taste. Therefore, feel free to use any of them.

Sometimes they ask the question - what to do if the squid turned out to be tough? We didn’t time it, forgot about them and digested ...

Do not throw it away under any circumstances! Cook them over low heat for at least another hour, or even better for two hours. The meat will become soft again, this is how a canned product is prepared. But this is only as a last resort, all the benefits and taste are in a properly prepared product ..

From all that has been said, we can conclude that it is not so difficult to clean and cook squid. Having tried it once, you yourself will understand it. It is enough to know only the basic techniques and rules, however, as elsewhere.

But the correct use of this useful, in every sense of the word, product will allow you to cook many tasty, healthy and dietary dishes. Such, for example, as today's salads offered to your attention.

If you liked today's article, and even more so it turned out to be useful, share it with your friends. Perhaps some of them do not prepare squid salads yet. And the reason may be that they do not know delicious recipes. Or maybe because he does not know how to clean them properly, and cook deliciously.

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Squid salad with cheese and grapes

Very delicate and unusual taste.

For 2-3 servings you will need:

1 medium squid

some small salad

150 grams of Adyghe cheese (can be replaced with feta cheese)

100 grams of seedless green grapes

A few drops of lemon juice

2 tablespoons olive oil

Salt on the tip of a knife

Rinse the salad, dry slightly.

Put the lettuce leaves in a deep bowl. Drizzle with lemon juice and stir.

Cut the cheese into large cubes. To make the cheese easier to cut, moisten the knife with water.

Squid, and.

Cut into small and thin strips.

Separate the washed and dried grapes from the branches. Cut each grape in half.

Put cheese, squid and grapes in a bowl with salad leaves. Salt.

Add olive oil and stir gently.

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The delicate spring flavor of this salad is sure to please. The only "but" - this salad should be mixed and seasoned immediately before serving.

For 2 servings you will need:
1 squid
2 eggs
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 fresh cucumber
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
¼ teaspoon salt
2-3 sprigs of parsley

Peel and boil the squid for salad.

Beat two eggs into a bowl.

Stir with a fork.

Pour the eggs into a small skillet preheated with 1 tablespoon of oil.

Fry the omelet under the lid and cool.

Cut the squid into small squares.

Transfer to a deep bowl. Add mustard and stir.

Transfer the omelet to the board.
Cut into small cubes.

Cut a fresh cucumber into the same cubes.

Salt, add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

Finely chop the parsley leaves and add to the salad.

Combine the salad and place in the portioned salad bowls.

Classic squid salad

Ingredients:

Fresh frozen squid carcasses.

Chicken eggs - 5 pcs.

Mayonnaise and salt.

Preparation:

Stage 1 - cooking squid. First you need to peel the squid. Then we boil water, about 1.5 liters, salt the water and when it boils, throw the peeled squids into it. Cook for 15-20 minutes, and when they are ready, drain the water, catch the squid and cool them.

Stage 2 - cooking squid salad. When the squid is cool, cut them into rings, put them in a wide bowl. Canned squid can be used instead of frozen squid. Boil eggs, peel and grate three in the same bowl. How finely you grind the eggs depends on your preference. Add mayonnaise to the salad, stir well, and can be served. You can add a little salt.

Stage 3 - adding to the classic recipe. If you want to add a little variety to a familiar dish, you can add chopped onions and boiled potatoes to it. The taste will not change much, but it will add originality.

Squid and cabbage salad (spicy)

Very often, in the preparation of various dishes, I cut the whole squid carcass into even rings. But at the same time, there are still a lot of different scraps - this is a triangular tail, and torn parts of the carcass. All these "extra" parts can and should be used to prepare a salad.

For example, this one, very appropriate for a lean table.

For 8-10 servings you will need:

500 grams of peeled squid

500 grams of fresh cabbage

150 grams of carrots

1 bag of ready-made Korean salad dressing

1 teaspoon of top salt

4 tablespoons vegetable oil

6 cloves of garlic

Cut the cabbage into squares, the carrots into thin strips. Put in a deep bowl, add seasoning, sugar and salt.

Stir well by kneading with your hands.

Pour boiling water over the pre-peeled squids and immediately discard in a colander.

Cool and cut, as well as cabbage, into square pieces.

Add squid, garlic and vegetable oil to the vegetables. Stir well.

Press down on top with something heavy - you can use a suitable saucepan of water.

Leave in a cool place overnight. Stir well before serving.

Spicy squid salad

Very easy to prepare and delicious LONG salad.

For those who save time and fast.

One of those salads that can be prepared in advance. Having brewed for a day or two, they only gain in taste.

Required for 10-12 servings:

1.5 kilograms of squid

2 large carrots

2 large onions

8 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 tablespoon granulated sugar

1 tablespoon sesame seeds

1 tablespoon coarse paprika

2 tablespoons 9% vinegar

6 cloves of garlic

Salt

Put the frozen squid in a bowl. Pour boiling water over. Almost the entire film will curdle under the influence of boiling water. Remove the remaining film, viscera and chord (transparent spine) under running water.

Boil the squid. Boil water in a separate saucepan. Add salt, bay leaf, peppercorns to the water. Dip the squid into boiling water one at a time. Drop one first. Count to ten quickly and remove the squid with a slotted spoon. Wait for the water to boil again and lower the next squid.

Then rinse well again with cold water.

Cut the cooled squid into thin strips.

Cut the onion into half rings and fry with 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil and one tablespoon of sesame seeds.

You need to fry for 4-6 minutes, stirring constantly, so that the onion does not burn.

Cut the carrots into thin strips. Fry the carrots in a separate skillet with the sugar and paprika.

Fry carrots in the same way as onions - 4-6 minutes, stirring continuously.

Put squid strips, cooked carrots and sautéed onions in a bowl, along with the oil in which they were fried. Add vinegar, a teaspoon of salt, and minced garlic.

Stir well and refrigerate.

Stir the salad again before serving.

"March" squid salad with pineapples

Ingredients:

Squids - about 500 gr.

Canned Pineapples - Jar.

Fresh cucumbers - 5 pcs.

Eggs - 5 pcs.

Mayonnaise (thick).

Preparation:

First, let's start cooking the squid themselves. It is recommended to buy squid carcasses, and not pressed white fillet, which very often turns out to be bitter and not very tasty. Therefore, it is advisable to buy a carcass that is worth peeling. First, we scald the squid with boiling water from the bottom of our hearts in order to completely pour over it with a hot shower. We place the carcass on the board and with our free hand remove the dorsal chord from its inner part. It is a long, transparent piece that looks like a plastic strip.

After that, you can peel off the top film from the squid outside and inside. After you have scalded the carcass with boiling water, this is quite simple. You can just use your hands or help yourself with a knife. We wash the squid well after all these procedures, and proceed to cooking it. It is very difficult to cook squid correctly, because if you digest it, then the meat will turn out to be dense and like rubber. Then they need to be cooked for another 40 minutes so that they become soft again, but at the same time they are halved. So do not cook them for more than two minutes, but always place them in boiling water. Or you can use a very interesting method - put the squid in a saucepan with boiling salted water, if you wish, you can add a little lemon juice and spices to it, and after 30 seconds turn off the heat. After that, leave the pan with the lid closed for another 5 minutes. If you cook squid in this way, they will turn out to be elastic, but tender.

When the squid is boiled, you can do other foods. Cut cucumbers and boiled eggs into medium cubes, also cut squids and pineapples. Very carefully remove the zest from the lemon and add to other ingredients. To make it easier to remove the zest, you can use a fine grater. After that, you do not have to cut it additionally, but simply grate it directly over the bowl of salad.

Mix mayonnaise with the juice of 0.5 lemon (or quarters, if you don't like sour) and season the salad with this. Mayonnaise should be fatty and thick, so that after combining with lemon juice it does not become liquid, otherwise it may simply drain from the salad. Mix the salad thoroughly, and you can serve it to the table. Best of all, the March salad looks in bowls. For garnish, you can use lemon zest, chopped dill, or lemon quarters.

Squid salad with cheese

Ingredients for making squid salad:

Onions (can be replaced with green onion feathers).

Hard cheese.

Mayonnaise.

Cooking squid salad:

Boil eggs and squid, cut onion into thin quarters of rings and sprinkle them with lemon juice or vinegar. Or you can simply pour boiling water over it to remove excess bitterness. Cut all other ingredients into cubes, mix in a bowl and add mayonnaise to them.

Instead of cheese, you can use apples, but then it is better to use olive oil instead of mayonnaise as a dressing. If you remove the eggs from the ingredients at the same time, you get a very tasty dietary salad.

Squid salad with corn

Ingredients:

Canned pineapple.

Corn.

Mayonnaise.

Preparation:

Boil the eggs, cut them together with onions, pineapples and squid into medium cubes. Stir together with corn and season the salad with mayonnaise.

You can replace some of the ingredients of familiar salads to add originality and experiment to find your new favorite salad.

Squid salad with prunes

A very interesting combination of hearty and sweet.

For 4 servings you will need:

1 large squid (250 grams)

A handful of prunes, pitted - 100 grams

100 grams of unsalted Adyghe cheese or unsweetened cottage cheese

1 large salad pepper

2 tablespoons sour cream

2 teaspoons granulated sugar

A teaspoon of salt

Peel and boil the squid. Cut into thin strips.

Cut the prunes into pieces, into 3-4 pieces in length.

Cut the cheese into strips. If cottage cheese is used instead of cheese, just leave it in large flakes.

Remove the seeds and stem from the salad peppers and chop finely.

Combine pepper, squid, cheese, and prunes. Add salt, sugar, season with sour cream, stir and let stand at room temperature for another 5-10 minutes.

Then stir again and serve.

Squid, cheese and bell pepper salad

A light but satisfying summer salad. Looks very elegant on the festive table.

For 8 servings you will need:

700 grams of squid

4 small salad peppers

Salt for cooking squid

150 grams of hard cheese

2-3 cloves of garlic

1 small bunch of green onions (4-5 feathers)

Mayonnaise or prepared salad dressing

Peel the squids.

Boil for salad and cut into rings.

Grind the cheese on a coarse grater.

Chop the green onion feathers finely, holding the knife obliquely.

Cut the lettuce in half. Remove the stem and seeds.

Cut into strips.

Transfer to a saucepan, add half a glass of water and simmer under the lid until all the water has evaporated. Then cool the pepper.

Put squid rings, grated cheese, green onions and cooled peppers in a deep bowl. Add chopped garlic.