Assorted seafood will be a table decoration for any occasion. In fact, this is a frozen sea cocktail, which, if properly prepared, will preserve the natural aroma of seafood, their soft and juicy taste. Dishes made on its basis are extremely appreciated by admirers of seafood cuisine. In this article, we will talk about several popular recipes with a list of ingredients, and also describe in detail the details of the cooking process.
Food options
Assorted seafood gives the hostess a fairly wide selection of options for dishes that can be prepared on its basis. Basically, it includes mussels, shrimps, octopuses and squids. There are a large number of recipes with these seafood.
For example, you get good snacks, first courses and hot dishes. Assorted seafood is often fried in a pan, adding onions, garlic and vegetables.
In some cases, it is served as a separate dish. To do this, assorted frozen seafood is boiled in salted water with spices and herbs.
With seafood you get great-tasting salads that season with lemon juice and butter or mayonnaise. Finally, as a main dish, seafood platter is prepared with pasta, rice, and also used in baking pizza.
Cook in a pan
One of the easiest, yet original ways to make a festive dinner is to drop a frozen sea cocktail in the pan. Please note that it does not need to be defrosted first.
As soon as the ice melts and the moisture evaporates predominantly, the seafood will become soft to the touch. They can already be removed from the stove, serving to the table as an independent dish or used as components. On the photo there are assorted seafood, you can see how appetizing it looks.
For roasting, we need the following ingredients:
- 0.5 kg of sea cocktail;
- four cloves of garlic;
- four tablespoons of olive oil;
- pepper and salt to taste.
Now we will tell in detail how to cook assorted seafood. First, fry the pre-crushed garlic cloves in a pan. In the already fragrant oil, we put seafood, frying them until completely thawed. The time spent by the seafood in the pan should not exceed three minutes. After that we add seasonings.
Serve with greens, vegetable salad or the corresponding sauce.
How to make a sea cocktail
According to the recipe, assorted seafood can be cooked, while ensuring that all components retain their natural aroma, soft and delicate taste. At the same time, boiled-ice-cream assortments are simply brought to a boil, and if you have raw-frozen seafood, then they should be left in boiling water for five minutes.
Here's how to cook cooked seafood platter. To do this, take:
- 0.5 kg of sea cocktail;
- litere of water;
- a bunch of greenery;
- a third of a teaspoon of salt;
- peppercorns, bay leaf.
Bring the water to a boil, and then salt, add pepper, bay leaf and herbs. Boil a sea cocktail for five minutes, and then pour it into a colander.
Serve on the table with sauce, lemon juice or herbs.
Sea cocktail with cream
Experienced housewives advise to pay special attention to how to cook assorted frozen seafood with cream sauce. Cream is often used for these purposes, since they emphasize the exquisite taste of seafood, making it even more delicate, and spices and additional seasonings will give the dish originality and piquancy.
For cooking, we need the following components:
- 0.5 kg of sea cocktail;
- 150 ml cream;
- two tablespoons of soy sauce;
- four cloves of garlic;
- pepper, salt and vegetable oil.
In this case, the cocktail must first be thawed. After adding soy sauce, leave to infuse for half an hour. Onions and garlic are fried in vegetable oil for about a minute. After that, pour in soy sauce and cream, add pepper and leave for another couple of minutes in a pan.
Separately, fried seafood with soy sauce. At the end, a sea cocktail is required to be allowed to sit for five minutes in a creamy sauce.
Salad
The recipe for a salad of assorted seafood should be well known to every housewife, as such a dish diversifies and decorates the menu of a romantic dinner or a landmark celebration.
Of course, there are a lot of options for salad based on seafood. Here is one of them. Take the following components:
- 400 g of sea cocktail;
- two cucumbers;
- four tomatoes;
- bell pepper;
- two cloves of garlic;
- two tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- on a tablespoon of soy sauce and lemon juice;
- pepper, salt and herbs to taste.
Pre sea cocktail should be fried for two minutes in a pan or boiled. You can choose the cooking method to your taste.
During this time, chop tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers, peel the garlic. We mix lemon juice and soy sauce with oil, add pepper and salt.
Now in a large salad bowl we combine vegetables, seafood and separately cooked dressing. Mix everything thoroughly and decorate with greens.
White Wine Recipe
Here's another, more sophisticated version of the preparation of mixed seafood salad. This is a classic Italian recipe, with the help of which it is possible to maximize the taste of all the ingredients, without exception.
For the basis, ready-made frozen assorted seafood is taken. The remaining ingredients of this salad are:
- 475 ml of dry white wine;
- a tablespoon of pepper peas;
- three cloves of garlic;
- two bay leaves;
- lemon;
- 2.3 kg of sea cocktail;
- 40 g of sweet onions;
- 65 g of carrots;
- 50 g of celery stalks;
- 55 ml of olive oil;
- 470 ml of orange juice;
- a bunch of parsley leaves;
- one orange.
Cooking features
To prepare this salad, we need to first obtain a fragrant broth, in which we cook the assorted. The broth will consist of their dry white wine mixed with garlic, pepper, lemon juice, bay leaf and two liters of water.
The broth should be brought to a boil, and then boil our sea cocktail in it. Cool ready-made seafood, sprinkle with oil and orange juice, then mix thoroughly and put in a salad bowl.
Top it with carrots, onions and celery, cut into thin strips. Also spread the orange slices, and sprinkle with parsley leaves before serving.
Tomato salad
In another recipe, the main ingredient, in addition to a sea cocktail, are tomatoes. To prepare it, we need the following components:
- 320 g frozen assorted seafood;
- two eggs;
- celery stalk;
- 35 g sour cream;
- some dill and green onions;
- 115 g of tomatoes;
- 45 g mayonnaise.
First, the sea cocktail should be boiled, and then wait until the seafood, which is part of it, has cooled down.
Separately, hard boiled eggs, they must be carefully crushed. After that, finely chop the celery stalk, and divide the tomato into small cubes.
We thoroughly mix all the prepared components with each other, season with sauce of mayonnaise and sour cream. Before serving, the dish is decorated with greens.
Beer snack
Seafood platter is the best beer snack. It turns out tasty, nutritious, besides you can cook it in a matter of minutes. This appetizer acquires its unique aroma and piquant taste due to the fact that seafood is pre-marinated in a mixture of lemon juice and soy sauce. Some add to this marinade fresh or dried garlic, pepper, and various other seasonings.
To prepare a savory snack, take:
- 400 g of sea cocktail;
- two tablespoons of soy sauce;
- a tablespoon of lemon juice;
- two tablespoons of olive oil.
Pre-cocktail is thawed and washed, waiting until all excess water drains. Assorted ingredients are spread in a mixture of lemon juice and soy sauce, leaving for 30 minutes in the refrigerator to pickle.
After that, the seafood is thrown on a sieve, wait until the liquid drains, spread in a pan with preheated oil.
Fry a sea cocktail is advised no longer than two to three minutes, stirring constantly. Immediately after this, the appetizer can be served at the table.
Pilaf
It may seem surprising to some, but even such a dish as pilaf is prepared from frozen seafood. It turns out an original recipe, bringing it to life, you can feed the whole family or treat relatives and friends at a gala dinner. First, we note that when preparing this pilaf, it is recommended to use long-grain rice, for example, the variety of Basmati is suitable. If desired, it can be mixed with wild rice.
For the original sea pilaf, we will need the following components:
- 700 g of sea cocktail;
- 150 g of rice;
- a teaspoon of dried ginger;
- bulb;
- carrot;
- a third of lemon;
- 50 ml of vegetable oil;
- pepper, salt and herbs to taste.
Pre-fry for about one minute a sea cocktail in a hot vegetable oil. Then add carrots, ginger and onions. Fry for another five minutes.
Spread the rice, salt and pepper the dish. Pour boiling water over all components so that their water covers about one and a half centimeters. The dish languishes for about half an hour over low heat under the lid. After he needs to give time to insist.
Before serving, it is advised to mix with lemon juice.
Multicooker Recipe
There is also a very simple recipe for frozen seafood, which uses the most ordinary multicooker. For some, it may be a revelation that in addition to classic frying and boiling, assorted foods can be stewed in sour cream or cream sauce. As a rule, onions or finely chopped garlic are added.
Here are the ingredients we need if we're going to cook frozen seafood with a slow cooker:
- 500 g of sea cocktail;
- 200 g sour cream;
- two onions;
- 40 ml of vegetable oil;
- a quarter of a lemon;
- pepper, salt and herbs of Provence - to taste.
We start with the fact that on the slow cooker we set the program “Baking”, on which we fry the onions in oil. After that, in the same mode, fry a previously thawed sea cocktail for another two minutes.
In the end, be sure to add sour cream, lemon juice, pepper, salt and Provence herbs. If necessary, you can use other seasonings of your choice. The dish is cooked for 10 minutes in the "Stew" mode. After that, you can safely serve it to the table.