Seafood salads have long ceased to amaze guests, but their delicate and refined taste attracts many housewives trying to set not only a beautiful, but also a delicious table. A versatile salad with squid and cucumbers can not only be offered to guests, but also made for a regular dinner. The flavoring gamut will depend only on what exactly to add to the conceived dish, because vegetables and seasonings can not only complement, but also shade and enhance the taste of squids. Consider a few simple and tasty recipes for making salads.
"Hello little mermaids" - salad with squid and cucumbers.
Ingredients:
- 370 g fillet of fresh squid;
- 550 g of fresh potatoes;
- 130 g salted cucumbers ;
- a jar of large peas;
- two large eggs;
- a glass of mayonnaise;
- cracker salad, greens, pepper and coarse salt.
To prepare a salad with squid and cucumbers, you must:
1. Rinse squids and pour boiling water so that the skin is better off, put in boiled salted water, then remove and cool, cut into thin strips across the fibers so that the meat does not stratify.
2. Cook potatoes in a peel so that it does not crumble, peel and cut into small cubes.
3. Boil the eggs, peel and chop coarsely, and cut the cucumbers with medium cubes.
4. Put all the ingredients in a prepared container, pour peas, pour mayonnaise with pepper and salt.
5. Transfer the salad with squid and cucumbers into a prepared salad bowl lined with lettuce, garnish with chopped greens.
Triton - salad with calamari and caviar.
Ingredients:
- 950 g of fresh squid;
- four large eggs;
- 350 g zucchini;
- 120 ml of caviar (preferably red);
- a pair of stalks of leeks;
- two glasses of light mayonnaise;
- a bunch of dill and freshly ground black pepper.
The method of preparation of "Triton":
1. Prepared squids (washed and cleaned) put in boiled water in salted water, then remove and cool. Cut the boiled squid meat carefully, across the fibers, with a medium stripe.
2. Boil the eggs, thoroughly peel them, remove the yolks and cut into strips of protein.
3. Peel, rinse the leeks and finely chop the same way as the zucchini.
4. Transfer all the ingredients to a prepared container and mix gently, scrubbing and salting. Pour mayonnaise, stir again and add red caviar. Put the salad into the cooked bowls with a slide, sprinkle chopped dill on top and add a few eggs on top of the pyramid.
“Sea Miracle” - salad with squid and chicken.
Ingredients:
- 350 g of fresh chicken;
- 350 g of fresh squid;
- two juicy pickled cucumbers;
- one apple of the Antonovka variety;
- 13 ml of lemon juice;
- 175 ml of mayonnaise;
- greens, salt and freshly ground pepper.
The method of preparation of "Sea Miracle":
1. Rinse the chicken fillet and cook until cooked, cool and cut into small cubes.
2. It’s good to rinse the fresh squid carcasses with boiling water and carefully clean the film, removing the entrails and cartilage, rinse and cook until tender, cool and cut with the same whetstones as chicken.
3. Peel the apple and cucumbers from the skin and chop with medium cubes, after sprinkling with lemon juice.
4. We spread the ingredients in a prepared container, fill with mayonnaise, season with pepper and sprinkle with carefully chopped herbs, mix and place in portions on a bowl.
Squid salads are very popular for several reasons:
- they are simple and quick to prepare;
- ingredients can be purchased everywhere;
- the indisputable benefits of the squids themselves, which contain copper and potassium, iodine and phosphorus, iron and selenium, vitamins of the PP and B groups;
- easily absorbed and lower cholesterol, cleansing the body of harmful toxins;
- and much more.
Simple and light squid salads will delight you with their unusually delicate taste.