Squid is a tasty and dietary meat with a number of useful properties. Its regular consumption in food significantly reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood, favorably affects the health of blood vessels, contributes to the improvement and development of muscle tissue. Nutritionists recommend squid to those people who play sports and watch their figure. But dishes from them will be useful to everyone, without exception.
Before preparing fried squids , the recipes of which are given below, you need to know how to clean the carcasses correctly and without much hassle. Without preliminary preparation, it is very difficult to get rid of the film.
So, first you need to defrost the meat. To do this, you need to put a pot of water on the fire, after boiling the liquid, put the squid in the pan, and after two minutes, get it. The main thing is not to overexpose, otherwise the meat can simply be spoiled, it will become too hard and rubber.
After staying in boiling water, all excess dirt will come off, the carcasses will turn white. Now you can clean them from the film, it will easily give in and the cleaning process will be quick.
Fried Squid Recipe with Bacon
Heat the pan, but do not pour oil on it. Cut one hundred grams of bacon into slices and put it to fry. Fry should be until all the fat has disappeared, and the bacon itself has a pleasant golden color. Remove it from the pan to the plate, and do not turn off the fire.
Peel six cloves of garlic, chop finely and put in a pan. Fry for about half a minute, then add eight hundred grams of peeled and chopped squid to it. Salt, season and fry for three minutes, then add the bacon and do not remove from the heat for another two minutes. The dish is ready.
Fried squid recipe in beer batter
Peel five squid carcasses and cut into rings of at least half a centimeter wide.
Batter. Mix a glass of flour with proteins from two eggs and salt, pouring half a glass of any beer without stopping stirring.
Now the cooking itself. Each ring is completely dipped in batter, and then put on an already hot frying pan with oil ( do not spare oil ). Fry on each side for three minutes, no more.
Remove the fried squids in a batter from a frying pan, put on a paper towel or napkins, wait a little for the glass to oil. Can be served.
Fried squid, recipe with vegetables and soy sauce
Put a couple of grated carrots and one chopped onion in a pan, fry for three minutes, then add half a kilogram of squid, previously peeled and sliced into strips. Immediately put in the dish two tomatoes, chopped in cubes (the skin must be removed from them). Salt and pepper, add your favorite seasonings, crumble a few sprigs of parsley. And the last thing - pour a tablespoon of soy sauce into the pan.
Fry for another seven minutes, no more. Arrange the prepared mussels on plates and decorate with fresh herbs.
Fried Squid: Red Wine Recipe
Seven hundred grams of squid cleaned, cut into rings and dried with a napkin.
Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil, put finely chopped onion and a couple of grated garlic cloves into it, fry until the onions are soft. Put there the squids, simmer until they take a brown tint. Add half a kilogram of chopped tomatoes, salt, half a teaspoon of sugar, a stick of cinnamon, a little pepper to the squid, pour half a glass of red wine on everything. Cover and simmer, but not for long. Once the squid is soft, immediately remove the pan from the heat. The sauce will end up being thick.
Put squids on plates, pour over cooked wine sauce on top. It is recommended to serve with croutons. You can just slightly fry sliced slices of white bread and serve with fried squid.