Squid is one of the types of seafood that are quite popular in cooking. They are used for preparing various dishes in fried, stewed, canned form. Salads with squid have good taste.
Before the squids go into the salad, they need to be prepared for use. You need to know some cooking rules, otherwise the taste and quality of the product can be ruined.
Frozen squid fillet is best thawed in air, in extreme cases in cold water. When defrosting in hot water - seafood will become a pinkish tint, the taste will change too.
Then rinse the squid, peel, pull out the insides. Now you can start cooking in boiling salted water. It is generally accepted that for one kilogram of squid, two liters of water and 15-20 grams of salt are enough. How to cook squid for salad? Not more than three to five minutes. In case of longer processing, the meat becomes stiff. At the end, remove the squid from the broth, cool.
Squid can also be cooked in the microwave. To do this, fold the squid into a special bowl, pour a small amount of hot water, put for 2-3 minutes. Remove from the pan, cool in cold water.
Recipe for squid, potato and sauerkraut salad .
500 g of cooked and chilled squid (fillet) cut into strips. Peeled boiled 400 g of potatoes and 50 g of carrots, 50 g of pickles cut into thin slices. Chop the spring onion finely. Sort 100 g of sauerkraut, finely chop. Combine all vegetables, season with mayonnaise or sour cream. Put on a dish in a slide, garnish with lettuce, carrots, sprinkle with green onions.
Recipe for squid salad with green onions and apples.
Prepare 500 g squid fillet, cut into strips. Finely chop 600 g of green onion. Three or four apples cut into thin slices. Mix everything, season 200 g of sour cream, sprinkle with parsley or dill.
Recipe for squid salad with rice and eggs.
Boil one glass of rice, rinse, cool. Boil 300 g of squid fillet, cut into strips. Eggs - 4 pieces - cut into cubes. Put rice, squid, eggs in a salad bowl, add canned corn, green onions. Season with sour cream and mayonnaise sauce.
Squid salad with pineapple recipe.
Boil 500 g of squid fillet, cool, cut into strips. Canned pineapples (250 g) cut into cubes. Grate walnuts (100 g). Mix mayonnaise with crushed garlic (1 clove). Put squid, pineapple in a salad bowl, mix everything with a garlic-mayonnaise mixture, sprinkle with walnuts.
Squid salad with cheese.
Boiled squid (300 g), apple, fresh cucumber, cheese cut into cubes. Mix everything with sour cream and lemon dressing (100 g sour cream and a spoonful of lemon juice)
Squid salad with mushrooms.
Boiled squid (500 g) cut into strips. Fry the mushrooms in oil (300 g). Cut eggs (2 pcs) and cheese (200 g) into cubes. Mix all ingredients, season with mayonnaise. Sprinkle with a green onion.
Squid salad with green onions and peas.
We also cook and cut the squid fillet (500 g) into strips, cut the green onion into 2 cm strips, spread the green peas. Dress with mayonnaise.
Squid salad with cucumbers, tomatoes and crackers.
Prepare squid fillet, cut into strips. Fresh cucumbers and tomatoes cut into slices. Fold a layer of squid, grease with mayonnaise, then a layer of cucumbers, on top of crackers, grease with mayonnaise. The next layer of tomatoes, also greased with mayonnaise. Let the salad soak for a bit and then serve.
Using squid in the home menu will significantly improve your body, as their meat is easier to digest. In addition, these seafood has a lot of amino acids, protein, vitamin B6, as well as minerals - phosphorus, iodine, iron.