Squid dishes

Squid dishes include a variety of salads, soups, cutlets, stuffed carcasses and other options based on squid meat. This currently available seafood is distinguished by its delicate texture, special taste, quick preparation and nutritional value, but such dishes are not common on our table. The peculiarities of their cooking often confuse housewives, so you need to be able to cook them correctly, which is usually indicated in recipes.

Stuffed squid with rice and mushrooms in the oven

Stuffed squid in the oven is prepared simply and quickly, and the filling with rice and mushrooms is considered the most successful classic, although it is often supplemented with other ingredients. The carcasses of this seafood for stuffing are chosen to be of medium size, unpeeled, and they should not be “glued together,” which indicates that they have been re-frozen. For the filling in this recipe we use any rice and fresh champignons.

1. 
   Thaw the squid carcasses in advance at room temperature. Then peel them from the film and inner chord, rinse and boil for 3 minutes in boiling water.
2. 
   Rinse the rice several times with cold water and boil until tender. Take the ratio of rice and water 1:2.
3. 
   Peel the onion, finely chop and fry in hot olive oil in a separate frying pan until translucent.
4. 
   Peel the champignons, cut into small cubes and fry in another frying pan until cooked and the mushroom juice has completely evaporated.
5. 
   Peel the garlic and finely chop it with a knife.
6. 
   Place the fried onions and champignons in a separate bowl and add chopped garlic. boiled rice and salt and black pepper to your taste. Mix the filling well with a spoon.
7. 
   Compactly fill the boiled squid carcasses with the prepared filling. Place them in a baking dish and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 10 minutes. If you want the dish to be juicier, bake squid in any sauce. Cool the squid stuffed with rice and mushrooms a little, cut into pieces and serve. Bon appetit!

Squid rings in batter

The cylindrical shape of squid carcasses allows you to prepare an original appetizer or a separate dish from them - squid rings in batter. In this recipe, marinate the squid in lemon juice before frying. The crispy rings are made by batter, which is mixed with flour, eggs and seasonings. Squid rings are fried in a large amount of vegetable oil in a frying pan or deep-fried.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Squid – 450 gr.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Flour – 3 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Dried garlic - to taste.
• Mixture of peppers - to taste.
• Turmeric - to taste.
• Lemon – ½ pc.
• Water – 3 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Thaw the squid carcasses at room temperature, peel, cut into rings, transfer to a separate bowl and pour boiling water over them for a few minutes. You can also use ready-made squid rings.

Step 2. Then drain the water. Sprinkle the rings with salt and a mixture of peppers to your taste, pour in the juice of half a lemon, mix well and leave to marinate for 15 minutes.

Step 3. For the batter, in a separate bowl, whisk two chicken eggs with a pinch of salt into a fluffy mass. Pour water into this mixture, add flour, add dried garlic and turmeric and knead the batter until smooth. The batter should be thick.

Step 4. Place the squid rings into the prepared batter and mix well so that they are covered with dough on all sides.

Step 5. Heat a sufficient amount of vegetable oil in a frying pan. Place the battered rings in portions into the frying pan.

Step 6. Fry them on both sides until golden brown. Squids are fried quickly.

Step 7. Transfer the fried squid from the frying pan to paper napkins to remove excess oil.

Step 8. Then transfer the squid rings in batter to a dish and serve at the table, adding any sauce. Bon appetit!

Squid stuffed with crab sticks

Tender squid meat goes well with other seafood, and squid stuffed with crab sticks will be a new and interesting dish for you, especially on your holiday table. You can prepare them as a cold appetizer, but in this recipe we bake the stuffed squid in the oven.We will complement the crab sticks in the filling with eggs, carrots and herbs.

Cooking time: 50 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 1.

Ingredients:

• Squids – 2 pcs.
• Crab sticks – 30 gr.
• Carrots – 10 gr.
• Boiled egg – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 10 gr.
• Mayonnaise – 1 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Greens - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First of all, prepare the squid carcasses. Defrost them under natural conditions, remove film and entrails and rinse. Then cook in boiling water for 1 minute, no more.

Step 2. Remove the crab sticks from the packaging, finely chop and place in a bowl for filling.

Step 3. Peel the carrots, rinse and cut into small cubes.

Step 4. Also cut the pre-boiled hard-boiled egg into small cubes.

Step 5. Transfer the chopped carrots and eggs to the crab sticks, add mayonnaise and salt to your taste. Then mix the filling well.

Step 6. Fill the squid carcasses compactly with the prepared filling, place them in a small baking dish and brush with a little mayonnaise. Turn on the oven at 160°C. Bake the squid for no more than 10 minutes to prevent it from becoming rubbery.

Step 7. Transfer the baked squid stuffed with crab sticks to a serving plate, decorate with herbs and serve. Bon appetit!

Squid in creamy sauce

The taste of squid dishes is determined by proper preparation and cooking time, so quick cooking options are the most delicious, and one of them is squid in creamy sauce. The creamy sauce in this recipe is prepared only with butter and garlic. To serve a dish with pasta, you can add cream.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Squids – 2 pcs.
• Butter – ¼ pack.
• Garlic – 5 cloves.
• Lemon – ½ pc.
• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Mixture of peppers - to taste.
• Cream - optional.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Defrost the squid carcasses in advance and under natural conditions.

Step 2. Then remove the films and the inner chord from them. Rinse the carcasses well with cold water and remove all moisture with a napkin.

Step 3. Cut the prepared carcasses into rings, place in a separate bowl, sprinkle with salt and a mixture of peppers to your taste, pour in lemon juice, stir and leave for a few minutes to marinate.

Step 4. Peel the garlic cloves and finely chop them with a knife.

Step 5. Melt the butter in a frying pan over low heat. Fry the chopped garlic in it until light golden brown.

Step 6. Then place the marinated squid rings into the frying pan and fry the squid for 4-5 minutes. Then sprinkle tbsp evenly over the surface of the squid. spoon of flour, mix well so that there are no lumps of flour left and after a minute turn off the heat. If desired and when serving with a side dish, add heavy cream to the squid to create more sauce.

Step 7. Transfer the squid cooked in creamy sauce to a serving plate, add fresh vegetables and serve. Bon appetit!

Squid salad with egg and cucumber

A simple set of ingredients: squid, egg and fresh cucumber, but the salad based on them turns out light and tasty. We will not add any other ingredients in this recipe. We form the salad on portioned plates with the addition of Iceberg leaves, which will be a good option for a holiday table.Boil the squid for the salad before cooking, and boil the eggs in advance.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Squid – 300 gr.
• Boiled egg – 3 pcs.
• Fresh cucumber – 2 pcs.
• Iceberg salad – 3 pcs.
• Salt - to taste.
• Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp.
• Lemon juice – 1 tsp.
• Mixture of peppers - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Clean the pre-defrosted squid, rinse and boil in salted water for 1 minute. Then cool them.

Step 2. Cut the boiled squid into thin strips.

Step 3. Peel the hard-boiled eggs and cut into the same thin half rings.

Step 4. Wash fresh cucumbers, dry with a napkin and cut into thin semicircles.

Step 5. Place the sliced ​​squid, eggs and cucumber in a separate bowl.

Step 6. Then pour lemon juice over these ingredients, add salt to your taste, and add mayonnaise. Use a spoon to gently mix everything together.

Step 7. Place the washed Iceberg leaves on portioned salad bowls and place the prepared salad on top of them.

Step 8. Sprinkle the squid salad with egg and cucumber with a mixture of peppers, and the dish can be served immediately. Bon appetit!

Squid in sour cream sauce in a frying pan

Squid in sour cream sauce in a frying pan is superior in taste to other seafood prepared in this way. Sour cream sauce is often supplemented with other ingredients, but in this recipe we will take leeks and add garlic with Italian herbs and green cilantro from the seasonings. The dish is prepared quickly and in no more than 5 minutes. A short heat treatment of squid along with sour cream will make the meat very tender and tasty.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Squid – 800 gr.
• Leek – 200 gr.
• Garlic – 3 cloves.
• Sour cream – 5 tbsp.
• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Butter – 50 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Italian herbs - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Dill - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Defrost the squid carcasses in advance under natural conditions. Prepare the remaining ingredients for the dish according to the recipe.

Step 2. Clean the squid, rinse and cut into rings.

Step 3. Also cut the washed leeks into rings. Finely chop the dill and chop the garlic with a knife.

Step 4. In a frying pan, heat the butter with the addition of vegetable oil and add the chopped onion into it.

Step 5. Add garlic to the onion. Sprinkle it and the onion with salt, Italian herbs and black pepper and stir until the onion is soft.

Step 6. Then put the squid rings into the frying pan, stir and fry them for no more than 2 minutes.

Step 7. Then put sour cream in the frying pan, preferably with a higher fat content, so that it does not curdle.

Step 8. Mix the squid with sour cream, bring to a boil, add flour and stir again to create a homogeneous sauce. As soon as the sauce becomes thick, cover the pan with a lid and turn off the heat after 1 minute.

Step 10. Place the squid in sour cream sauce on serving plates, add a side dish and serve the dish. Bon appetit!

Squid fried with onions in a frying pan

All squid dishes are prepared quickly, since this seafood consists only of protein, and the version of squid fried with onions in a frying pan is considered the simplest. How much onion to add is a matter of taste, because it will only improve the taste of the dish.The squid is boiled for a couple of minutes, the onion is fried, then the ingredients are combined, a little spice is added and the dish is ready.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Squids – 3 pcs.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Salt – ½ tsp.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Thaw the squids in advance at room temperature. Clean the carcasses from films and internal chords and rinse with cold water.

Step 2. Boil water in a saucepan, transfer clean squid carcasses into it and boil for 3 minutes from the start of boiling water. Then remove them from the broth and cool slightly.

Step 3. Cut the peeled onion into thin half rings and fry in hot oil over medium heat until light golden brown. Although you can determine the degree of frying according to your taste.

Step 4. Cut the boiled squid into thin rings or half rings.

Step 5. Place them in a frying pan with the fried onions, sprinkle with salt and black pepper and, while stirring with a spatula, fry the squid for 5 minutes, no more.

Step 6. Place the squid fried with onions in a frying pan into portioned plates and immediately serve with any side dish. Bon appetit!

Juicy squid cutlets

Squid is used to make salads, fried, stuffed, marinated, but juicy squid cutlets are recognized as the best dish. Tender squid meat with short heat treatment is juicy in itself and cutlets from it are obtained similar to white meat fish. Traditionally, bread crumb is added to the minced meat, but in this recipe we will replace it with rice, which can be left over from another dish. Let's use egg and cheese as thickening ingredients.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Squids – 4 pcs.
• Boiled rice – 100 gr.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Cheese – 50 gr.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Breadcrumbs - 3 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Clean, rinse, and pour boiling water over the squid carcasses that have been defrosted at room temperature in advance. Boil the rice until cooked or use pre-cooked rice. Grind the cheese on a coarse grater. Peel the onion and garlic cloves.

Step 2. Then grind the squid with onion and garlic in a meat grinder with a fine grid. Break one chicken egg into them and add boiled rice.

Step 3. Sprinkle the minced meat with salt and black pepper to your taste and mix all the ingredients well.

Step 4. Then, with wet hands, form cutlets from the kneaded minced meat and roll well in breadcrumbs. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and place the cutlets into it.

Step 5. Fry the cutlets over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.

Step 6. Serve the tender and juicy squid cutlets hot, adding any side dish with vegetables. Bon appetit!

Korean squid

Korean-style squid, that is, marinated in a spicy marinade, will be a spicy and spicy appetizer for any table. The marinating technology is simple: cleaned and sliced ​​squid are soaked in marinade for several hours, the ingredients of which are selected according to the recipe and are similar to other Korean dishes. This dish has good taste and low calorie content.

Cooking time: 2 hours 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Squid – 500 gr.
• Onion – 2 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Sesame – 1 tsp.
• Vinegar – 3 tbsp.
• Sugar – 1 tsp.
• Dried paprika – 1 tsp.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Salt - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Clean and rinse the squids that have been defrosted in natural conditions in advance. Boil the carcasses in boiling water for 2 minutes and cool.

Step 2. Cut the cooled squid into strips of any thickness.

Step 3. Peel the carrots, rinse and chop on a Korean grater.

Step 4. Fry the carrots in heated vegetable oil until golden brown and sprinkle with sugar and dried paprika.

Step 5. Cut the peeled onion into thin quarter rings.

Step 6. Fry the onion slices with the addition of sesame seeds until golden brown, just like the carrots.

Step 7. Cool the fried vegetables. Place squid strips, fried carrots and onions into a marinating bowl, add table vinegar with salt and chopped garlic, and mix everything well. Place Korean-style squid in the refrigerator for 2 hours, or better yet overnight, to marinate, and you can serve the finished dish. Bon appetit!

Homemade marinated squid

Marinated squid, as a good and tasty appetizer for any table, is easy to prepare at home - boiled squid are kept in a marinade with the addition of vinegar or lemon juice for several hours. This recipe shows a basic marinade, which can be added with herbs, herbs and spices for depth and complexity of flavor. We marinate the squid in a cold way.

Cooking time: 6 hours 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Squid – 500 gr.
• Water – 500 ml.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.
• Bay leaf – 2 pcs.
• Black peppercorns – 5 pcs.
• Sugar – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Lemon juice – 4 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Boil squid carcasses, previously defrosted at room temperature, in boiling water for 2-3 minutes.

Step 2. Rinse the boiled squid with cold water and dry with a napkin.

Step 3. Then clean the carcasses from the film and internal chord.

Step 4. Cut the squid into medium-thick rings or another method.

Step 5. For the marinade, pour clean water into the pan, add salt and sugar, put bay leaves with peppercorns and add lemon juice. Boil the marinade for 2 minutes and turn off the heat.

Step 6. Cool the prepared marinade and place the squid rings into it.

Step 7. Then pour vegetable oil into them, stir and cool completely.

Step 8. Transfer the cooled squid along with the marinade into a plastic container or other container, cover with a lid and place in a cool place to marinate for 6 hours.

Step 9. After this time, home-marinated squid can be served as a stand-alone snack or used to prepare salads. Bon appetit!