How to cook calamari deliciously? How to cook and fry squid correctly? TOP 4 recipes. Video recipes.
Stuffed squid
Many recipes contain unexpected combinations of squid stuffing products. For example, minced meat with bread and sprat, crab sticks with corn and dried fruit. At the same time, mushrooms with eggs, vegetables with rice, shrimps with cheese, apples with cottage cheese, etc. remain unchanged. Let's consider the most successful combination of products - mushrooms with rice and ham.
Ingredients:
- Squid - 6 carcasses
- Eggs - 4 pcs.
- Ham - 150 g
- Onions - 2 pcs.
- Cheese - 100 g
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Rice - 0.5 tbsp.
- Mayonnaise - 4 tablespoons
- Salt - 0.5 tsp or to taste
Step by step cooking of stuffed squid:
- Defrost squid carcasses, peel and boil as described above. Also peel off the tape and remove the ridge.
- Hard-boiled eggs, cool and cut into cubes.
- Cut the ham into cubes.
- Wash the champignons and chop finely.
- Peel and chop the onion.
- Fry mushrooms and onions in a skillet.
- Boil the rice and cool.
- Grate the cheese.
- Combine all products (except squid), add mayonnaise and mix.
- Fill the squid carcasses with the resulting minced meat in 2/3 parts and fasten the edges with toothpicks.
- Place seafood on a baking sheet, brush with mayonnaise and cover with foil.
- Send the baking sheet to a preheated oven to 200 degrees and bake for 15 minutes.
- Then remove the foil and bake for another 5 minutes.
Squid in batter
Some novice housewives are interested in how to properly cook calamari fried in batter. It's actually very simple. The dish is prepared in the same way: first, the shellfish are boiled, cut, dipped in batter and fried in a large amount of oil. Let's find out the recipe in more detail.
Ingredients:
- Fresh squid - 500 g
- Eggs - 1 pc.
- Milk - 3 tablespoons
- Salt - a pinch
- Breadcrumbs - 3 tablespoons
- Flour - 3 tablespoons
- Greens - 3 branches
- Sour cream - 1 tbsp.
- Cheese - 150 g
Step by step cooking squid in batter:
- Boil the squids as described above in the article. Cool and cut into 1cm rings. Leave them to dry well.
- Combine eggs with milk and beat with a whisk. Season with salt and pepper.
- Mix the breadcrumbs with flour.
- Dip the squids in batter and quickly transfer to the breading.
- Dip the squid in a saucepan with heated vegetable oil and fry them over medium heat until golden brown for 5-7 minutes.
- For the sauce, grate the cheese on a medium grater and combine it with sour cream, finely chopped herbs and garlic passed through a press.
- Serve the squid with a sauce in which you should dip them before eating.
Fried squid
Of the many different recipes for cooking squid, one cannot fail to note the delicious fried squid. This is an original and quick snack that will go both for a festive feast and for a friendly get-together with a glass of beer.
Ingredients:
- Unpeeled squid - 500 g
- Flour - 100 g
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Olive oil - for frying
Cooking fried squid step by step:
- Cut off the tail and blades from the squid.
- Wash the carcass, remove the entrails and the cartilaginous "arrow" along the body.
- Dry the inside and outside of the clams with a napkin.
- Cut the carcasses into rings 1, 5-2 cm wide.
- Dip them in a mixture of flour and salt.
- Heat a frying pan with olive oil and add squid in parts. If you dump all the carcasses into the pan at once, the temperature of the oil will drop dramatically.
- Fry the clams for 1 minute on each side, until browned.
- Put the finished squid on a paper napkin to absorb the oil and serve.
Squid soup
Few people realize that a delicious soup can be made from squid. The preparation of this recipe has its own characteristics. Consider all the subtleties and a simple but delicious recipe for a hot first course.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 500 g
- Frozen squid - 250 g
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Parsley - 1 root
- Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
- Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
Step by step preparation of squid soup:
- Peel and boil the squids for no longer than 3 minutes.
- Cut the boiled and cooled shellfish into strips.
- Chop the onion and parsley root finely. Grate the carrots. Saute the vegetables in a frying pan in vegetable oil until the onions are transparent.
- Cut the potatoes into cubes and place them in a saucepan.
- Add sautéed vegetables to it.
- Season with salt, pepper and cook the soup until the potatoes are tender.
- When serving, add squid to each plate and pour over the soup. Sprinkle with chopped herbs and serve.
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