Have you already heard that squids are boiled in boiling water for only 10-15 minutes?
Forget it!
During this time, get a rubber sole, devoid of taste, and not juicy and healthy seafood.
In fact, everything is much simpler, faster and tastier.
How and how much to cook squids so that they turn out soft and tasty?
How to cook squid - general principles
Buying fresh seafood is quite difficult. Most often, frozen squid is used in food. The carcass has a white, slightly pink or lilac color. But in fact, the shade does not mean anything, the color of the product shell does not affect the taste.
What to look for when buying:
• The meat itself should be light and in no case have a yellow tint. This indicates a low quality product.
• Squid carcasses should easily lag behind each other. If they are glued together with one block, then, most likely, they thawed. The manufacturer always freezes one thing at a time and only then packs it together.
• If there is a lot of “icing” on seafood, that is, there is a coating of ice crust, then the buyer will give up to a third of the amount for water.
• Pay attention to the shelf life of seafood. But you need to look not at the label stuck in the store, but at the packaging itself. Very often the dates on them are different.
• Try to choose small carcasses, their meat is more tender. Also for cooking it is better to take close-sized seafood.
How to prepare squids before cooking? The main task is to remove the skin. It will give the product an unpleasant taste. You can simply pour the carcass over boiling water or pour water for three minutes at a temperature of about 70 degrees. Then the skin peels off easily. You also need to remove the chord or spine, which is located in the carcass. This soft cartilage is usually easily removable and not difficult.
How to cook squids so that they are soft (basic recipe)
The main secret of squid juiciness is short cooking. Seafood is never laid in cold water, like meat or fish. The liquid must be boiling.
Ingredients
• 1 kg of squid;
• water;
• salt.
Cooking
1. Put 2 liters of water in a pan, pour 2 teaspoons of salt and send to the stove.
2. We pour the prepared squid carcasses with steep boiling water from the kettle and remove the skin under the stream of cold water with our fingers. Usually, she slazit easily.
3. Run the seafood in boiling water, to which we added salt.
4. Turn on the maximum heat and cook for 1.5 minutes. Get out and done!
How much to cook squids
Many housewives are afraid to use water for cooking seafood, so as not to make them harsh. But in fact, you can digest and cook a rubber delicacy. Therefore, you need to know how much to cook squid and how best to do it.
Ingredients
• squid;
• Bay leaf;
• peppercorns.
Cooking
1. Prepared squids are placed in a double boiler capacity.
2. In the ode, add a bay leaf and a couple of peppercorns. But it is possible without them.
3. Set the timer for 10 minutes and that's it! The assistant will do everything for you.
4. What to do if there is no double boiler? You can use a pressure cooker, install a colander or other device on the pan. In this case, after boiling water, the carcasses are boiled for about 5-7 minutes.
How to cook frozen squids (in a pan)
Before cooking, seafood is always thawed. But you need to do this correctly, otherwise the product will be tasteless. And never use a microwave or hot water to defrost. So, how do you cook frozen squid?
Ingredients
• squid;
• water;
• spices.
Cooking
1. We take the seafood out of the freezer, put it in a cup and leave it on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator for 10 hours. They must thaw.
2. Or we put it in cold water and leave it warm. The fluid must be changed periodically.
3. Drain the water from the carcasses, rinse.
4. Then scald the carcasses with boiling water, remove the skin.
5. Boil water with spices, lay the squid.
6. After boiling, cook for 2 minutes and remove. Cool and use.
How to cook squid for salad in a saucepan
It is not necessary to boil the squid for the salad in plenty of water. If you use a small amount of liquid, then less nutrients pass into the broth. Consequently, the product is more aromatic and tasty.
Ingredients
• 1 kg of squid;
• 0.5 l of liquid;
• spices.
You will also need a stewpan, but you can use a wide and low pan, in which the carcasses will fit in one layer.
Cooking
1. The washed and cleaned carcasses are placed in a stewpan.
2. Sprinkle salt on top, one teaspoon is enough.
3. You can also throw a few peas of pepper, laurel, dried leaves of parsley.
4. Boil water, pour into a saucepan, cover.
5. At maximum heat, let the seafood boil.
6. Reduce and allow the carcasses to simmer for three minutes. Then remove from the liquid and cool.
How to cook squids so that they are soft in 10 seconds?
This method is used by many cooks restaurants. It is a win-win, the product always remains juicy and is ideal for any dishes. Its feature is that carcasses are cooked one at a time.
Ingredients
• squid;
• water;
• salt.
Cooking
1. Seafood peeled, remove the chord and washed.
2. Boil a liter of water, you can add salt and pepper. We make the biggest fire, the water should boil actively.
3. Now take one carcass, drop it into the pan and count to 10. Take it out.
4. Take the second carcass, lower, count and take out. And so on. It can't be easier!
How and how much to cook squid in the microwave
Cooking squid in the microwave is as quick and easy as cooking on the stove. This method will help out if there is no way to use the pan or the gas is suddenly turned off. You will need special dishes for the microwave with a lid.
Ingredients
• 2 carcasses of squid;
• 0.5 lemon;
• 2-3 tablespoons of water;
• salt.
Cooking
1. Rinse and prepare the carcass according to all the rules, that is, remove the skin, remove the chord.
2. Put in a container for the microwave.
3. Combine water with juice, which is squeezed out of lemon.
4. Add a pinch of salt and stir. You can put a pinch of ground pepper.
5. Pour squid carcasses with lemon dressing.
6. Cover the container with a lid and put in the microwave.
7. How much to cook squid? With a power of 700 watts, two and a half minutes is enough. If you put more power, then even less. At 800, exactly two minutes is enough.
How to cook frozen squids (without preliminary defrosting)
It turns out that if there is no time to defrost squids, you can cook them like that. But something still needs to be known. How to cook frozen squids?
Ingredients
• squid;
• spices;
• water.
Cooking
1. We take out the carcasses from the refrigerator and put it in one layer right in the sink.
2. Boil the kettle and water the carcasses from above. We use half of the prepared water.
3. Turn over to the other side and pour over the remaining boiling water.
4. Remove the peel, rinse the seafood with running water.
5. We put in a pan with salted and boiling water, you can lay spices.
6. Cook in the usual way for two minutes.
How to cook squid for a salad with lemon (vinegar)
Adding lemon juice or vinegar to the broth makes seafood especially delicious. And squid is no exception. Such seafood will fit especially well in hearty salads with mayonnaise. But how are squid with vinegar for salad cooked?
Ingredients
• 2 tablespoons of vinegar;
• or 2 tablespoons of lemon juice;
• 1 kg of squid;
• 2.5 liters of water;
• salt.
Cooking
1. Throw vinegar into the water, put a pinch of salt and send to the stove. Instead of vinegar, you can similarly take lemon juice.
2. While the water is boiling, we clean and prepare the carcasses.
3. Run the squid in boiling water, make the maximum heat and cook for four minutes.
4. We take out a slotted spoon from the broth, cool it and you can cook delicious salads!
How and how much to cook squid slices (rings)
Squids can be cooked not only whole, but also in pieces. Most often these are rings, less often chopped carcasses are prepared in cubes or straws. And sometimes in the store you can find frozen rings, ready to cook. But how much to cook squids in pieces so that they remain soft?
Ingredients
• squid;
• water;
• salt.
Cooking
1. Lightly salt the water and put on the stove. Add greens, spices, lemon juice if desired.
2. We clean the carcasses, remove the chord and shred the rings one centimeter thick.
3. Run the prepared pieces in boiling water, boil for a minute and remove.
4. If the squid is cut smaller, then cook even less in time.
5. You can immediately cut the seafood into cubes or straws for salad, then in this case it is enough to boil for 15-30 seconds, and then simply pour into a colander.
How to cook squid with onions and carrots
A recipe for a second dish of squid and vegetables, which will simply help out if there is no time, but you need to quickly have lunch or dinner. The amount of vegetables can be added at your discretion.
Ingredients
• 1 squid;
• 1 carrot;
• 2 tablespoons of oil;
• bay leaf;
• salt pepper;
• greenery;
• 1 tomato.
Cooking
1. Cut the onion into cubes, toss it in the pan and fry for a minute.
2. Add the grated carrots and bring the vegetables together until soft. At the end we put the mashed tomato. You can change it tomato paste or ketchup. It will be even faster.
3. While the vegetables are fried, peel the squid and cut into rings or just straws, but not very small.
4. Add a glass of boiling water in a skillet to vegetables, salt, and pepper.
5. Spread the squid and cook for three minutes.
6. Add the bay leaf and you're done!
7. Arrange on plates, add greens, you can put a spoonful of sour cream.
How to cook squid with rice
Rice and squid are a classic combination. Based on these two products, there are many different recipes and at least one of them needs to be tried. But how and how much time to cook squid with rice?
Ingredients
• 1 glass of rice;
• 2 glasses of water;
• 2 squids;
• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• spices;
• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce;
• greenery.
Cooking
1. We chop the carrots with straws. We clean the onion head and cut into cubes. All together, fry in a deep pan.
2. Add soy sauce, stir, put the pepper. You can put seasoning for pilaf, a mixture of spices for rice, cumin, zira.
3. Add washed rice, pour boiling water and simmer for 15 minutes under the lid.
4. Squid pour boiling water and hold for a minute. Rinse with cold water, remove the skin, remove the chord and cut into thin strips. But not very long.
5. Open the rice, add the squid, mix and leave under the lid for a couple of minutes. The stove can be turned off, they will reach readiness.
6. Put in plates, decorate with herbs.
How to cook squid - useful tips and tricks
• Squids can not be cooked at all. This method is useful to those who have only one electric kettle or just boiling water. We put the prepared carcasses in a bowl, sprinkle with salt and spices, pour boiling water. Cover and stand for 4 minutes. Done! Seafood is juicy and tender.
• If you are afraid of short-term cooking squids, then add vinegar to the water. It kills microbes well, and also helps to improve the taste of the product.
• Squids will be especially aromatic and tasty if you put citrus zest in the water. You can use not only lemon peels, but also orange, grapefruit.
• Did the squid digest and become tough? Now do not pull it out of the pan, but cook for another half hour. The carcass will become softer, it will not be so rubber. But it is worth warning that it will greatly decrease in size.
• Squids not only cook quickly, but also fry. It is enough to hold them in a pan for 1-2 minutes. Therefore, immediately make a big fire, heat the oil well so that a delicious crust has time to appear.
