Salads with seafood today are verypopular. And it is explained not only by fashion trends in cooking, but also by availability, and by the relative cheapness of shrimp, mussels and squid. In fact, in almost any supermarket you can buy frozen shrimps or shellfish, or even a seafood cocktail. In a word, such salads are loved by very, very many, they know a lot of recipes for their preparation, but it's not always possible to prepare such a dish, and not all. And the whole point is that you need to be able to properly boil squid. And you need to know not only about how best to cut the carcass, but also about how much to cook it. Armed with this knowledge, you can always do everything right and get as a result of the most delicate meat of squid, and not like a rubber brew. So, we learn how to cook squid for salad. 
Cutting process
Most often we buy frozen seafood. The meat of shellfish necessary for salad is no exception. In addition, we put the cut meat into the salad, and in the store we buy whole carcasses. Therefore, to begin with, it is necessary to learn how to properly cut squids and prepare them for cooking. Preliminarily, the meat of the mollusc must be thawed. It is advisable to do this in a natural way, that is, leave the frozen product thawed at room temperature. If you need to do this quickly, then the process can be accelerated. For this, squids are put in cold water and left for about an hour. During this time tender meat will have time to completely defrost. In no case can not put squid in hot water - the meat will become stiff. Thawed carcasses must be gutted and cleaned of films and cartilage. First take out the insides and remove the cartilage. To do this as carefully as possible, the carcass can be turned inside out. After that, it needs to be thoroughly washed and removed from the inner and outer surfaces of the carcass. The film is neatly picked up with nails and pulled together like a stocking. If the meat was heavily frozen, then the film can break, then you need to remove it in parts. Some people prefer to boil the shellfish first, and then remove the films from them. However, this way of preparing squid for salad is not always convenient, since with the boiled mollusks the film can be removed with great difficulty. It is most convenient to clean the squid from the film under cold running water. And after preparing the carcasses, they can already be cooked for a salad. 
The cooking process
How much to cook squid? This, perhaps, is the most burning question that arises when we are going to prepare a salad with meat of these shellfish. Most novice cooks are afraid to undercook shellfish, and as a result get tough and like rubber meat. By the way, and his taste will not be the best. Naturally, you can not put such a brew in a salad. So how much do you need to cook squid to make their meat tender, juicy and tasty? You will be surprised, but it will take no longer than three minutes to cook the squid. However, about everything in order. First put a pan of water on the fire. Its volume depends on the number of carcasses. The pan should be of such size that the water poured into it only slightly covered the squid. In the water you can put any spices to your taste. However, most often use black pepper (peas), dill (dried or fresh), parsley greens, cloves and bay leaf. So, we wait, when the water boils, and then we lower the mollusks into it. We wait exactly two minutes and take out the carcass. When the squid is cooled, they can be cut and put in a salad. Keep in mind that boiled shellfish are greatly reduced in size. There is another way to cook shellfish and almost completely preserve the original size of the product. How much to cook squid in this way depends on the number of carcasses, because we will boil them separately. To do this, boil the water, adding a little salt and a leaf of the laurushka. As soon as the water starts to boil, lower the carcass into it, count to ten and take it out with a noise. Again let the water boil and boil the next carcass, and so, in turn, cook them all. That's all the wisdom. Your salad will necessarily turn out delicious if you cook the squid correctly for it. And how to do it, you already know. By the way, for salad meat of these shellfish can not be cooked at all. It is enough to clean the carcasses, pour them with steep boiling water, withstand half a minute and drain the water. Then the meat should be sprinkled with vinegar and you can put it in a salad. Prepare with pleasure and pleasant appetite to you!
