Tender, bright, tasty, easy to prepare— all this can be said about squid salad. What holiday table is complete without a seafood dish? Their bright flavor is best emphasized during cooking with sea salt. In addition, squid salad is simply a storehouse of vitamins and microelements: their protein is absorbed better than meat, and it is impossible to gain weight from them. There are a great many squid salads, so we have chosen for you the best recipes, tested by many housewives. The secret to the correct preparation of this seafood is simple: the carcasses should be thoroughly cleaned and boiled for no more than 5 minutes, otherwise the meat will become tough and tasteless.
Salad with squid fillet with boiled vegetables
The familiar taste of boiled vegetables miraculouslywill refresh the taste of seafood. For this dish, choose not the squid carcass, but its fillet - this way, salads with squid are much easier to prepare, because you don’t have to bother with cleaning. Ingredients:
- squid (fillets) - 300 grams
- 3 boiled potatoes
- 3 roots of boiled carrots
- canned cucumbers - 3 pieces
- 100-120 grams of mayonnaise homemade
- canned green peas - 220-250 grams
- salt, sugar, ground white pepper - half teaspoon
Method of preparation:Pour very hot water over the frozen squid fillets and keep them in it for 3 minutes. After a while, peel them and boil them in water with sea salt for 4 minutes. Peel the boiled vegetables and pickled cucumbers. Cut the cooled prepared squid fillets, potatoes, carrots and cucumbers into very thin strips. Add sugar, salt and white pepper to the homemade mayonnaise, pour the resulting mixture over the squid salad and mix carefully. Decorate the finished dish with lettuce leaves, fresh cucumber, fillet strips and serve. Enjoy!
Thai seafood salad
Incredibly aromatic, original andA very healthy squid salad came to us from Thailand. And this country knows a lot about cooking seafood! We present you with a step-by-step recipe for a great dish. This seafood salad with squid should be made the day before serving. Ingredients:
- frozen squid carcasses - 450 grams
- garlic - 4 slices
- Thai hot pepper - 2 pods
- bulbous bulb
- lemon juice - 60 milliliters
- stalks of celery - 1 piece
- fresh peppermint - 10 branches
- fish sauce - 40 grams
- salt - 0,25 tablespoon
- a large pinch of sugar
- lettuce - 4 pieces
Method of preparation:Wash the defrosted squid very thoroughly under running water, cut the carcass in half lengthwise, then cut each part into strips 1 cm wide. Put the squid in boiling water and boil for about 2-3 minutes, stirring - let the water boil again. Throw the carcasses in a colander and let the excess water drain, dry a little and cut into strips. Cooking the seafood is complete, it's time to take care of the remaining ingredients. Finely chop the vegetables (all except the lettuce) and put them in a deep bowl. Be sure to remove the seeds from the pepper. Add the squid to the dish, season with fish sauce, sugar, pepper, and salt. Put the squid salad in the refrigerator for a day. Arrange the finished dish on plates and serve with lettuce leaves. Enjoy!
Salad with squids and olives
This easy-to-make recipe will delight you with its bright taste. Marinated olives are a great addition to this aromatic squid salad. Ingredients:
- squid carcasses - 1.2 kilograms
- garlic - 6 lobules
- parsley fresh - a small bundle
- olives without pits - 160 grams
- stalk of celery - 4 pieces
- salt, ground white pepper - 0,25 teaspoon each
Method of preparation:Clean fresh squid carcasses, cut into rings and boil for about three minutes, then drain in a colander. In a small salad bowl, mix lemon juice (freshly squeezed and strained), garlic squeezed through a press, and very finely chopped parsley. Now you can put the prepared squid, olives and celery stalks cut into short pieces in the salad bowl. Mix everything, put the squid salad in the refrigerator for an hour, then serve on the festive table. Enjoy!
Warm salad with squid
This squid salad recipe can be considered a full-fledged dish. The olive oil dressing harmoniously emphasizes the sea flavor of the ingredients. It is very quick and easy to make such a dish.
- squid - 500 grams
- red onion
- dry white wine - 50 grams
- clove of garlic
- salt, white pepper ground - to taste
- olive oil, lemon juice - 2 tablespoons each
- greens curly parsley, strips of lemon peel - for decoration
Method of preparation:In order for the squid to remain warm and very soft during the preparation of the salad, the recipe should be started with the dressing sauce. Olive oil, lemon juice, pepper and salt - mix it all and set aside for a while. Wash the squid carcasses inside and out, remove the outer pink skin. Cut into centimeter-wide rings, chop the onion as thinly as possible. Sauté the squid with the onion until the color changes. Add wine and chopped garlic. Cover with a lid, simmer for about 10 minutes - the squid meat will become soft. Without a minute's delay, to maintain the temperature, put the warm squid in portions on each diner's plate. Pour the dressing over the squid salad, garnish with sprigs of curly parsley and strips of lemon zest. Enjoy!
Salad with squids, oyster mushrooms and Pekinese cabbage
An unusual combination of fried mushrooms and cabbage(Beijing) is complemented by sesame seeds. Dry them in a frying pan without oil, and they will reveal their taste more fully. Classic salad with squid is prepared with mayonnaise or a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice. Choose a dressing to your taste. Ingredients:
- squid fresh - 500 grams
- Peking cabbage - 10 leaves
- onion head
- oyster mushrooms - 500 grams
- Sesame seeds - tablespoon
- olive oil for roasting
For filling:
- lemon juice - 2 tablespoons
- freshly ground pepper - pinch
- olive oil - tablespoon
Method of preparation:If your squid is frozen, pour cold water over it and let it thaw. Then boil it for exactly 5 minutes, cut it into medium-sized rings. Chop the washed Chinese cabbage leaves, but very thinly. Fry the finely chopped onion and oyster mushrooms, add salt, and fry again until done. Mix all the salad ingredients. You can additionally season it with lemon juice, pepper and olive oil, but for those who like a drier salad, the oil that the mushrooms have absorbed will be enough. Enjoy your meal!
Spicy salad with squid and asparagus
Choose younger green beans for this delicious squid salad. This recipe will appeal to those who like spicy food, and you can increase the amount of garlic if necessary. Ingredients:
- squid (fillets or carcasses) - 3 pieces
- asparagus beans - 200 grams
- champignons - 200 grams
- boiled potatoes - 4 pieces
- 4 cloves of garlic
- pickled cucumbers - 3 pieces
- 90 grams of mayonnaise homemade
Method of preparation:If you took squid fillets, just boil them in boiling water for 3 minutes and cool. Pour boiling water over the squid carcasses, clean them, remove the entrails and boil until done. Cut them into medium-thick strips. Boil the green beans until done, then fry them and add the garlic crushed with a knife. Peel the cucumbers and potatoes (boiled and cooled) and cut into strips. Peel the mushrooms, cut them into slices and fry, adding a piece of butter. All the ingredients are ready, mix everything in a deep salad bowl and season with mayonnaise. It is preferable to prepare this recipe for a delicious squid salad an hour or two before serving. Decorate the salad with fresh herbs - bon appetit!
Salad with squid and grapefruit
This recipe is incredibly aromatic and very original! If you are already familiar with squid salads, be sure to try this one. It will surprise you with an unusual combination of flavors. Ingredients:
- squid (fresh) - 300 grams
- fennel (tuber) - 200 grams
- grapefruit pink
- olive oil
- salt, white ground pepper - by pinch
Method of preparation:Clean fresh squid carcasses, pour boiling water over them — this will make it easier to cut them into strips. Simmer in olive oil over low heat until soft, add peeled and thinly sliced fennel, stir and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Add a little salt and use a slotted spoon to fish out the sautéed products onto a plate to get rid of excess oil. Carefully peel the grapefruit from the white film. Use a sharp knife to cut half of the pulp into cubes. Squeeze the juice from the other half into a bowl, add olive oil and whisk until thick. Place warm sautéed squid with fennel and fresh grapefruit slices on plates, pour over the grapefruit marinade, sprinkle with fennel greens. The recipe is complete, bon appetit!
Turkey and squid salad "Terry"
Squid in salad goes wonderfully with boiled turkey fillet. Light mayonnaise unites these two types of meat, and the taste of fresh arugula leaves and cucumbers gives a unique piquancy. Ingredients:
- boiled turkey - 100-150 grams
- squid canned - 1 can
- bulbous bulb
- one cucumber
- egg - 2 pieces
- hard cheese - 90 grams
- leaves of arugula - optional
- 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
Method of preparation:Chill the boiled turkey and chop it very finely. Peel and boil the squid as described above, cut it into small cubes. Cut the onion and cucumber into cubes of the same size. In a deep bowl, mix the turkey, squid, cucumbers and season everything with a small amount of mayonnaise. Salt to taste. Put the arugula leaves in the salad bowl where the dish will be served. Separate the yolks from the whites. Grate the latter on a coarse grater, put them on the greens and grease them with mayonnaise. Then lay out the prepared salad and squid and turkey. The next layer of the dish is grated cheese. Pour a thin layer of mayonnaise over the cheese. The last layer of this dish is the egg yolks grated on a fine grater. Decorate the squid salad as desired and serve. Enjoy!
Salad from squids, apples and pine nuts
This is probably the fastest salad recipe withsquid. The aroma of fresh apples wonderfully complements and refreshes the taste of seafood. Despite the simplest composition, this dish can be served on a festive table. Ingredients:
- fillet of squid - 300 grams
- apples - 500 grams
- Cedar nuts - 100 grams
- mayonnaise - 80 grams
Method of preparation:As described above, boil the squid fillet and cut into strips. Peel the apples, cut into strips, add pine nuts and season the dish with mayonnaise. Enjoy your meal! Now you know how to make a squid salad. It is very easy to make a quick festive dinner with this inexpensive product. Salad recipes with marinated or fresh squid are easy to prepare, nutritious and always tender. Even a novice cook can prepare a version of the dish with fillet. You can pamper your guests and loved ones with squid salads all year round, because frozen seafood is available on the shelves both in autumn and winter. This dish goes very well with the taste of homemade mayonnaise, which is also not difficult to make. Cook with imagination! We recommend reading:
