Squid is a seafood delicacy; its meat is very healthy and tasty. There are a large number of recipes for cooking squid, but if you don’t know how to cook squid tasty and simple, I’ll tell you one simple recipe. This dish is very popular in our family, it is prepared in a matter of minutes. So, today we will cook - squid stewed in sour cream and onions. The taste of the dish is very satisfying and nutritious. The seafood turns out very tender and melts in your mouth. The main thing is to be able to cook them correctly, because if you overcook them, they will be tough and not tasty. Fried onions will become caramelized and give the dish a sweetish note. Sour cream adds a creamy note. The subtle aroma of spices will add piquancy. You can serve as a side dish: spaghetti, mashed potatoes, rice.
Ingredients
- Unpeeled squid – 400 g.
- Onion – 1 pc.
- Sour cream 30% - 5 tbsp
- Salt – 2 pinches
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
How to cook squid tasty and simple
I bought squids, unpeeled and frozen. Let's defrost them in cold water, take out only the insides, nothing else needs to be cleaned. Place them in boiling water and cook for 1.5-2 minutes, no more, otherwise they will become rubbery. Drain the water and fill them with cold water. Then, in this water, wash off the purple skin with your hands. The last step is to remove the transparent film.
Cut the seafood carcass into strips or rings.
Peel the onion and cut into thin half rings.
Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil and add the onion. Fry it until golden brown.
Add squid, sour cream, salt, ground black pepper, mix. I decided not to add a lot of spices so as not to overwhelm the taste of the seafood.
Simmer for 2 minutes so that the sour cream does not completely dissolve into fat, but remains a delicate white sauce. During this time, the squid will be soaked in sour cream and acquire a creamy hue.
Place the squid with fried onions on a dish and serve. I use spaghetti as a side dish; the creamy sauce soaks up the side dish well. Bon appetit!
- You don't know how to cook squid correctly? It's very simple, the main thing is to know some secrets. First you must decide which squid you will buy, peeled or unpeeled.
Unpeeled squid looks like this: it is light in color and has a slight purple skin. Be sure to buy small sizes, this indicates that the meat is young. First you need to defrost them, remove the intestines, and put them in boiling water. You need to cook for no more than 2-2.5 minutes, during which time you will see how they turn white, take on a round shape and decrease in size.
If it happened that you overcooked them, they turned rubbery. Place them back into the boiling water and cook for another 30 minutes; they will become softer, but not tender. Another disadvantage of long cooking is that they will greatly decrease in size, and since the price of this product is high, it is better to avoid this. Then, under a cold stream of water, remove the lilac skin. Then, pry up the transparent film with your fingers and remove it inside and out.
As for peeled squids, they are already white, that is, slightly cooked. No matter how much you want them, they will not be tender. They just need to be defrosted, washed and cooked for no more than a minute. Then, remove from boiling water and remove the transparent film from the outside and inside.
- You can use onions, but if you use red sweet onions, the dish will turn out even tastier. After all, its taste is not so bitter.
- Spices highlight the taste of a dish. You can add: basil, thyme, paprika, coriander, ground black pepper, turmeric. Fresh herbs will add freshness.
- Sour cream should be homemade or store-bought, but of high quality, and not less than 22-30%.
- It is not advisable to leave the prepared dish the next day; it loses its taste and quickly deteriorates.
Squid is a very healthy and vitamin-rich seafood that makes original and tasty dishes. So today we offer you several simple but interesting recipes for stewed squid, which all your guests will certainly appreciate.
Stewed squid with vegetables
Ingredients:
- squid carcasses – 3 pcs.;
- fresh eggplant – 3 pcs.;
- bell pepper – 3 pcs.;
- onion – 2 pcs.;
- vegetable oil;
- ground ginger - to taste;
- spices.
Preparation
Now we’ll tell you how to cook stewed squid. So, defrost the seafood and chop it into rings. Peel the onion and chop it. We process the eggplants, cut off the stem, cut in half lengthwise and chop into thick strips. We clean the pepper and chop it into half rings. Next, take a frying pan, put it on the fire, pour in sunflower oil, lay out the squid, sprinkle them with ground ginger, spices and fry for 3-5 minutes. Then add eggplants and onions, salt and pepper. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer everything in its own juice for 20-30 minutes until the vegetables are ready. Serve the dish hot, garnished with herbs.
Squid stewed in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
- fresh squid – 3 pcs.;
- onion – 2 pcs.;
- bell pepper – 2 pcs.;
- tomato – 2 pcs.;
- soy sauce – 100 ml;
- vegetable oil;
- garlic;
- spices.
Preparation
Let's figure out how to cook squid in a slow cooker. Scald frozen carcasses with boiling water and remove skin and entrails. Then rinse and cut into squares. Peel the onion and garlic, chop into cubes, and process the bell pepper, remove the seeds and chop. Wash the tomatoes, dry them and cut them into small cubes.
Turn on the multicooker in the “Baking” mode, fry the onion with garlic until golden brown for 5 minutes, add pepper and continue sautéing for another 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Then lay out the chopped tomatoes and add the seasoning. Fry everything together for another 2 - 3 minutes, add the squid, stir, close the lid of the device and cook further, but no more than 3 minutes. Serve the finished sweet and sour stewed squid with rice or mashed potatoes.
Stewed squid with mushrooms
Ingredients:
- fresh squid – 1 kg;
- champignons – 300 g;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- vegetable oil;
- spices;
- fresh herbs – 1 bunch;
- mayonnaise – 2 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
We process the mushrooms and cut them into slices. Peel the garlic, squeeze it through a press and add it to the champignons. We wash the squid, carefully remove the skin, remove the entrails and chop the carcasses into small pieces. Now, pour a little vegetable oil into the frying pan, add the mushrooms, add a little water and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring constantly. After this, add the squid, add salt to taste, mix well and fry until cooked. At the end of cooking, add a little mayonnaise and simmer the dish for another 5 minutes. Serve the finished dish hot, with boiled rice or crumbly mashed potatoes as a side dish.
Recipe for squid stewed in sour cream
Ingredients:
Preparation
Place the frozen squid in a bowl, scald with boiling water and remove the membranes and entrails. Then cut into strips. Peel the onions, carrots and garlic, chop finely and sauté the vegetables in vegetable oil until golden brown. After that, add squid to them, add sour cream, mix and simmer until fully cooked for about 10 minutes.
There is a lot of debate about seafood. On the one hand, they arouse gastronomic interest and love among gourmets, on the other hand, they remain misunderstood by many people. Experts say that you need to know how to cook squid. And one of the recipes that is considered exotic, but also quite tasty, is stewed squid.
Stewed squid: video recipe
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The benefits of squid are undeniable. After all, their composition is an order of magnitude richer than poultry or even beef. Squid carcasses contain vitamins, including the most important ones - groups B, E, C and PP. Squid meat also contains all the necessary microelements: copper, phosphorus, iron, iodine, selenium, etc. In this regard, it is believed that squid helps cleanse the blood, reduce cholesterol levels, improve muscle tissue, help normalize the gastrointestinal tract and have anti-sclerotic properties. Therefore, you need to eat them regularly.
Stewed squid recipe
In most cases, squid is used boiled as an independent dish or as an ingredient in a salad. Dried parts of squid are also often found. But stewed squid are especially popular among gourmets. This is due to the fact that sea reptiles with this method of preparation turn out to be especially tender and original.
In order to prepare stewed squid, you will need: - 4 squid carcasses; - 2 pcs. carrots; - 2 pcs. large onions; - 250 g sour cream; - fresh herbs to taste; - salt.
If you don't have fresh herbs, you can easily use dried ones. Alternatively, you can add frozen greens to this dish. If you like spicier food, you can lightly pepper the squid and choose spicy greens
Grate the carrots on a coarse grater and chop the onion into small pieces. Fry them in a small amount of oil until golden brown. Peel the squid from the film, then scald with boiling water, cut into strips and add to the pan with the carrots and onions. Cut the greens and send them there. After 2-3 minutes, add sour cream, salt and let it boil. Then simmer for 1-2 minutes - and that’s it, the dish is ready.
Alternatively, you can also add garlic, butter, flour, and cream to the squid. All these products will help add a more interesting taste to the dish, make the gravy more tender and creamy, and also help to fully reveal the taste of seafood.
Italians' favorite Christmas dish is squid stewed in red wine and tomato paste. To prepare 6 servings of this delicacy you will need: - 1 kg of peeled squid; - 4 cups of tomato sauce; - 250 ml of red wine; - 2 tbsp. l. fresh lemon juice; - 1 tbsp. l. olive oil; - 2 cloves of garlic; - 1 tsp. ground black pepper; - 1/2 tsp. ground red pepper; - 1 tsp. dry basil; - 1/3 cup grated parmesan.
Cut the squid into rings or strips, whichever is more convenient for you. Mix tomato paste, wine, lemon juice, oil, seasonings and cheese and simmer over low heat for half an hour. During this time, the alcohol will evaporate, and the sauce will receive a very unusual aroma and original sound. After this time, add the squid to the sauce and continue to simmer over low heat for about another half hour. Don't forget to stir. The degree of readiness of squid is easily determined by their appearance; it should become swollen and opaque.
Don't try to speed up the process by increasing the heat. This way you will not achieve the result you need, but will only ruin the dish. If you overheat a squid, it will turn rubbery.
Squid is not only seafood with an exquisite taste, it is also a storehouse of useful microelements. They are also endowed with certain healing properties. You can prepare a wide variety of dishes from them - they are fried, boiled, pickled, stuffed, baked. They combine harmoniously with many products.
Not all housewives take up recipes with these shellfish, fearing that they will not be able to clean them properly and cook them tasty. However, there is nothing complicated in these recipes. I present to your attention simple and incredibly tasty recipes for preparing squid stewed with vegetables.
Recipe for squid stewed with carrots and onions
Kitchenware: cutting board, coarse grater, colander, frying pan.
Ingredients
You can take the spices that you like and are suitable for fish dishes - ginger, saffron, coriander, chili pepper, nutmeg and others. You can simply use a ready-made seafood seasoning mixture.
Cooking squid stewed with onions and carrots
- In order to clean the squid (about 0.50 kg), pour boiling water over them.
- We clean the carcasses from film residues and remove the insides.
- Cut the carcasses into strips.
- Place the straws in a colander to allow the liquid to drain.
- We also cut the onion into strips
- Grind the carrots with a coarse grater.
- Pour a little vegetable oil into the frying pan and put the onions and carrots there. Fry until almost done.
- Place the squid in the fryer and stir.
- Add salt and spices to taste and mix again. Cover the pan with a lid.
- As soon as the squids give juice, we note the time and simmer the dish for another 3 minutes.
You can’t keep the frying pan on the fire longer - the squid will become like rubber.
Video recipe for cooking stewed squid with carrots and onions
The video demonstrates the process of preparing squid according to a very simple recipe - with carrots and onions. This dish is perfect for Lent.
Recipe for squid stewed in cream
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Number of servings: 6.
Kitchenware:
Ingredients
How to stew squid in cream
Video recipe for cooking squid stewed in cream
The video shows a recipe for preparing the most delicate delicious dish of squid in cream.
Recipe for squid stewed in tomato sauce
Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes.
Number of servings: 4.
Kitchenware: cutting board, frying pan.
Ingredients
Cooking squid in Moroccan style
- Clean 0.50 kg of squid and cut into rings.
- Peel the skins of 2 tomatoes and make a puree from them.
- Finely chop half the onion. Chop a bunch of parsley.
- Pour 30 g of olive oil into a heated frying pan.
- Place onion in oil.
- Pour it all over with tomato puree.
- Add a teaspoon of salt. Add 2 teaspoons of paprika and a quarter teaspoon of pepper to the mixture.
- Spread chopped parsley.
- Add 400 g of tomato sauce. Mix well.
- Cover with a lid and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add squid strips to the sauce. Cover with a lid. Simmer over medium heat for 45 minutes.
Video recipe for cooking squid stewed in tomato sauce
Video tutorial on how to cook squid in Moroccan style - in spicy tomato sauce.
https://youtu.be/PI54qAHAhA8
The best side dish for such dishes is boiled potatoes or rice.
Helpful information
- When buying squid, carefully inspect the carcasses - they should not be stuck together, the film on them should only be pink or purple, and the meat should be exclusively white.
- When preparing such dishes, you need to clearly understand how long you need to simmer squid in a particular combination of products. If, for example, you simmer them simply with butter or with the addition of vegetables, it will only take 3 minutes. If the dish is cooked in a sauce such as tomato, it will take 40-60 minutes. Strictly follow the recipe recommendations - and everything will work out.
- If you decided to cook an exotic squid dish for the first time and bought unpeeled carcasses, it would be wiser to carefully read the instructions.
- After the squids are cleaned, it is advisable to put them in cool water for a couple of hours - then you can avoid the appearance of a specific smell during the cooking process.
- If you decide to prepare a dish that contains boiled squid, inquire about it to get a delicious taste.
- Remember that seafood dishes should not be overloaded with spices, otherwise they will simply “overwhelm” the delicate, refined taste of seafood with their aromas.
- I highly recommend cooking it either creamy or delicious.
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