delicious salads
Squids are easy to prepare and most importantly low in calories!
The key to cooking squid is time! You only need to cook the squid for a few minutes, otherwise they will be tough. You can simply put the squid in water, bring it to a boil, turn it off and leave it in the water for a few minutes.
1. Squid salad
500 g squid
1 onion
1 can of canned peas
mayonnaise
4 eggs
salt, ground pepper
dill
Cut the onion into thin half rings and pour boiling water over it to remove the bitterness. After a few minutes, drain the water.
Boil and peel the eggs.
It is better to take small squids. Be sure to have no tentacles, otherwise they will turn pink when cooked.
So, wash the squid and cut off the tentacles. Pour water into a saucepan and put on fire. Bring water to a boil, add squid to the water. After 3 minutes, when all the squids have turned white, drain the water and rinse the squids under cold water.
Cut the squid into thin rings. Place in a bowl.
Grate the eggs on a fine grater and add to the squid. Add onion and green pea. Salt and pepper.
Finely chop the dill and add to the salad. Mix everything well. Season with mayonnaise. Mix again.
2. Squid salad with mushrooms
250 g squid
100 g cheese
1/2 onion
1 tbsp. butter
100 g pickled mushrooms
2 tbsp. mayonnaise
2 cloves garlic
salt and pepper
Finely chop the onion and fry it for a few minutes in butter until tender.
Boil the squid for 3-4 minutes. Cut the squid into strips.
Grate the cheese. Squeeze out the garlic. Cut the mushrooms into thin slices.
Mix cheese, squid, mushrooms and fried onion. Add garlic. Mix everything well
Salt, pepper, add mayonnaise. Mix.
3. Carrot salad with squid
300 g squid
3 carrots
1 onion
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 pickled cucumbers
2 eggs
2 tbsp. mayonnaise
salt and pepper
Pre-cook the carrots. Peel, cool and grate.
Boil the eggs and cut them into cubes. Also cut the pickled cucumbers into small cubes. Finely chop the onion.
Mix carrots, eggs and cucumbers and onions.
Boil squid in salted water and cut into strips.
Add to salad. Salt, pepper, add lemon juice. Season with mayonnaise.
4. Tender salad
lettuce leaves
2 squid carcasses
100 g shrimp
2 eggs
greens (dill, green onions, parsley)
salt
mayonnaise
Clean the squid carcasses, place them in boiling salted water, cook for 1.5-2 minutes, drain in a colander, cool and cut into strips.
Place the shrimp in boiling salted water, cook for 1.5-2 minutes, drain in a colander, cool, and peel.
Boil the eggs, peel and cut into strips.
Wash the lettuce leaves, dry them and tear them. Finely chop the greens.
Mix everything, add salt, season with mayonnaise, sprinkle with herbs. Bon appetit!
5. Gulliver squid salad
300-400 g squid fillet
500-600 g jacket potatoes, cut into thin slices
100-150 g pickled cucumbers
50-75 g canned greens. peas
2 boiled eggs
200 g mayonnaise
25-30 g each of green salad, dill, parsley
salt, pepper to taste
Remove the cooked squid fillet from the broth, cool and cut into strips across the grain.
Mix with thinly sliced potatoes, cucumbers, chopped eggs, and peas.
Season with mayonnaise, salt, pepper, mix. Garnish with lettuce leaves, cucumbers, slices. squid, egg, greens.
6. Vegetable salad with squid
300 g squid
1 sweet pepper
2 tomatoes
2 potatoes
1 bunch of green onions
1 bunch of parsley
4 tbsp. sour cream
salt and pepper
Pre-cook the potatoes. This can be done in the microwave, cover and microwave on full power for 2 minutes.
Cool and cut the potatoes into cubes.
Cut the tomatoes into small slices. Cut the pepper into strips.
Finely chop the onion and parsley.
Place the squid in boiling salted water and cook for 2 minutes. Then remove and cut into strips.
Mix all ingredients, add salt, pepper and sour cream.
Hello, beginner cooks, experienced chefs and housewives! In this article I will tell you how to prepare the most delicious salad with squid. Consider the series interesting recipes, from which you will choose best option.
As practice shows, seafood dishes are always popular. And if previously it was possible to taste such a culinary delight in an expensive restaurant, now every housewife can solve the problem. It’s not surprising, because purchasing seafood is not difficult, and there are a lot of recipes for excellent dishes on the Internet.
Squid is a common seafood product with delicate taste and lack of fishy smell. Masterpieces based on squid are loved even by people whose diet does not include fish.
Let's look at recipes for making squid salads. I will share cooking technologies that do not involve the use of abstruse or expensive products, which is important.
How to make a salad with squid and corn
All seafood is characterized by a delicate taste and excellent aroma, and squid is no exception. However, they require proper preparation. They are combined with eggs, cereals, fruits and vegetables.
Depending on the minor components, you can prepare a satisfying main dish or a light snack. I'll teach you how to cook classic salad with squid and corn.
Ingredients:
- Frozen squid – 3 pcs.
- Canned corn - 1 can.
- Fresh cucumber – 1 pc.
- Onion – 1 head.
- Mayonnaise – 100 ml.
- Fresh dill and onion feathers.
Preparation:
- Thaw the squid, wash and boil. The right way I will look at cooking at the end of the article. Remove the film and cut the carcass into cubes or strips.
- Green onions and douse the dill with water, dry it and chop it into rings. Peel the onion, cut into half rings and pour boiling water to remove excess bitterness. After five minutes, drain the liquid.
- Wash the fresh cucumber and cut it similarly to the squid. The main thing is that the pieces of ingredients have the same shape. If you want a delicate salad, remove the skin from the cucumber.
- All that remains is to drain the syrup from the corn and mix the listed ingredients in a small salad bowl.
- After dressing with mayonnaise, serve to guests. You can also top it with natural yoghurt.
Video recipe
The salad is prepared quickly, and the result meets any gourmet needs, especially if served with meat and red wine.
Salad with squid and egg
Housewives like dishes that are suitable for any feast. This includes a salad with squid and egg, which is suitable for lunch and not out of place on a holiday table.
The advantage of a snack treat is the use of a variety of products that help diversify the dish and make it piquant. Some cooks combine seafood with cucumbers and eggs, while others use cheese.
The result depends on the correct preparation of seafood. If you overcook the squid, instead of juicy and tender meat you will get a piece of “rubber”. But you also need to know how to boil eggs.
I consider any seafood appetizer a delicacy, especially if, in addition to squid and eggs, you add some greens and shrimp to the salad.
Ingredients:
- Squid – 1 kg.
- Eggs – 5 pcs.
- Shrimp – 1 kg.
- Onion – 200 g.
- Greens, salt, mayonnaise, spices.
Preparation:
- Rinse the squid and boil in salted water for three minutes. Once cool, peel and cut into strips. Pour salted boiling water over the shrimp, drain the water after two minutes, peel and finely chop.
- Finely chop the boiled eggs and cut the onion into half rings. Fry the chopped onion in a frying pan until transparent and add the squid to it. Fry until golden brown.
- Once the seafood has cooled, combine with eggs and shrimp, salt, sprinkle with spices and season with mayonnaise. Use dill sprigs to decorate the appetizer.
If desired, include other ingredients in the composition, and share the results in the comments. In addition to the delicacy, I cook pilaf, but it can also be combined with other dishes.
Salad with squid and cucumber
Meat contains many other microelements, including: iodine, copper, iron, potassium and phosphorus. Nutritionists recommend dishes for those who suffer from obesity, cardiovascular diseases and hypertension. Constant use squid normalizes the functioning of the digestive system, removes toxins, improves memory, speeds up metabolic processes and lowers blood pressure.
Chefs prepare masterpieces using tentacles and carcasses. But there are also daredevils who eat suckers or eyes. Pizza and pies are made from squid meat. They are combined with different ingredients. Traditionally served with vegetables, sauces, fried onions,
Many people wouldn’t mind enjoying a salad with squid in a cafe or restaurant, but they don’t dare prepare this delicacy themselves. Still, this is not the most common product in Russian refrigerators. Housewives are afraid of doing something wrong during cooking. Let's find out how to cook squid for salad.
Where are squids sold?
For Russia, this is somewhat of an exotic product, so you are unlikely to find them in a small store near your home. But they are always available in large supermarkets or hypermarkets. These mollusks are caught in Southeast Asia, so Russians generally only have access to frozen, canned and smoked squid.
How to choose the right squid
Buy the product in large stores that can afford high-quality refrigeration chambers. Moreover, in hypermarkets, buyers have the opportunity to closely examine shellfish, appearance which can tell a lot.
For example, if pieces of squid are frozen into one layer and covered with a thick crust of ice, this means that they have been defrosted and frozen again several times. Such manipulations with seafood are fraught with severe poisoning. But even if the unpleasant consequences for the stomach can be avoided, the taste of the dish will be worse than expected, and the squid will burst when cooked.
There must be meat white. The shade of the skin is unimportant - the entire range from light lilac to silver-gray is considered normal.
If you have the slightest doubt, ask for a quality certificate and inquire about the date of production of seafood and its catch.
Frozen squid is not a product that should be purchased for future use. It is better to prepare them on the day of purchase, since a household refrigerator will not provide the optimal freezing temperature. In addition, during transportation from the store to home, the shellfish will have time to slightly thaw, and this is not very good.
universal method
There is a widespread belief that you definitely need to cook squid. The time recommended for this “execution” (there is no other way to call it) varies between 3-5 minutes. If you ever want to serve wrinkled pieces of rubber, be sure to do so.
After three minutes in boiling water, the squid will literally shrink, become very dense, and it will be unpleasant to eat.
Boil water in a saucepan. If desired, add a few grinds of black pepper and any herbs and spices you like. For beauty, you can put red paprika powder, beet juice, turmeric, curry - these ingredients will tint the meat. If you further plan to use squid in complex dishes, then adding salt is not necessary.
Place thawed squid in boiling water, wait 15-20 seconds and remove. If you are preparing carcasses, do not put them in water all at once, but boil them one at a time. Before processing the next carcass, wait until the water boils. Considering that each piece takes 15 seconds to cook, it won't take much time. Boiled squid can be stored in the refrigerator for two days.
If you didn’t know all this and by the time you read our article you had already started cooking squid, the time can, on the contrary, be increased to 20 minutes. Then the mollusks will become soft again, although reducing their size by half cannot be avoided, and taste qualities will not be up to par.
How to defrost and clean squid
Before preparing squid for salad, you need to defrost and clean it. You can cook them from frozen, but this will increase the cooking time and, accordingly, make the seafood “rubbery”.
The squid is defrosted at room temperature. Just leave the carcass in the open air for 1-3 hours. This way, the maximum of nutrients is preserved.
Defrosting in cool (about 20 degrees) water is acceptable. But you should not use hot liquid, much less boiling water, for this purpose, otherwise the squid fillet will darken and the taste will deteriorate.
You can clean it both before (preferably) and after cooking. Hard plates and transparent cartilage should be removed from the carcass, tentacles should be removed, and the film should be removed from the mollusk.
After cooking, it will be easier to do the latter, but it may appear bad smell. The skin is also very bitter and can easily spoil the taste of the dish.
If you clean before cooking, it is more convenient to remove the film with a knife under running water. To simplify the process, first place the carcasses in a liquid heated to 60-70 degrees for about five minutes. Then the skin can be easily removed by friction, and the remains can be removed by rinsing the seafood with cold water.
Cooking squid for salad - simple methods
It is not necessary to heat-treat with boiling water before preparing squid for salad. They can be eaten immediately after cleaning, but in general, even for sushi, squid is processed with boiling water. We recommend doing the same.
Versatile and quick way: Boil a kettle, pour boiling water over the squid, drain the water and sprinkle the clams with vinegar.
Or place the chopped squid in a bowl, add salt, pepper (red or black), any spices or herbs you like, and a tablespoon of lemon juice or wine vinegar. Pour boiling water over the contents of the bowl and drain the water after 5 minutes.
Squid and microwave
Delicious squid from the microwave is a rarity. But this method can help out if you don’t have a stove. For example, if you are preparing a snack at work or at the cottage. We warn you that it is unlikely that you will be able to achieve softness and juiciness of seafood the first time. You will have to try several times, varying the temperature and time in search of their optimal combination.
Slice the squid until it is reduced in size by half. Arrange on a plate in one layer. Season with salt and pepper if desired. Fill the squids with water until it covers them halfway. Microwave the plate for 1-4 minutes depending on power.
You can try boiling squid in own juice. Also place them on a plate, drizzle with oil and lemon juice, sprinkle with spices, but do not add water. Microwave for 1 minute on high power.
Salad with rice and egg
Now that we have figured out how to “cook” squid soft, it’s time to move on to salad recipes.
For this hearty dish, take 2 medium onions, cut into half rings and place in hot water for a few minutes. Prepare half a kilo of squid using the method described above. Cut 2 boiled eggs into strips.
Mix 3 tablespoons of boiled rice, eggs, squid and onion. Add salt and pepper to taste, season with mayonnaise.
Salad with grapes and cheese
This is a more sophisticated salad with squid, and the dishes should be appropriate. Therefore, take half a bunch of lettuce leaves, roughly chop or tear them, place them in a salad bowl and mix with the juice of a quarter of a lemon.
Place a squid carcass cut into thin strips, 150 grams of raisin grapes and the same amount of feta (or Adyghe) cheese cut into cubes. Add salt and mix gently, seasoning with olive oil.
Holiday salad
Take 750 grams of squid (already peeled and treated with boiling water). If you cooked seafood without salt, rub it on the inside of the carcasses and cut them into rings. Scald 3 ripe tomatoes with boiling water, remove the skin and finely chop.
Pour half a glass of olive oil into a saucepan and place the squid and tomatoes in it. Add 3 chopped cloves of garlic, chopped fresh parsley and 125 ml of dry white wine. Simmer covered over low heat until soft.
You can decorate the resulting squid salad with pitted olives, cut into circles, and parsley leaves.
Diet salad
Cut 2 squid carcasses, add 1 grated apple and 200 grams of crushed apples. Season sesame oil and soy sauce.
We told you how to prepare squid for salad, and it is in the correct observance of this procedure that lies main secret dishes with these shellfish. Now you know it too. All that remains is to choose the appropriate salad recipe, of which there are a great many.
When you are tempted to visit the seashore and taste Mediterranean food, do not rush to purchase vouchers. Take a couple of squid carcasses out of the refrigerator, boil them and get with a delicate taste the entire storehouse of vitamins and minerals that are rich in the depths of the sea.
And here perfect shape Serving for squid is a combination of several complementary flavors in a salad. Now we will look at several simple and at the same time delicious recipes.
A simple recipe for squid salad
Let's look at the secrets of preparing the simplest salad.
You will need:
- 480-500 gr. squid carcasses – cleaned and defrosted;
- 280-300 gr. ;
- Bay leaf;
- mayonnaise to taste.
Let's get started:
- Boil the squid carcasses in slightly salty water, adding 1-2 bay leaves. We spend no more than 3-4 minutes on cooking, otherwise the carcasses will become tough and resemble hard rubber.
- Place the onion in the squid water to remove bitterness and harshness. This will take 15-20 minutes.
- Grind the cooled squid into strips.
- Cut the onion into half rings.
- Combine chopped onion and squid, season with mayonnaise.
This is how you get a nutritious and healthy product from just two ingredients.
Salad with squid and egg
You will discover another pleasant combination of flavors by combining nutritious squid meat with eggs and apples.
You will need:
- 300 gr. squid carcass meat;
- 4 boiled eggs;
- 3-4 sour or sweet-sour apples;
- medium bulb;
- 50 gr. cheese;
Preparation:
- Place the squid carcasses into boiling water and cook for no more than 3 minutes.
- We cut the finished carcasses into rings.
- Chop the onion and pour boiling water for 10-15 minutes.
- Grate the cheese and eggs on a medium grater.
- Peel the apples and chop on a medium grater.
- Mix everything in a salad bowl and season with mayonnaise.
Once you try this salad once, you will not want to change anything in the recipe, because it is complete perfection.
Crab salad with squid
This salad will not only be a healthy addition to dinner, but also a decoration on the holiday table.
You will need:
- 250-280 gr. ready crab meat or sticks;
- 3-4 boiled squid carcasses;
- 3 boiled eggs;
- jar canned corn;
- large cucumber;
- 50 gr. cheese;
- salt, spices, pepper and mayonnaise for dressing.
The secret to making crab and squid salad is its simplicity. Just chop all the ingredients and combine them in a salad bowl.
Don't forget to salt and pepper the salad, and add softness by seasoning with mayonnaise. The dish smells like a holiday, all the ingredients are combined harmoniously, but if your soul asks to plunge into the sea headlong, read the rest of the article.
Sea salad with shrimp and squid
To feel like a resident of the Mediterranean, prepare a sea salad with shrimp and squid.
For 8 servings you will need:
- 230 gr. boiled squid;
- 120 gr. Chinese cabbage;
- 120 gr. peeled shrimp;
- 12 quail eggs;
- ½ can of olives.
We cut the squid and olives into rings, finely chop the Chinese cabbage, and combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl along with the shrimp.
Then you need to prepare a unique dressing.
You will need:
- salt and pepper;
- 30 gr. vegetable or olive oil;
- 30 gr. apple or wine vinegar;
- 5 gr. mustard.
Preparation:
- In any container, combine all the dressing ingredients and shake.
- Pour the sauce over the salad preparation and decorate with egg halves.
- The salad is already on the table and invites you to taste the delights of assorted seafood.
Don't be afraid to experiment in the kitchen and you'll definitely enjoy your meal. Bon appetit!
Nowadays, seafood dishes have begun to gain popularity. Since they have a great taste and a large variety of useful microelements we need, and of course vitamins, they contain all this in abundance.
Of course, squid is very popular. That's what today's conversation will be about. If you missed the previous recipe, then you should. How best to prepare them and what products to combine with them. After all, today it has been invented a large number of dishes that include these same seafood.
In today's article we will talk about the simplest and most delicious squid salads prepared with photos. This food is truly satisfying. And cold them taste properties not a bit is lost. Besides being easy to prepare, they are low in calories and an excellent source of protein. This dish is good for both regular and festive table. You can also follow this link, look and choose a recipe for yourself at home.
So let's get started.
How to properly boil squid for salad
Method one:
Purchased carcasses must be thawed and washed.
We put a pan of water on the fire, bring it to a boil and lower our seafood into it.
Cook them for 1.5 minutes and immediately transfer them to another bowl with cold water to stop the cooking process.
This is how quickly you can cook squid. They turn out very tender, the most important thing is not to overcook them on the stove, otherwise they will become rubbery.
Method two:
In order to easily remove the film from them, place their carcasses in a saucepan and fill with just boiled water.
And immediately transfer them with cutlery to cold water.
Due to a sharp change in temperature, the film comes off almost on its own, we get rid of it and wash the already cleaned carcasses.
Now you need to remove the spine, which is located inside the carcass itself. To do this, we probe inside with our fingers and if we find something resembling cartilage there, we remove it.
The method I propose will be without cooking, but just pour boiling water over the top of the carcass and keep them like that for one minute.
This method is good because the meat of this seafood will not be overcooked and will turn out soft and suitable for further use.
We repeat the procedure one more time. And all that remains is to remove a thin film from them, as shown in the photo.
This completes the procedure.
Delicious squid salad with cucumber and egg
This seafood makes very tasty and satisfying salads; they complement the taste of other products well. Let them be fresh, boiled, canned or pickled vegetables. Season it with olive oil or mayonnaise. And the best thing about this is that to prepare such a dish you don’t need to stand at the stove for very long, because the main ingredient is always cooked very quickly, literally in two or three minutes.
Ingredients:
- Large squid carcasses - 2 pcs.
- chicken eggs - 4 pcs
- green onions - 4 feathers
- cucumber - 1 piece
- natural yogurt - 2 tbsp. spoons
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons
- salt and ground black pepper - to taste.
Cooking method:
We clean the carcasses from the film and rinse them well in cold water. Place in salted boiling water and cook for 1 minute. Using a slotted spoon, remove them and leave to cool.
First, cut them into thin rings, and then into small pieces.
I took a salted cucumber, it’s better to take a fresh one and chop it into squares.
Hard-boiled eggs, peel and finely chop.
And we serve it to the table.
A simple recipe for canned squid and corn salad
Now I want to tell you about the present seafood dish. You will learn how to cook it from squid and crab sticks. Great content it contains proteins and other very useful microelements - this is what we all need.
Ingredients:
- Crab sticks – 200 gr
- canned corn - 1 can
- canned squid - 1 piece
- chicken egg - 4 pieces
- greens - 1 bunch
- mayonnaise - to taste
- hard cheese - 100 gr
Cooking method:
To prepare this dish, we first need to defrost crab sticks, remove the packaging from them and cut into small pieces.
Now open a can of canned corn (I chose soft varieties) and remove it from there into a deep cup.
Remove the shells from hard-boiled eggs and finely chop them.
All that remains is to combine all the ingredients in a cup, add salt and pepper, add mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.
We put a leaf of green salad on a flat plate, and on it a portion of the salad we prepared and decorate with herbs.
The dish is ready to serve.
Delicious squid and shrimp salad
Don’t know how to properly prepare such a dish so that the taste of the seafood in it remains as pronounced and rich? In this case, I will introduce you to just such a recipe, where eggs ideally enhance and complement the taste of seafood and therefore the resulting dish turns out to be truly unsurpassedly delicious!
Ingredients:
- Squid – 200 gr
- shrimp – 100 gr
- champignons – 120 gr
- large chicken eggs - 2 pcs
- onion - 1 piece
- corn - 3 tbsp. spoons
- olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
- salt and pepper to taste.
Cooking method:
In this recipe I use hot smoked squid bought in a store (you can take fresh ones and boil them), cut them into small pieces.
Grate the boiled eggs on a coarse grater.
Boil the shrimp in salted water for 1-1.5 minutes, to which add one teaspoon of lemon juice.
Now in a dry salad bowl we combine all the ingredients: squid, followed by shrimp, fried champignons with onions, grated eggs and two or three tablespoons of corn.
Season with salt and pepper, season with olive oil (or mayonnaise) and mix thoroughly.
Our dish is ready, eat to your health.
Squid salad with egg and cheese and garlic
This recipe is surprisingly simple, and can be spiced up with garlic or, for example, mustard. The dressing for it can be anything from mayonnaise to cream sauce.
Ingredients:
- Squid – 1 kg
- processed cheese - 100 gr
- chicken egg - 2 pcs
- garlic - 2 cloves
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons
- greens - to taste.
Cooking method:
Place the seafood carcasses in boiling water and cook over low heat for 2-3 minutes.
Then we take it out, cool it and cut it into thin rings.
Grate the boiled egg and cheese on a coarse grater.
Wash the greens, dry them and finely chop them.
Now put the main seafood, cheese, eggs, herbs in a bowl, squeeze out the garlic and add mayonnaise.
Mix everything well.
The dish is ready.
Diet squid salad without mayonnaise
Very light, tasty and not greasy - this is how this salad can be characterized. Quick to prepare and delicious to look at.
Ingredients:
- Squid – 3 carcasses
- onion - 1 piece
- apple cider vinegar - 3 tbsp. spoons
- garlic - 1 clove
- olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
- salt - to taste.
Cooking method:
Cut the onion into small pieces, put it in a cup and pour two tablespoons apple cider vinegar and the same amount of boiled water. Leave at room temperature for 15-20 minutes.
Place the squid in boiling water and cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes, then transfer to a bowl of cold water.
Using a fine grater, grate the whites of boiled eggs and place them on the bottom of a deep bowl.
Chop the boiled seafood into strips and place it on top in a bowl.
Squeeze the pickled onion thoroughly and distribute in a bowl.
Pass a clove of garlic through a press and put it in a small jar, add 1/3 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of honey, 1 tablespoon. apple cider vinegar and 2 tbsp. l. olive oil. Then close this same jar and shake until the honey dissolves.
And pour this sauce over the whole salad.
And we make the hat from chicken yolk grated on a fine grater.
To let the dish steep, wrap it cling film and put it in the refrigerator for two hours.
How to make salad with corn and egg (video)
Bon appetit!!!