Defrost the squid, remove the insides and remove the film under running hot water, both inside and out. Cut the squid into manageable pieces and marinate in salt, pepper, lemon juice, soy sauce or any other marinade and leave for 30 minutes – 1 hour. Fry over medium heat for 5-10 minutes. In order to preserve its aroma and juiciness in the squid, you need to boil it for a minute, and then fry it.
How delicious to fry squid
What you need for frying squids
Frozen squids – 300 grams
Soy sauce – 6 tablespoons
Salt – a teaspoon
Ginger – 2 grams
Dill – 4 sprigs
Sunflower or olive oil – 4 tablespoons
Sugar – 2 teaspoons
Lemon juice – from half a lemon
Dry white wine – 4 tablespoons
How delicious to fry squids
1. Defrost squids, peel off the film and wash.
2. Cut each squid into 4 pieces.
3. Pour oil, wine and soy sauce into a bowl, put ginger and sugar, chop dill, mix until sugar dissolves.
4. Put chopped squids in a bowl with sauce, cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
5. Heat up the pan.
6. Put the squids with the sauce in the pan.
7. Fry over medium heat for 10 minutes.
How to fry squid in batter
What you need for frying squids in batter
Squids – 6 pieces per 500-600 grams
Flour – a third of a glass
Starch – a third of a glass
Milk – 1 glass
Egg whites – from 2 eggs
Salt – tea loca
Sunflower oil – 100 milliliters
Pepper – to taste
How to fry squids in batter
Defrost squids and cook for 3 minutes, peel, cool, cut into rings.
Prepare batter: mix flour with starch, milk and beaten egg whites, salt and pepper.
Heat up the pan, pour in the oil.
Dip each circle of squid in batter, and put in a pan.
Put ready-made squids in batter on a dry napkin, let the oil drain and transfer to another dish.
Calamari with raisins and nuts
Ingredients
Squid – 500 grams
Tomatoes (fresh or canned) – 6 pieces
Pitted black olives – 100 grams
Raisins – 50 grams
Pine nuts – 2 tablespoons
Garlic – 2 cloves
Olive oil – 2 tablespoons
Water – 100 grams
Salt and pepper – by taste
How to cook squid with raisins and pine nuts
Before cooking, you need to clean the dark skin of the squid, pull out the hard vein and the insides. Rinse well. Cut the squid into strips 0.5 centimeters wide. Remove the skin from the garlic and chop finely. Wash the tomatoes and chop finely. Drain the liquid from the olives and cut them into thin rings. Rinse raisins, soak in boiling water for 10 minutes.
Then drain the water and dry with a towel. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a frying pan, add finely chopped garlic and fry until golden brown. Then add chopped squid, tomatoes, 100 milliliters of water, salt and black pepper, mix. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 10 minutes. After adding 100 grams of black olives, 30 grams of raisins and two tablespoons of pine nuts. Mix everything and simmer with the lid closed for another 5 minutes. Serve the finished dish in a deep bowl, placing croutons or crispbread on a saucer next to it.
How to fry squid with bell pepper
Ingredients
Fresh squid – 500 grams
Red bell pepper – 1 piece (large)
Onion – 1 head
Garlic – 5 cloves
Vegetable oil – 4 tablespoons
Greens (cilantro) – 1 bunch
Soy sauce – 1 tablespoon
Sugar – 1 tablespoon
Salt and black pepper – to taste
How to cook squid with bell pepper in a pan
Before cooking, you need to defrost, peel the squid from the dark skin, pull out the hard vein and the insides. Rinse well. Boil squid in boiling water for 2-3 minutes. Then remove from the pan, if there is a skin left, remove it (after cooking, this will be easier to do). Cut the squid into strips 0.5 centimeters wide.
Onion cut into half rings. Wash the bell pepper, remove the seeds, remove the green leg and chop finely. Peel the garlic and finely chop or pass through a garlic press.
Rinse, dry and finely chop the cilantro.
Heat up a frying pan, add oil, add onion. Fry chopped onion in a pan until golden brown. Add chopped squid, bell pepper, salt and black pepper, mix. Then add a tablespoon of soy sauce, sugar. Mix. Fry over medium heat for 5 minutes. After removing from heat, add finely chopped garlic, mix. Serve the finished dish along with the resulting sauce in a bowl, sprinkled with herbs on top.
How to stew squid in sour cream
Ingredients
Squid – half a kilo of frozen squid
Carrot – 1 small
Onion – 1 medium-sized head
Garlic – 2 cloves
Sour cream – 250 grams
Vegetable oil – 2 tablespoons
Salt – half a teaspoon
Pepper – a quarter of a teaspoon
Coriander – 1 teaspoon
How to stew squids in sour cream in a frying pan
1. Defrost squids, peel off the film, remove the spinal part, rinse and cut into half rings. Peel the carrots and cut into strips, finely chop the onion into half rings. Peel the garlic and cut into petals.
2. Heat up a frying pan, pour vegetable oil, put onions, carrots after 5 minutes, garlic after 3 minutes.
3. Put the squids in a pan with vegetables, pour in sour cream, add salt, pepper, coriander and mix well – so that the squids are completely covered with sour cream. Cover the pan with a lid, and after the sour cream starts to boil, simmer the squid for 5 minutes.
Fkusnofakt! Serve stewed squid in sour cream is ideal with boiled rice or potatoes!
Fried crispy squid
Products
for 2 servings
Squids – 8 carcasses
Vegetable oil – 2 cups
Flour – 3 tablespoons
Ground pepper – half a teaspoon
Lemon – 1 piece
Parsley – a few sprigs
Fennel, oregano – to taste
How to fry crispy squids
1. Defrost and peel squids from the film .
2. Cut each squid in half into 2 flat pieces.
3. Cut each part from the inside (from the looser side) with a knife or lightly tap with a food mallet. This must be done carefully so as not to make holes in the layer. Salt and pepper the squid.
4. Sift flour into a bowl, add salt and spices to it.
5. Heat the oil – if you drop water, the oil should sizzle.
6. Wash and chop the parsley leaves.
7. Cut the lemon into slices.
8. Put in squid oil, lemon and parsley.
9. Fry in oil for 40 seconds, and if the squid is very large – 1 minute.
10. Catch the squid with a slotted spoon and put on a napkin to drain excess oil.
11. When frying, the squids will turn out to be curls – cut each of them into 3-4 parts.
12. Put on a plate, serve with mayonnaise.
How to pickle squid for frying
What you need
Frozen squids (frozen carcasses) – 300 grams
Soy sauce – 6 tablespoons
Salt – a teaspoon
Ginger – 2 grams
Dill – 4 sprigs
Sunflower or olive oil – 4 tablespoons
Sugar – 2 teaspoons
Lemon juice – from half a lemon
White dry wine – 4 tablespoons
How delicious to fry squid
1. Defrost squid, remove the film and wash.
2. Cut each squid into 4 pieces.
3. Pour oil, wine and soy sauce into a bowl, put ginger and sugar, chop dill, mix until sugar dissolves.
4. Put chopped squids in a bowl with sauce, cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
5. Heat up the pan.
6. Put the squids with the sauce in the pan.
7. Fry over medium heat for 5 minutes.