Seaside salad with squid and crab sticks. Festive salad with squid and crab sticks. Seafood salad sauces
Squid is currently a very popular product from which you can prepare a large number of delicious dishes, including salads. As you know, this shellfish has a neutral taste, and therefore it can be combined with a wide variety of ingredients. It is delicious with various vegetables, cereals, herbs, cheese, and of course with the same seafood as itself.
For a long time it was among the products classified as delicacies, and buying a jar of canned squid was considered lucky. But now it is not difficult to purchase it in the store, and we are happy to prepare it both for the holiday table and just for a regular lunch or dinner.
And rightly so, it is not only tasty and nutritious, but also very healthy. Eating the meat of this mollusk, in addition to the resulting proteins, vitamins and microelements, helps increase the vitality of the whole body, stimulates appetite, improves emotional state, and even fights depression.
Therefore, this sea creature was so popular among the people that every housewife had her own favorite recipes using it. And this is especially true for salads.
Among them there are very simple recipes that can be prepared in 15 minutes. And there are recipes that are more complex and require more time to prepare. But they all have one thing in common - they are very tasty!
What kind of products are they prepared with, and what kind of sauces and dressings are not used. In today's selection we will use the simplest ingredients as a dressing. But if you like to experiment,
I hope that you love squid salads and will find something new and interesting for yourself in today’s selection.
This recipe is as delicious as it is simple. It won't be difficult to prepare it.
We will need:
- squid – 100 gr
- eggs - 2 - 3 pcs
- crab sticks - 100 gr
- hard cheese - 60 gr
- green onions, herbs - 100 g
- garlic - 1 clove
- mayonnaise - to taste
- boiled shrimp - for decoration
- salt, pepper - to taste
Preparation:
Many people don’t like to cook dishes with squid because they supposedly take a long time to clean, and they don’t want to bother with it. In fact, cleaning them is not at all difficult and I will tell you how to do it. Therefore, if you do not know this, then read it first. And here we will not detain readers who can easily cope with this.
1. Clean the squid. Pour water into the pan, there should be quite a lot of water. Bring it to a boil, lightly salt it and add a carcass or two. Close the lid, let it boil, then immediately open the lid and cook for 1.5 - 2 minutes.
There is a second method, in which the carcass is poured with boiling water and kept in it 3 times for one minute. Each time, drain the water.
I will tell you about all the methods of heat treatment of squid
2. Remove the carcass from the water. If boiled, then it must be placed in cold water to stop the heat treatment process. Let cool, then cut into thin strips.
3. Cut boiled eggs and cheese into cubes.
4. Crab sticks in small pieces.
5. Chop the greens and garlic. Chop the green onions.
6. Mix 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise with garlic, add green onions, herbs and garlic. You can use ready-made garlic sauce, which you can buy in the store.
7. Mix all ingredients with sauce, salt and pepper in a bowl.
8. Prepare a small hollow round mold, place it on a plate and fill it tightly with salad. Then carefully remove it. Mayonnaise will hold all the ingredients together and keep the salad in shape.
9. Boil 6 - 7 shrimp, cool them and decorate the salad with them, also add a sprig of herbs.
A delicious and beautifully presented salad is ready. So eat it with pleasure!
The simplest recipe
We will need:
- squid – 500 gr
- egg - 2 - 3 pieces
- green onion - a small bunch
- dill - a small bunch
- salt - to taste
- olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
Preparation:
1. Thoroughly clean the squid carcasses from films and entrails. Boil them for 1.5 - 2 minutes in lightly salted water. Then pour cold water over it to stop the heat treatment process.
2. Make sure that there are no films left on the carcass and cut them into rings or half rings.
3. Boil the eggs, cool, peel and cut into two halves. If desired, you can cut them into cubes.
4. Cut green onions and dill into smaller pieces and mix with squid.
5. Place on a plate and arrange the egg halves nicely. Sprinkle with salt and pour olive oil.
If desired, you can serve the salad with sour cream or mayonnaise. It will be delicious no matter how you serve it!
Squid with rice and boiled egg
We will need:
- squid – 400 gr
- boiled eggs - 3 pcs
- boiled rice - 100 g
- chopped dill - 2 tbsp. spoons
- green onion - 2 - 3 feathers
- sour cream - 0.5 tbsp. spoons
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons
- salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
1. Clean and boil the squid.
2. Remove the carcasses from the water and let cool. Then cut into strips. You can cut it into small or large strips, depending on your preference. If you want the taste of the salad to be more uniform, cut into thin strips; if you want the pieces of meat to be more tangible, cut larger.
3. Boil the rice in lightly salted water in advance. In order for it to cook well and quickly, and not be too sticky, it must first be washed and soaked, and then rinsed again until the water becomes clear.
Or you can use parboiled rice, which does not stick together during cooking.
4. Cooked rice should also be cooled. If you use excessively “sticky” varieties of rice, you can rinse it.
5. Cut the boiled eggs into cubes, chop the dill and chop the onion feathers.
6. In a bowl, mix the squid, eggs and rice, try to do it carefully.
7. Prepare dressing sauce. Mix sour cream, mayonnaise and chopped dill. Lightly salt, remember that the shellfish and rice were boiled in salted water, and mayonnaise also has a salty taste. Pepper to taste.
8. Add the sauce to the bowl and mix everything. Place on a plate and garnish with chopped onions.
This amount of ingredients is designed for 2 - 3 servings.
With cucumber, egg and crab sticks
There are several delicious recipes using cucumbers and eggs. I like it when crab sticks are also used along with these ingredients. Although the simplest option can be prepared without them.
We will need:
- squid - 3 carcasses
- crab sticks – 200 gr
- fresh cucumber – 2 pcs.
- egg - 4 - 5 pcs
- green onion - bunch
- mayonnaise - to taste
- salt, pepper - to taste
Preparation:
1. Peel the squids and boil in lightly salted water for 2 minutes, or pour boiling water over them and let stand for a while. Then remove from the water and let cool.
Then cut into thin strips.
2. Cut eggs, crab sticks and cucumbers into cubes.
Fresh cucumbers go very well in combination with squid. They complement each other perfectly. And the smell and taste of the salad acquires notes of freshness and a good mood.
3. Chop the green onions. Set aside some of the onion for garnish.
4. Mix all ingredients in a bowl, add salt and pepper to taste. Season with mayonnaise. You may need 3 tablespoons, but if you like them more nutritious, add a little more mayonnaise.
5. Let the salad stand for 20 - 30 minutes so that it releases its juice and soaks in the mayonnaise. Or you can let it sit for a little longer.
6. Before serving, garnish with remaining green onions. For decoration, you can also use fresh parsley and cucumber cut into slices or strips.
This is the salad we got, beautiful, nutritious and very tasty.
Canned squid with potatoes
This recipe also calls for the use of cucumbers, but only canned ones, as well as squid.
We will need:
- canned squid – 100 – 150 g
- canned cucumbers - 3 pcs (small)
- boiled potatoes - 2 pcs
- green peas - 2 - 3 tbsp. spoons
- mayonnaise - to taste
- salt, pepper - to taste
- greens - for serving
Preparation:
1. Cut the squid into cubes and place in a bowl. You can cut it into large or smaller cubes. Who likes it more?
2. Also cut the potatoes into cubes, about the same size as the squid. Add to bowl.
3. So that the shape of the salad is not monotonous, cut the cucumbers into strips.
4. Place them with the already chopped ingredients and add green peas.
5. Salt and pepper to taste and season with mayonnaise.
6. Decorate with fresh herbs.
Don't look at how simple it is. It is as simple as it is delicious. Therefore, as a salad for every day, it is perfect for both lunch and dinner.
"Kamchatsky"
This salad has a name. It’s called “Kamchatsky”, apparently there are a lot of squids in Kamchatka, and that’s why they called it that.
We will need:
- squid – 500 – 600 gr
- pickled cucumber - 2 pcs.
- onion - 1 pc.
- canned corn - 0.5 cans
- egg - 4 pcs
- sour cream or mayonnaise - to taste
- salt, pepper - to taste
Preparation:
1. Peel the squid and boil it in lightly salted water, then remove it and put it in cold water for a while so that it cools quickly. Dry with paper towels, and if any films remain, peel them off.
Cut into strips and place in a bowl.
2. Cut the cucumber into small cubes and add to the bowl.
3. Chop the onion as finely as possible, also cut them into cubes and add to the already chopped ingredients.
4. Cut the egg into cubes, or you can use an egg slicer. Since using it produces fairly fine cuts, you can cut the eggs into strips.
5. Add egg and corn to the salad, from which all liquid must be drained.
6. Salt and pepper to taste, season with sour cream or mayonnaise. You can also mix sour cream and mayonnaise together.
7. Let stand for a while and serve.
The corn kernels add a positive, bright color to the salad and it looks very appetizing.
With shrimp and crab sticks
Another very tasty salad that I recommend adding to your recipe collection. The amount of ingredients is calculated for a large company. And he can prepare for any holiday. I love making this for birthdays. It turns out not only tasty, but also beautiful. And it never stays on the table; it’s all eaten without a trace.
We will need:
- squid – 750 gr
- shrimp – 750 gr
- crab sticks – 300 gr
- quail egg - 8 pcs (or 4 chicken)
- Iceberg or Peking lettuce - 1/4 part
- green onion - 3 - 4 feathers
- dill - a small bunch
- salt, pepper - to taste
- mayonnaise - to taste
Preparation:
1. Boil squid in salted water for 2 minutes or add boiling water and soak in it. Then remove, cool and cut into strips.
2. Boil shrimp in salted water. It is best to use unpeeled shrimp, in which case the cooking time will be 3 - 5 minutes, depending on their size. There is no need to cook longer to prevent them from becoming tough.
When ready, let them cool and remove the shell. We will not cut them, but will use them entirely. With them the dish will turn out very beautiful.
3. For cooking, you can use either the Beijing variety or the iceberg variety. Both have a neutral taste and go well with all other ingredients.
Cut the salad into small strips or neat cubes.
4. If you are preparing it just for a weekday, then you can use chicken eggs, and if you are preparing it for a holiday, I recommend using quail eggs. They will be a wonderful decoration for the entire dish.
Peel the quail eggs and cut them into two halves. Chicken eggs can be cut into cubes, leaving two or three yolks for decoration. Cut the yolks into two halves.
5. Cut crab sticks into small pieces.
6. Chop the dill and chop the green onions as usual.
7. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl, leaving only the eggs and some herbs for decoration. Add salt and pepper to taste. Season with mayonnaise and mix everything.
Use mayonnaise according to your taste. You can mix mayonnaise with sour cream, either in half or in a two to one ratio. It will be delicious either way.
8. Place the salad on a large flat plate in the form of a mound. Decorate with egg halves and sprinkle with herbs. Or put it in portioned bowls.
That's it, our salad is ready. As you can see, it turned out very beautiful, and I guarantee you that it’s also delicious. Eat to your health and treat your guests!
Squid with champignons
This salad is also quite easy to prepare and contains a minimum of ingredients. But don’t look at it, it turns out very tasty with this composition of ingredients.
We will need:
- squid – 4 carcasses
- champignons – 200 gr
- onion - 1 pc.
- dill - a small bunch
- salt, pepper - to taste
- mayonnaise - to taste
- bay leaf - 3 - 4 pcs
- peppercorns - 5 - 6 pcs
- vegetable oil - for frying
Preparation:
Squid can be boiled not only with the addition of salt. To give it a piquant taste, you can use the simplest spices.
1. Pour water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil, add bay leaf, peppercorns, salt and two to three sprigs of dill to the water. Boil for 5 minutes.
2. Place a couple of squid carcasses into the water and boil them for 2 - 3 minutes. Immediately remove and place in cold water to stop the heating process.
When the carcasses have cooled completely, cut them into strips.
3. Cut the champignons into small pieces. Then fry them in a small amount of vegetable oil until they become slightly soft and golden brown. Don't overcook.
4. Cut the onion into small cubes and add to the mushrooms. Fry everything together a little more until the onion is lightly browned. Add salt to taste. Let cool.
5. Mix chopped squid and cooled mushrooms with onions. Add a little pepper for taste and the remaining chopped dill.
7. Serve in a heap on a flat plate. You can sprinkle with fresh herbs.
If you prepare this salad for the holiday, you can decorate it with canned corn or green peas. Or pomegranate seeds look very beautiful and festive on a white background; you can use them for decoration.
Squid with tomatoes and cheese
Another tasty and beautiful option that will decorate any holiday table and will also be a pleasure to eat on weekdays.
We will need:
- squid – 350 g (3 carcasses)
- hard cheese - 150 gr
- tomatoes - 2 pcs.
- green onion - 3 - 4 feathers
- eggs - 3 pcs
- pepper, salt - to taste
- olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
- Dijon mustard - 1 tbsp. spoon
For decoration:
- olives
- lemon
- lettuce leaves
Preparation:
1. Clean the squid from films and entrails and boil in salted water for 2 minutes. You can boil it in water with the addition of bay leaf, peppercorns and dill, as was done in the previous recipe.
After the allotted time, remove the carcasses and place them in cold water to stop the heating process.
Then dry with a paper towel, removing any remaining films if necessary. Cut the carcass into two parts and cut into strips.
2. Cut the tomatoes into two parts, cut off the stem and remove the core along with the juice and seeds with a tablespoon. Cut the remaining pulp into cubes.
3. Cut hard cheese into not very small cubes.
4. Cut the eggs into strips; if you have an egg slicer, you can use it.
5. Chop the green onions.
6. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix.
7. Line a flat plate with lettuce leaves and place the contents on them. Mix olive oil with mustard and pour on top.
8. If you are preparing a salad for a holiday, then for decoration you can use halves of olives or olives and lemon slices
9. Serve and eat with pleasure.
Squid with carrots and garlic
This salad probably has Korean roots, and is made, as they say, “based on it.” These options are prepared using Korean carrots. The proposed recipe is prepared with fresh carrots, but with some elements typical of Korean cuisine.
A distinctive feature of this recipe is that it is seasoned not with mayonnaise, but with vegetable oil.
We will need:
- squid – 3 carcasses (350 g)
- carrots - 1 piece (small)
- onion - 0.5 pcs.
- garlic - 1 clove
- salt, pepper - to taste
- sugar - 0.5 tsp
- ground coriander - 0.5 tsp
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
Preparation:
1. Peel the carrots and cut into very thin long strips, cut as for, but much thinner. Then sprinkle it with sugar and add a pinch of salt. Stir the carrots and leave for a while so that the carrots release their juice, and at the same time they become slightly marinated, if such an expression is permissible for salt and sugar.
2. Meanwhile, prepare the squid. Clean them from films and entrails and pour boiling water over them, hold in it for 2 - 3 minutes, then drain the water. Leave them to cool.
Once cooled, cut into fairly large strips so that you can feel the pieces when you eat them.
3. Cut the onion into thin half rings, which then cut in half again, you should get thin quarters. Chop the garlic as finely as possible.
4. Meanwhile, the carrots should have released their juice, so they need to be squeezed out and mixed with the chopped squid.
5. Place all this beauty and deliciousness in a shallow bowl. Place the onion in a mound on top, separating it into individual rings. And put garlic on top of everything.
6. Sprinkle pepper over the entire surface of the salad, and sprinkle ground coriander on top of the onions and garlic.
7. Heat oil in a small frying pan. Pour hot oil over the garlic and coriander, thereby revealing the taste of the coriander and lightly frying the garlic and part of the onion. Let the salad stand for 10 - 15 minutes.
8. Then mix everything together and serve. You can decorate with fresh herbs.
In this recipe, all products retain their original taste; they are not seasoned with mayonnaise. In addition, the taste and smell of garlic and coriander add piquant spicy flavor notes, which makes this salad simply unforgettable in taste.
And the next option is prepared using Korean carrots, and also belongs to the category of delicious.
With Korean carrots, corn and pickled onions
This salad can be prepared simply by chopping onions into it, or you can marinate the onions, and then it will become even tastier.
We will need:
- squid – 3 pcs (350 g)
- egg - 3 pcs
- Korean carrots – 100 gr
- red onion - 1 pc.
- canned corn - 200 gr
- hard cheese - 100 gr
- sugar - 1 teaspoon
- apple cider vinegar - 2 teaspoons
- mayonnaise, sour cream or sauce - to taste
Preparation:
1. Clean the squid and boil in lightly salted water for 2 - 2.5 minutes. Then cool in cold water, dry with a paper towel and cut into strips.
2. Peel the onion, cut into half rings or quarters, but thinner. Pour in a small amount of water, add sugar and vinegar. Leave to marinate for 20 minutes.
3. Peel the boiled eggs and cut into small cubes.
4. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
5. Mix squid, cheese, egg and squeezed onion in a bowl, add carrots and corn, from which all liquid must first be drained.
And of course, it would be wrong to leave today’s selection without the Korean salad itself. And if you are already tired of reading recipes, then I suggest you not read this recipe, but watch it.
Korean spicy snack
You can prepare this salad either very spicy, as men love it, or less spicy. The spiciness, as you understand, depends on the amount of pepper added. So add it according to your taste.
The recipe is very simple and very tasty! And if you are a fan of chamcha - spicy cabbage cooked in Korean style, or Korean carrots, then you will definitely like this salad.
Snack bar with prunes and Adyghe cheese
This recipe is not found so often, but if you like salads with squid and cook them, then take note of this recipe, it is very interesting!
We will need:
- squid – 2 pcs (250 g)
- pitted prunes – 100 g
- Adyghe cheese – 100 gr
- bell pepper - 1 piece
- sour cream - 2 tbsp. spoons
- sugar - 2 teaspoons
- salt - to taste
Preparation:
1. As always, clean the squid and boil in salted boiling water for 2 minutes. Then cool and cut into strips.
2. Rinse the prunes, dry them and cut them into pieces lengthwise, dividing each into 3 - 4 parts.
3. It’s better to choose unsalted Adyghe cheese; salty cheese will not allow all the other flavors to come through. We need to cut it into thin strips.
4. We also cut the pepper into strips, having previously removed its stalk along with the seeds.
5. Combine all chopped ingredients in a bowl. Add sugar, salt to taste, about half a teaspoon.
6. Season with sour cream and stir. Let stand for 10 minutes, then stir again and place in a heap on a flat plate or in a not very deep salad bowl.
Decorate as you wish and enjoy eating!
"Seafood"
We will need:
- squid - 2 pcs
- crab sticks – 250 gr
- mussels – 200 gr
- peeled shrimp – 300 gr
- red caviar - 3 tbsp. spoons
- egg - 4 pcs
- mayonnaise - 200 - 250 ml
- salt - to taste
For decoration:
- green onions
- parsley
- olives
Preparation:
1. Clean the squid from the film and entrails, place in boiling salted water and cook for 2 minutes. Then remove the carcasses and place in cold water until completely cool.
2. Cut them into strips.
3. Place shrimp and mussels in boiling salted water and cook for 2 - 3 minutes, then turn off the heat and let the seafood soak in the water for another 5 minutes. This way they will be even juicier and tastier.
4. Boil the eggs, cool and peel. Then remove the yolk, we will need it for other dishes, and cut the white into small cubes.
5. Chop the crab sticks as well.
6. Combine all the seafood and chopped egg, add half the caviar. Add salt to taste and season with mayonnaise.
7. Place on a plate, top with remaining caviar, whole shrimp, olive halves and parsley leaves. Serve to the table. Enjoy eating!
"Holiday Fireworks"
The combination of products in this salad is very unusual. When I first saw this recipe, I thought that there was too much of everything in it, it would probably turn out to be “too much of a taste.” But since I like to experiment in the field of cooking, I prepared it somehow for the holiday.
And what can I say, he was accepted with a bang! Everyone liked him without exception. And of course, it took a place in my notebook with recipes. And today I am happy to share it with you.
We will need:
- squid – 1 carcass (100 g)
- beef tongue - 100 gr
- cheese - 100 gr
- pickled mushrooms - 100 -150 gr
- egg - 4 pcs
- potatoes - 200 gr
- canned peas - 150 g
- red bell pepper - 0.5 pcs.
- mayonnaise - 250 gr
- mustard - 1 tbsp. spoon
- salt - to taste
Preparation:
1. Clean the squid and boil in salted water for 2 minutes. Then briefly immerse in cold water. Then remove, dry with a paper towel and cut into cubes.
2. Boil the tongue until tender and remove the skin. Cool and cut it into strips. Cut the cheese in the same way.
3. Cut mushrooms into cubes, bell pepper into strips.
4. Boil potatoes and eggs until tender, cool, peel and cut into small cubes.
5. Place the peas in a sieve to drain all the liquid.
6. Mix mustard with mayonnaise.
7. Mix all ingredients in a bowl, add a little salt and season with mustard and mayonnaise sauce. Stir, taste and add more salt if necessary.
8. Place in a flat dish. Decorate with the reserved mushrooms, sprigs of herbs, or as your imagination tells you.
A tasty and beautiful salad is ready and you can taste it. And there is something to try, take my word for it!
And of course, in conclusion, the most important chapter, which will allow any salad to get a simply unforgettable taste. After all, the taste as a whole sometimes depends on the taste of the main ingredient.
How to clean squid easily and simply
As you may have noticed, each recipe begins with the fact that you first need to clean and boil the squid. The cooking time and, of course, the taste of the finished dish as a whole depend on how quickly and correctly we cope with this task.
So, probably everyone knows that if you overcook squid, its meat will become tough, difficult to chew and tasteless. Therefore, in order not to spoil the product, you need to know a few basic rules
I suggest you watch the video, which shows one of the traditional methods of cleaning and boiling squid, and below I will describe other ways in which this can be done.
As you can see from the video, everything is done quite simply. And now I will describe everything in more detail.
Our store shelves mostly sell already peeled frozen squid, and we are more accustomed to dealing with just such a product. Unfrozen shellfish are sold with their heads and tentacles. Therefore, the cleaning methods for these two products are slightly different.
If you purchased whole carcasses, then you need to cut off their tentacles. After cleaning, they can also be used for cooking. Then, holding the carcass with one hand and the head with the other, you need to lightly pull it. This action will allow you to easily remove the head along with the entrails.
Now, in both cases, we have whole carcasses with which we still have to work.
If you use frozen carcasses, then, of course, they must first be thawed. It is better to do this at natural room temperature. There is no need to use a microwave, so as not to destroy the delicate structure of the meat.
There are three cleaning methods:
The film is removed from a fresh carcass in one motion. But with a frozen one you will have to tinker a little.
- Such carcasses have a characteristic brownish-pink surface film. It can be removed simply by picking it up with a knife. But this takes a significant amount of time.
- Therefore, you can use the method suggested in the video, that is, put the carcasses in boiling water and boil for 2 minutes.
- But, personally, I prefer to use the third method. It involves pouring boiling water over the shellfish. As a rule, with this method, the top film immediately begins to curl up. It is necessary to keep the carcasses in boiling water for two minutes, but no more.
After which the carcasses should be immediately placed in cold or ice water. Or you can put them in a colander under running water. In this case, part of the film can be easily washed off with water, and another part can be easily removed with a knife, simply by scraping the surface.
The fact is that if you leave them to cool naturally, the heat treatment process will continue until the meat has completely cooled. And our task is only to remove the films; we do not need additional heating of the meat. We'll deal with this a little later.
Already cleaned and washed carcasses are usually white or slightly creamy in color. However, there is still a very thin film on the outer and inner surfaces, which you simply won’t see, but if you carefully pick it up from the edge, it will easily stretch into a rather long layer. This film must also be removed.
This almost invisible thin film, if not removed, can play a cruel joke on us. It is this that makes it impossible to obtain tender and tasty meat. This is a secret that not everyone knows and naturally not everyone removes it. And then they say that squid should not be cooked at all, since it has no taste.
And so before us is a whole carcass, cleaned from the outside. If you use it for salad, you can make a transverse cut and also clean it from the inside. If you use the carcass for stuffing, you will not be able to cut it, so you will need to carefully turn it out and clean it from the inside.
Inside we will definitely have to remove the chitinous chord; it has a transparent color and is quite long and dense, but by pulling it from below, it is quite easily removed.
Also, sometimes there may be remains of entrails inside, which also need to be removed. And again, we need to remove the thin transparent film.
After all manipulations, the carcasses should be thoroughly washed again.
How to cook squid
There are also three ways to cook squid. And now we will look at them all.
- 1. Place the carcasses in cold water, salt the water, bring it to a boil, and cook for 1 minute. Such carcasses will cool at room temperature.
The disadvantage of this method is that it is not recommended to leave the pan during the entire process. Squids should be cooked for exactly a minute, and no more. The time is calculated from the moment when the first “bulls” appear on the water. Otherwise the meat will turn out tough.
- 2. Place the carcasses in boiling salted water, cover with a lid, and bring to a boil again. Then open the lid and cook for another one and a half to two minutes. Then immediately place in cold or ice water to stop the thermal cooking process.
This is the easiest and fastest way, in which the meat turns out tender, soft and very tasty.
- 3. Pour boiling water over the cleaned carcasses and let them sit for 1 minute. Then drain the water and rinse the carcasses thoroughly. Then pour boiling water over again and leave again for 1 minute. Then do everything again.
In the last pour, the water must be salted.
You should always cook shellfish in salted water. The structure of the meat is such that later it will no longer be possible to salt it; it will not absorb the required amount of salt. And you will no longer get the desired taste.
The disadvantage of this method is that it takes the longest time. You need to boil the water three times, and let it sit for a minute three times. However, if there are a lot of carcasses, then this method may be justified. I'll explain why.
Squid should be cooked in a large volume of water. Moreover, put no more than two carcasses into the water each time.
This is necessary so that the water heats up faster and the heat treatment process is minimal. If you put three or more carcasses in a pan, the heating process will take longer, and the meat will simply sit in hot water, not really cook to the desired state, and may become tough before it has time to cook.
Therefore, if there are a lot of squids, then with the second method it will also take a long time.
Squids prepared by any of these three methods do not differ in taste and softness of meat. Therefore, you can safely use any of them.
Sometimes people ask the question - what to do if the squid turns out tough? We didn’t time it, forgot about them and overcooked them...
Do not throw it away under any circumstances! Cook them over low heat for at least another hour, or even better, two hours. The meat will become soft again, this is how a canned product is prepared. But this is only as a last resort, all the benefits and taste are in a properly prepared product..
From all that has been said, we can conclude that cleaning and cooking squid is not so difficult. Once you try it, you will understand it yourself. It is enough to know only the basic techniques and rules, however, as elsewhere.
But the correct use of this product, useful in every sense of the word, will allow you to prepare many tasty, healthy and dietary dishes. Such, for example, as today’s salads offered to your attention.
If you liked today’s article, and even more so, found it useful, share it with your friends. Perhaps some of them are not yet preparing squid salads. And the reason may be that they don’t know delicious recipes. Or maybe because he doesn’t know how to clean them properly and cook them deliciously.
Bon appetit!
Squid salad with crab sticks will definitely take pride of place on the table. The recipe with photos will show you how to prepare a very tasty and satisfying salad. A good housewife should definitely have this option in her culinary arsenal. This salad is so easy to prepare that even a schoolboy can handle it, but the taste of the dish is simply amazing!
Well, how could it be otherwise if the composition successfully contains ingredients that harmoniously complement each other with their taste? The delicate pleasant taste of seafood is diluted with fresh notes of vegetables and the soft creamy taste of boiled eggs. By the way, we recommend you try it.
You can season the squid and crab sticks salad with any sauce, such as gourmet mayonnaise. The main thing is that it is without spices, otherwise the emphasis of taste will shift from seafood to dressing.
As for the presentation of the dish, there is room for creativity for the cook. The salad can be served at home by mixing the ingredients on a large dish, or you can put it in layers in small glass glasses and then it will be a cocktail salad.
Ingredients:
- squid (natural canned) – 300 g,
- crab sticks – 200 g,
- chicken egg (table egg) – 2 – 3 pcs.,
- onion (green) – 5 pcs.,
- celery (stems) – 3 pcs.,
- cucumber (fresh) – 200 g,
- dill – 2-3 sprigs,
- sauce (mayonnaise) – 150 g.
Preparation:
Boil the eggs for about 8-10 minutes (we measure the time from the moment the water begins to boil). We peel the cooled eggs and then chop them into small pieces with a knife.
Remove the film from the crab sticks and cut into cubes.
Wipe the washed cucumbers dry; if they are bitter, be sure to cut off the skin, and only then chop them.
Carefully cut the prepared celery stalks, following the style of slicing salad.
Wash the onion and dill, dry and finely chop.
Open the jar of shellfish and drain the liquid. If they are canned with the skin, then we clean them, and only after that we cut them into strips.
Mix vegetables, herbs and seafood, add eggs, salt and season with sauce. Place on a plate and our amazing salad is ready!
Bon appetit!
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I offer a completely new recipe for a holiday salad from quite affordable ingredients. We are talking about simple and at the same time very and crab sticks . It will not be difficult to prepare for both an experienced cook and a beginner. Most of the time is devoted to preparing the products, and assembling the finished salad will take no more than 5 minutes.
Recipe for salad with squid and crab sticks
For this salad we will need:
- squid fillet 300 grams;
- crab sticks 300 grams;
- 4 hard-boiled eggs;
- ½ onion;
- mayonnaise for dressing;
- salt and black pepper to taste;
- greens for decoration.
Cleaned squid carcasses should be boiled in boiling salted water until cooked. You need to cook the squid for no more than 4 minutes, otherwise it will become very tough like rubber. Boil the eggs hard and cool with ice water.
Cut half an onion into small cubes and scald with boiling water to remove the bitter taste. Choose high-quality crab sticks so that they do not flake or fall apart under the knife.
Preparations are complete, let's move on to assembling the salad.
How to make a delicious squid salad
For the first time I tried to prepare this for the holiday table. I was pleasantly surprised by the harmonious taste of the finished salad, and everything took no more than 30 minutes (from preparing the ingredients to serving). When you don't have much time to create treats, think about this amazingly simple and delicious recipe 😉
Cut the squid into half rings, eggs into strips, crab sticks into cubes. Combine the chopped products in a beautiful salad bowl, add onion and season with mayonnaise, mix. Take a sample and add salt and ground black pepper if necessary. Festive and squid is ready. Bon appetit to you and your guests!
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Salads with shrimp, crab sticks and squid are welcome guests on the holiday table - they are light and pleasant to the taste, and everyone knows about their benefits. For those watching their figure, it is advisable to eat seafood snacks at least twice a week. How to prepare a delicious “Sea” salad, where shrimp, tender squid and crab meat are the main ingredients? In fact, there are only a few recipes for sea salad, but each time they can be prepared differently, thanks to the dressings, which we will also discuss today on this “Popular Health” page.
Salad: squid, shrimp and crab sticks
The simplest seafood salad includes the ingredients listed above, as well as an egg. Sometimes red caviar is used to decorate the finished dish. With her participation, the appetizer acquires an even more interesting taste and looks more elegant.
Ingredients: shrimp – 400 g; squid – 2 carcasses; crab sticks – 200 g; eggs – 4; mayonnaise – 50 g; sour cream – 50 g; red caviar – 50 g.
First you need to boil the eggs. Having placed them on the stove, let's start with the shrimp. It happens that they are sold ready-made in the frozen department. If your package says “Boiled”, then all you have to do is defrost them and pour boiling water over them for literally 3-5 minutes. After which the sea inhabitants need to be cleared of their shells and their heads removed.
If your shrimp are frozen fresh, then they need to be boiled in salted water for about 4 minutes. Clean the shells and remove the heads. Place the shrimp meat in a salad bowl.
Now boil water in a kettle and prepare two bowls - place the squid carcasses in one, and pour ice water into the other. Pour boiling water over the squids, wait 30-40 seconds, then quickly transfer the carcasses into ice water using a slotted spoon. Now the thin film can be easily removed from them. Carefully remove the thin hard plate from inside the carcasses.
Cut the squid into strips about 3-4 cm long. Transfer them to a salad bowl. Cut the boiled eggs into cubes. Crab sticks should not be chopped very coarsely, about the size of eggs. Mix sour cream and mayonnaise, season the salad and mix everything well with a spatula.
Taste the dish for salt and add more salt if necessary. We put everything into a nice clean salad bowl and decorate the top with caviar. This is the simplest, classic sea salad recipe. If you want, you can decorate it in layers, and lightly sprinkle chopped dill on top, but do not overdo it with herbs, since the whole beauty of the dish lies in its light, unobtrusive taste of seafood.
Salad: crab sticks, squid and fried shrimp
Ingredients: shrimp, squid, crab sticks – 200 g each; cucumber – 1; tomato – 1; lettuce leaves – 10; olives – 50 g; lemon – 1; olive oil – 60 g; salt; garlic – 1 clove, ground black pepper; mustard – 0.5 tsp.
Clean the shrimp and fry them in a frying pan. Then immerse the squid carcasses in boiling water for 30 seconds and transfer them to a bowl of ice water. We peel them and remove the insides. Cut the carcasses into thin strips. The squid also needs to be lightly fried. Chop the crab sticks into medium cubes. Wash vegetables and lettuce, dry with napkins. We cut the cucumbers into strips and the tomatoes into cubes. Place lettuce leaves on a large platter. Place crab sticks on top, then squid and shrimp. Decorate the surface with olives. Sprinkle everything with olive oil and lemon juice. Now let's prepare the sauce. Combine oil, mustard, juice of half a lemon, crushed garlic and salt. Grind everything thoroughly and pour over our salad. Just the smell of this dish can make you salivate profusely! Hurry up to the table!
Seafood salad sauces
For sea salads, different dressing sauces are used. We invite you, dear guests of the site, to take note of a couple of the most successful recipes.
Spicy sauce: mix a spoonful of mustard (it’s better to take a delicate one) with an equal amount of sugar. Add the juice of half a lemon, olive oil (about 80 g), a little salt and dried garlic. You can also use fresh garlic if the smell doesn't bother you. Mix the ingredients and season the sea salad.
Soy sauce dressing: pour soy sauce (30 ml) into a bowl, squeeze out the same amount of lemon juice, add olive oil (50 ml), salt, add a little black pepper and 3-4 basil leaves. If you don't have fresh, use dried. You can also add garlic to this sauce if you like. Mix the ingredients and dress the salad.
The most common and beloved sauce is mayonnaise-sour cream, but it can also be supplemented a little by adding aromatic spices - basil or a mixture of Provençal herbs. Shrimp get their most pronounced flavor if, after cooking, you sprinkle them with a little fresh lime juice.
“Sea” salad with crab sticks, shrimp and squid is a healthy low-calorie dish worthy of a place on the holiday table. All the ingredients in it contain a huge amount of phosphorus, iodine and other substances necessary for health. Therefore, we recommend that you prepare it not only for special occasions, but also sometimes include it in the menu on weekdays. Of course, this dish is quite expensive, but the benefits of it are obvious.
A festive table is unthinkable without appetizers. The salad with squid, crab sticks and egg is very tasty, it is prepared quickly and easily, and for the festive table we will also tell you how to decorate the salad with a squid figurine. The salad contains simple and affordable ingredients, and in order for such an appetizer to be considered dietary, replace the mayonnaise with sour cream or unsweetened yogurt. Instead of crab sticks, you can put a sea cocktail. This will add a little exoticism to your feast.
TIME: 30 min.
Easy
Servings: 3
Ingredients
- Fresh squid – 2 pcs.;
- Crab sticks – 1 package;
- Fresh chicken eggs – 2 pcs.;
- Dill greens – 1/2 bunch;
- Ground black pepper - a pinch;
- Mayonnaise - to taste.
Preparation
It is necessary to peel the squid, remove the entrails and cut off the chord. To do this, they should be placed in a sieve and doused with hot water. The skin is removed with a stocking. Then, under running warm water, you need to rinse the carcasses from the inside and at the same time clean the insides. 
Cleaned and washed seafood is boiled in salted water for 1-2 minutes. Do not heat them longer - the meat will become tough and not tasty. After cooking, the carcass should be placed in cold water, perhaps with pieces of ice, and the remaining film should be removed. 
Ready cooled squids are cut into rings or strips. 
Fresh chicken eggs should be boiled for a maximum of 10 minutes to prevent the yolk from darkening and cooled in cold water. 
Boiled cooled eggs are cut into long slices. One half can be left to decorate the salad. 
Crab sticks should be removed from the packaging and defrosted at room temperature.
Crab sticks should be chopped. Crosswise in circles or lengthwise in thin, even strips.
In a deep bowl, mix crab sticks, squid rings and chopped eggs. Pepper and season with mayonnaise. It's better not to salt it.
Fresh dill should be thoroughly washed and dried. Leave a little for decoration, and most of the greens should be finely chopped. Sprinkle the salad with chopped dill.
You can make a decoration from a sprig of dill, half an egg and strips of squid.
Having beautifully decorated the dish, it is served on the festive table.
This recipe quite harmoniously combines hearty and very protein foods.
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