Today there are more and more salad recipes with tasty and healthy seafood such as squid. The easiest way to prepare such a dish is to use a canned product, but a more delicious salad is still obtained from fresh squid. True, before this, they must be properly cut and boiled.
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What squids to use for salad
To prepare a delicious salad, it is better to use unpeeled squids, as they are not subjected to preliminary heat treatment. Otherwise, these seafood will need to be kept in boiling water for less time, otherwise their meat will become like rubber.
When choosing squids, it is worth paying attention to the color of their skin - it should have a pinkish-lilac hue and a smooth structure. Cracked brown skin indicates repeated freezing of the product and not the first freshness.
How much to cook squid for salad
Before cooking, squid should be thawed at room temperature or in cold water, cut off their heads. Then pour boiling water for 1 minute, remove and peel, which under the influence of hot water will curl. After that, from the squid carcass, it is necessary to remove all the insides and the rigid chord, which runs along the back.
Squids cut and washed under running water can be cooked for salad. To do this, boil water in a pan and add a little salt to it. Then dip the squid carcasses into the pan for no more than 10-15 minutes. Ready squids should be cooled, cut into rings or cubes and added to the salad.
It is very important not to overexpose squids in water, otherwise they will become very stiff and decrease in size.