Squids are cephalopod mollusks, relatives of cuttlefishes and octopuses. Some individuals of squids reach 20 meters in length while the smallest look doesn't grow more than by 2-3 centimeters. At squids tasty nutritious light meat with a little sweetish nutty flavor, them it is easy to cook and they are inexpensive – no wonder that squids enjoy wide popularity at cooks and eaters.
It is required to you
- the frozen or fresh squid;
- vinegar / lemon juice / white wine;
Instruction
1. Squids are prepared either very quickly, or on the contrary very long. There is enough 2-3 minutes on strong fire to weld a carcass of a squid if you were going to extinguish it or weren't in time in time, then at least 30-40 minutes that meat stopped being "rubber" will be required.
2. The frozen squids need to be defrozen before preparation. If you have unpeeled squids, clean them. Pull out a beak, give thin plates, husk. Wash out a carcass of a squid under flowing water. Cut off tentacles and cut a body of a squid on rings.
3. Squids cook in the boiling water. Prepare a big pan with water and a skimmer when liquid begins to boil, put in it a little salt and couple of spoons of acid – vinegar, white wine, lemon juice.
4. Lower squids in water and stand with a skimmer on call. As soon as meat of a squid turns white, get it.
5. Put ready squids on a paper towel to cool and dry. You can put a boiled squid in salad, pickle or eat immediately as it is do Japanese, having filled only with a soy-bean sauce.
6. Good marinade for boiled squids can be made from juice of a lime, sesame oil, rice vinegar, a refiner syrup, several garlic gloves and mix of fresh chopped herbs, such as mint, cilantro, lemon sorghum.
7. It isn't obligatory to boil squids in a large amount of water, equally well they can and be poshirovat – to weld in a small amount of water or broth with small additive of acid. For example, mix in a deep frying pan equal количесвто water and apple cider vinegar, add slightly less soy-bean sauce and a little grated ginger. Bring to the boil and put in a frying pan of squids. You cook 3-4 minutes.
8. If all of you digested squids, then it is easy to correct it. Put them in a pan with red wine, garlic, a thyme and pepper and you cook on small fire of 30 minutes till 1.5 o'clock.
9. If you find boiled meat of a squid, even prepared within several minutes, a little harsh, try to pickle it before cooking in yogurt, lemon juice or pulp of fruits of a kiwi or papaya. Pickle no more than 15-20 minutes depending on the size of a squid.