Crispy fried squid rings breaded in breadcrumbs are surprisingly tasty and always go down with a bang at any feast. But squid seems to be simple to prepare, like the tongue in a recipe, but it still has some tricks.
If you prepare the clam incorrectly or overcook it on the fire, you won’t get a pleasant meal. You will chew rubber without any pleasure!
Preparation
So, today I will tell you how to prepare a wonderful snack quickly and easily. First, let's defrost and clean the squid without cutting the carcass. Then rinse it in running water and cut it into rings about 1 centimeter wide. Pour boiling water over them and immediately add salt. This is necessary so that they harden slightly and take the shape of rings. It is their shape that the finished dish will have.
Now let's start breading. In one plate we will have flour, in another - beaten eggs, the so-called lezon, and in the third -. Add a pinch of salt to the flour, eggs and breadcrumbs. The squid rings need to be rolled in flour, then dipped in the egg. In appearance, they will look like they are in batter, and the next step is in breadcrumbs. After this, they need to be laid out on a flat dish in one layer and put in the refrigerator for half an hour so that the breading dries and does not fall off the rings during frying.
In order not to waste time, quickly peel the onion and rinse it under cool water. Then it must be cut, but not along, but across, to make rings. They must be carefully pulled apart into separate rings. Let's put them aside for now.
We will fry the breaded squid rings in a well-heated frying pan in a large amount of oil.
After frying, place the resulting rings on a paper towel to remove excess oil and transfer to a plate. Next, in a frying pan with the remaining oil, you need to place the onion rings. It is necessary to quickly fry it until the onion acquires a beautiful, golden color.
Next, we simply combine the squid with onion rings on plates, and then all this can be served. they turn out tender inside the crispy coating, and with onions it will be a fairy tale. Delicious! But that is not all. Look at the photo, this is also a very beautiful dish. Bon appetit!
Ingredients
- Squid (carcasses) – 0.5 kilograms;
- Chicken eggs – 4 pieces;
- Flour – 150 grams;
- Breadcrumbs – 150 grams;
- Onions - 3 onions;
- Vegetable oil – 200 grams;
- Salt to taste.
Seafood has always been considered a delicacy. And if earlier it was difficult to find exquisite fish, today representatives of mollusks and other inhabitants of the aquatic world are available to everyone without exception. Let's talk about how to cook frozen squid rings, because many of us love to eat this seafood.
The thorny path of seafood preparation
Having once tasted breaded squid rings in a restaurant or with guests, every housewife strives to accurately reproduce such a dish at home. And here is the first sad experience: the squid meat turned out to be too tough and lacking in taste. Due to the fact that these inhabitants of the underwater world do not like long-term heat treatment, and a split second can decide the fate of a dish, housewives are reluctant to buy squid rings.
In order to present an exquisite appetizer in an original design to the table, and not suffer a fiasco, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the following tips:
- Frozen squid rings are first defrosted naturally.
- Most often, we purchase whole carcasses, which we then chop into rings ourselves.
- The squid fillet must be thoroughly washed, the film and chitinous plate removed.
- To quickly remove the film from a squid fillet, pour boiling water over it, and this mollusk will seem to jump out of its filmy shell.
- Many housewives deliberately prepare this seafood incorrectly, because they do not know how long to cook frozen squid rings. The answer is simple: 3-5 minutes, but no more.
- Squid fillet must be boiled in salted water.
- First, we cool the boiled fillet and then chop it into rings of the desired size.
- Now the product can be fried in batter or marinated.
- Squid rings can serve as an appetizer. They are also often added to exotic salads.
- Prepare the batter for the squid rings according to your favorite recipe. The standard set of products includes sifted high-grade flour and eggs. You can also add cheese, chopped herbs, sour cream, mayonnaise, etc.
- Serve squid rings fried in batter, preferably with a spicy sauce. A win-win option is a combination of mayonnaise and chili sauce.
Who ordered seafood?
Today we are preparing squid rings in batter. The recipe is very simple, but pay special attention to pre-heat treatment. If you exceed the cooking time, the squid meat will taste and have a rubbery consistency. In this case, you will lose in this culinary battle. If you strictly follow the prescription instructions, you will be successful.
Compound:
- squid carcasses – 2-3 pcs.;
- high-grade wheat flour - 2 tbsp. l.;
- 1-2 tbsp. l. filtered water;
- table salt to taste;
- chicken egg – 1 pc.;
- 200 ml refined sunflower oil.
Preparation:
Delicious seafood for the master's table
As already mentioned, squid rings can be fried or boiled. Have you ever tried marinated seafood? Squids kept in a spicy and incredibly tasty marinade will become a worthy decoration for the holiday table. Experienced chefs advise purchasing already cleaned squid carcasses. In this case, it is better to chop them immediately before defrosting.
Compound:
- squid carcasses – 2 pcs.;
- black peppercorns and coriander - to taste;
- laurel leaves – 2-3 pcs.;
- 1.5 tbsp. l. vinegar with 9% concentration;
- refined vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.;
- table salt – 1 tsp;
- granulated sugar – 1 tsp;
- filtered water – 300 ml.
Preparation:
If you dare to cook this delicious and delicious seafood, carefully follow the instructions. This is especially true for the duration of heat treatment. If you want to surprise everyone with your culinary skills and not fail, cook the squid rings for no more than 5 minutes. There is an opinion that overcooked seafood can be cooked even longer, and then they will regain their former consistency and taste. Bon appetit!
Despite the fact that squid dishes have been prepared for several centuries, this seafood product is not particularly in demand in Russia. In Korea, China, Japan and other coastal countries, squid carcasses are very popular, and almost everything is eaten, even ink (they make sauce from it).
Squid goes well with all foods, so it most often acts as the main ingredient in salads. For example, or. But squid is also good as an independent dish.
Squid rings in breadcrumbs are an easy dish to prepare. And if you serve it as an appetizer with beer, then the strong half of humanity will be very grateful to you, because it is very tasty. The main thing is to serve the rings hot, and don’t forget about the sauce for them.
Recipe information
Ingredients:
- squids are not large – 5–6 carcasses
- eggs – 3 pcs.
- flour – 5 tbsp. spoons
- ground crackers – 8 – 10 tbsp. spoons
- salt - half a teaspoon
- odorless vegetable oil – 500 ml.
Deep frying squid rings
Thaw the squid completely.
Pour boiling water over it, drain the water and immediately add a new portion of hot water. Leave for no longer than two minutes, after which the carcasses are cleaned of the remnants of the top film and the inner plate is removed.
Cut the prepared seafood into rings as thick as your little finger.
Break the eggs into a deep bowl and beat with a whisk. It will be ice cream.
Pour flour and crackers into separate plates (salt is added to the flour and mixed). Heat the oil well for deep frying. Roll each squid ring in flour.
Then lower it into the ice cream.
Make the breadcrumb coating as best as possible. By the way, I don’t buy breadcrumbs, but make them myself. Here's a simple one.
Fry in a frying pan for about 4-6 minutes, that is, one side of the ring will take 2-3 minutes.- After frying, place the rings on a paper napkin to “remove” excess oil.
- To serve the dish, I highly recommend preparing some kind of sauce. The simplest is a mixture of sour cream, mayonnaise, dill and grated clove of garlic. You can also cut the lime into thin slices for the squid or add a few drops of citrus to the mayonnaise.
- For a large company, you can fry squid rings using a different recipe. The composition for the batter is as follows:
- 500 g flour
- 2 eggs
- 500 ml light light beer
- 1 teaspoon salt.
The consistency of the batter should resemble sour cream, and the quantity will be enough for a whole kilogram of rings.
How to cook squid simple and fast? Fry it in rings in breadcrumbs. This would be a great hot snack or even a light dinner. You can serve with green salad leaves or any vegetable salad.
If you bought frozen squid, defrost it “without temperature shock”, that is, transfer it from the freezer to the refrigerator overnight, the next day, if necessary, let it stand for another hour at room temperature - and you can cook. We will need peeled squid rings (you can buy frozen rings right away - this is the easiest way for this dish). If you bought the squid carcass, then after defrosting, pour boiling water over the carcass for a couple of minutes (no more!) - the film will curl up and “move away” from the meat, after which you can easily remove it under cold running water. After this, remove the chord (something similar to the spine) and cut the squid into rings about 1 centimeter wide. Next, let's start cooking.
Need to:
- Squid rings – 0.5 kilograms
- Lemon – quarter of 1 lemon (more precisely, we will need lemon juice from a quarter of a lemon)
- Soy sauce – 1 tablespoon (can be replaced with 0.5 teaspoon table salt)
- Seafood seasoning (ready-made spices) – 0.5-1 teaspoon
- Chicken eggs – 3 pieces
- Wheat flour – 3 heaped tablespoons
- Breadcrumbs (white, from premium bread crumbs) – 4 heaped tablespoons
- Vegetable oil - approximately 0.5 to 1 cup (depending on the diameter of your frying pan)
Preparation:
Rinse the squid rings (thawed and peeled) with cold running water, place in a colander and let the water drain.
Place the squid rings in a bowl or ladle, pour in boiling water (literally for 5-7 seconds, you only have time to lightly mix the rings) and immediately drain the boiling water, throwing the rings into a colander. This procedure is necessary so that the squid rings “keep their shape” and do not flatten.
Next we need to lightly “marinate” the rings. Squeeze the juice of a quarter of a lemon on them, pour soy sauce (or just salt), sprinkle with spices (seafood seasoning), and stir.
Leave the squid rings marinated in this way to stand for 20-30 minutes.
Take three small bowls or just deep plates. In one of them, beat the eggs, mixing the whites and yolks, just with a fork, there is no need to beat too much. Place flour in another bowl and breadcrumbs in a third.
We put all this closer to the stove. Pour vegetable oil into a deep frying pan (we have already written about the required amount in the recipe for squid rings in batter, you can see this) and let the oil get very hot.
First roll the squid rings (one at a time) in flour, then dip in beaten eggs and roll in breadcrumbs - and place in a frying pan ( watch our video recipe!). We do this as quickly as possible. We do not lay the rings close together, but at some distance from each other. Fry the rings on medium-high heat, first on one side until golden brown, 1.5-2 minutes, no more!
Then we turn the squid rings over and fry them on the other side, also until golden brown and for about the same amount of time (perhaps a little less). Keep track of the time! If you overcook the squid, it will be rubbery, tough and tasteless.
Huangjin Yujuan, or Golden squid rings, is a popular Chinese homemade snack. It is simple, has an attractive shape and color, is easy to prepare, and will cost the home budget very little. “Golden squid rings” are enjoyed by both adults and children. This snack goes well with various types of drinks.
INGREDIENTS:
medium-sized squids - 2 pcs.,
chicken egg - 1 pc.,
ground black pepper - ¼ tsp,
light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp,
Shaoxing wine- 1 tbsp,
corn starch
- 5 tbsp,
breadcrumbs
- 5 tbsp,
vegetable oil for deep frying - 200 ml.
Prepare squid carcasses: if they are fresh and uncleaned, remove the skin and entrails, remove the dorsal cartilage and other excess. If the ice cream is defrosted at room temperature, rinsed and cut into strips 1 cm wide with transverse cuts, you will get squid rings. Marinate the resulting rings in a mixture of light soy sauce, Shaoxing wine and ground black pepper for 20 minutes.
Prepare three containers - pour cornstarch into one, breadcrumbs into another, and lightly beat the egg in the third. It is better to cook squid rings in batches. First, coat the squid ring in cornstarch, then dip it in the egg mixture.
Then roll in breadcrumbs. This is convenient to do with chopsticks. At first it will be unusual, but then, when you get used to it, you will see that it is convenient. Place the rings prepared for frying on a cutting board or plate.
Heat oil in a wok over medium heat and deep-fry the breaded squid rings until golden brown (about a minute).
Remove the finished squid rings and place on a paper towel. Repeat the procedure with the remaining rings.
Serve the finished squid rings hot and eat them, dipping them in various dip sauces. Almost any dipping sauce will work with this appetizer.
