Squid salads with eggs have a delicate taste and can decorate even the most exquisite festive table. They are a source of valuable protein and other nutrients necessary for a healthy and nutritious diet.
Squid is a valuable seafood that is high in protein. It has a high nutritional and energy value, but contains a minimum amount of fat. Eating squid in food has a positive effect on the functioning of the liver, reproductive and cardiovascular systems. It is useful to include it in your diet for pregnant women and people who have suffered a serious illness and are undergoing a recovery period.
You can eat a squid carcass. This dietary product is a little dry, although it has a bright taste. It is better to include it in the menu as part of salads with the addition of eggs. The combination of squid with an egg is considered classic.
Squid and Egg Salad
A very simple but tasty salad can be made with squid and eggs with mayonnaise. This will require:
- 4 squid carcasses;
- 2 eggs;
- 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice;
- mayonnaise to taste;
- a little black pepper;
- some salt.
Cooking steps:
- Defrost the squid carcass and peel, remove the chord and the remnants of the entrails. If this is not done, the seafood will taste bitter after cooking. To easily remove the skin, you can dip the carcasses in boiling water for 30 seconds, then put them in cold water, and then remove the skin like a stocking. When choosing squids in the store, you need to pay attention to their color. On sale, you can most often find a frozen semi-finished product. A quality squid should be light, but not yellowish. A yellow color indicates oxidation of the product. Such a semi-finished product was most likely frozen and thawed several times. A good squid should have a specific, but not putrid, odor.
- Add a little salt to the saucepan. You can put a bay leaf and black peppercorns in it to give the squid a specific flavor. Dip the carcasses in boiling water for 3-4 minutes. You do not need to cook them longer, as this leads to the fact that the meat becomes tough. Eggs can be boiled in the same water.
- Peel the onion and cut into thin half rings. Pour boiling water over it to eliminate bitterness. In this recipe, fresh onions can be replaced with pickled ones. With it, the salad will turn out to be especially tasty.
- Boiled squid carcasses cut into thin strips. Cut the eggs into cubes. Mix squid, eggs, onion in a salad bowl, add a little salt, pepper, season with mayonnaise with the addition of lemon juice. Mix all the ingredients well again and serve.
To surprise your guests, you can serve the salad in an original way by laying it out on lettuce leaves and garnishing it with an olive or lemon wedge.
Salad with squid, eggs and cucumbers
When you add cucumbers to a squid salad with an egg, the dish turns out to be very tasty and fresh. To prepare it you will need:
- 400 g squid (carcasses);
- 3 small cucumbers;
- 3 eggs;
- salt to taste;
- 2 tablespoons canned corn.
Cooking steps:
- Defrost squids, peel and boil in salted water. The optimal cooking time is 3-4 minutes. Cool and cut into thin and not very long strips. Boil eggs, peel and cut into cubes.
- For cucumbers, cut the sides and cut into small cubes. You can grate them on a hot grater designed for cooking Korean-style carrots. The peel may not be peeled off beforehand, if it is not too tough and does not taste bitter.
- Mix eggs, squid, chopped cucumbers in a salad bowl, add canned corn, salt, pepper, season with mayonnaise, then mix well and serve.
The salad can be served in a very original way by laying it out on a plate in an even circle. It is convenient to use a culinary ring for this. It is better to decorate the dish with fresh herbs.
Salad with squid, eggs and pineapple
The addition of pineapple gives the salad an original exotic taste. To prepare such a dish you will need:
- 3 squid carcasses;
- 3 eggs;
- a small jar of canned pineapples;
- 200-300 g of boiled and frozen shrimp;
- 2 cucumbers;
- salt to taste;
- half a bunch of green onions;
- mayonnaise.
Cooking steps:
- Defrost squids and shrimps. Clean the squid from the remnants of the entrails, remove the skin and boil in salted water for 3 minutes. After the carcasses have cooled, cut them into slices. Peel the shrimp and cut each into 2 parts. A few shrimp can be set aside to garnish the dish.
- Cut the cucumbers into cubes, after removing the side parts. Remove the pineapples from the jar and cut into small cubes. Boil the eggs, peel and chop from the shell with a knife. Rinse green onions and chop finely.
- In a salad bowl, mix squid, shrimp, pineapple and chopped cucumbers, add green onions, salt, season with mayonnaise and serve.
Salad with squid, egg and sour cream
A very satisfying salad can be made from squid, fried onions and carrots with the addition of sour cream. Such a dish turns out to be high-calorie, but very tasty. To prepare it you will need:
- 4 squid carcasses;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 large onion;
- 1 carrot;
- a little salt;
- half a bunch of dill;
- 3-4 tablespoons sour cream.
Cooking steps:
- Defrost the squid, clean it from the remnants of the entrails, rinse, remove the skin and boil in water, then cool and cut into large rings.
- Peel carrots and onions. Grate the carrots and cut the onions into thin rings.
- In a frying pan, fry in a small amount of vegetable oil onions and carrots. You cannot overcook vegetables. They should only acquire a slightly golden hue. Place the squid rings in the pan and break 2 eggs. Fry for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Put all ingredients in a salad bowl, cool slightly and add chopped herbs. Season with sour cream, add a little salt and mix well.
Such a salad can be prepared with the addition of olive oil, but in this case you need to add a little sweet paprika to it. If you want to make the dish sharper, at the stage of overcooking vegetables, you should add a small piece of hot pepper, cut into several parts. When putting the ingredients in a salad bowl, it is better to discard the pepper.
Spicy salad with squid, eggs and cheese
To prepare a spicy squid-based salad, you will need:
- 1 kg of squid (carcasses);
- 4 eggs;
- 150 g of cheese (better than hard varieties);
- 100 g sour cream;
- 50 g mayonnaise;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- a little dill;
- salt.
Cooking steps:
- Defrost squid, peel gently, boil in salted water and cut into thin strips.
- Boil the eggs, peel and cut into cubes. Grate cheese or cut into cubes. Peel the garlic and pass through a press.
- Put chopped squid, cheese and eggs in a salad bowl, add garlic, salt, dill, chopped very finely. Mix sour cream with mayonnaise in a separate bowl and season the salad with this mixture, then mix everything thoroughly and serve.
You can serve such a salad to the table on a separate dish, spreading cucumber circles around the edges, or on portioned plates. To diversify a successful recipe, you can add crab sticks or shrimp to the salad. You can choose the proportions of mayonnaise and sour cream yourself, focusing on your own taste preferences. But you need to remember that increasing the amount of mayonnaise increases the calorie content of the finished dish.
