Squids have long been common in our daily menu. Squid meat is rich in essential amino acids and other nutrients. If you want to serve an unusual dish on your everyday or festive table, prepare squid stuffed with rice, vegetables and sausages.
You need to cook the squid quite a bit, about 3 minutes, bake and simmer for 20 to 40. The squid hardens at first, and then become soft. Squid meat is always clean and healthy, since they are not given antibiotics or growth stimulants. The meat is very nutritious and contains a small amount of fat, has a pleasant, unobtrusive taste.
Let's prepare stuffed squid with a Spanish accent. This will turn out to be a very satisfying dish that will appeal to all family members. In addition, this dish will be very budgetary.
For cooking you will need:
- squids - 1 kg;
- onions - 2 pcs.;
- bell pepper - 1 pc.;
- rice - 150 g;
- smoked sausage - 150 g;
- garlic - 4-5 cloves;
- tomatoes (in their own juice) - 800 ml;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- olive oil - 4 tbsp. l.;
- sweet paprika - to taste.
Prepare the squid first: defrost them and then peel them. If you are using chilled squid, remove the tentacles and then chop them up. Onions (1 pc.) And 2 cloves of garlic, peel, then chop finely.
Take a deep skillet and heat 2 tbsp. l. olive oil, sauté the prepared vegetables, then add the bell peppers, chopped into thin strips, and continue sautéing for about 5 minutes. Next, you need to pour the tomatoes along with the juice into the pan and keep over low heat. You should also add salt and pepper to taste.
This will prepare the sauce in which the squid will be baked. Now let's prepare the stuffing for stuffing: wash and chop one onion, 2 more cloves of garlic. Take smoked sausages and chop them (you can use Spanish chorizo sausages or any other). Heat 2 tablespoons in a skillet. l. olive oil and sauté vegetables and sausages until golden brown, then remove from heat. Boil rice until tender and add to vegetables and sausages, salt, pepper and add paprika for taste and aroma, mix again.
Stuff the squid with rice and minced meat, fasten with toothpicks. Pour the tomato sauce and stuffed squid into a deep baking dish. Send the baking dish to the oven preheated to 180 degrees. It is necessary to bake the stuffed squid for about 20 minutes, and serve hot, lightly sprinkle with chopped herbs.
