How to make squid salad
The marine theme in cooking is popular not only for the winter holidays, when people are sharply interested in salads for the New Year's table, but also in the summer, when many are dreaming of a seaside vacation or want to extend the mood of the last vacation. Seafood has a special place in a healthy diet. In particular, squid is rich in protein, iodine, phosphorus, potassium, goes well with any vegetables and is unpretentious in preparation.
Squid salad is quick and easy to prepare. It is made from fresh frozen carcasses. Canned is not the best choice, as it contains spices and oil, which affects the taste and calorie content of the dish. Along with the classic salad recipe, there are several others that differ in the set of ingredients, but just as delicious.
The most important thing in the recipe is to cook the squid correctly so that they do not become rubbery and bland. Prolonged cooking spoils the taste, deprives of useful properties, therefore, the defrosted carcasses must be dipped in already boiling and salted water, and then immediately removed from the heat, insisted for ten minutes. In order not to waste time on defrosting, you can dip frozen carcasses in boiling water, cook for one minute, and then insist for another four minutes. After that, they must be washed and the chitinous film must be carefully removed.
Classic Squid Salad
Ingredients:
Squid carcasses - 1 kg.
- Chicken eggs - 5 pcs.
- Mayonnaise - 200 gr.
- Salt to taste.
- Bulb onions - 100 gr.
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Fresh cucumbers - 200 gr.
- Sour cream 15% - 3 tbsp.
- Dill - 50 gr.
- Salt to taste.
- Pickled cucumbers - 3 pcs.
- Canned peas - 1/2 can.
- Carrots - 2 pcs.
- Potatoes - 3 pcs.
- Mayonnaise - 200 gr.
- Salt to taste.
- Fresh cucumbers - 200 gr.
- Green peas - 340 gr.
- Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
- Crab sticks - 200 gr.
- Mayonnaise - 200 gr.
- Dill - 50 gr.
- Salt to taste.
- Black pepper to taste.
- Fresh cucumbers - 200 gr.
- Salad onion - 100 gr.
- Natural yogurt - 200 gr.
- Salt to taste.
- Replace mayonnaise with low-fat sour cream, add ground pepper with dry mustard to it. The dish will be just as tasty as the original, but with fewer calories.
- Use more seafood and fresh vegetables. Fresh vegetables create volume, and the calorie content of boiled squid is only 122 kcal per 100 grams.
- Use 2 eggs and 2 whites instead of 3 eggs. Three eggs have 260 kcal, 21 grams of protein, 18 grams of fat, two eggs and two proteins - 195 kcal, 20 grams of protein, 12 grams of fat. You won't even notice the absence of one yolk.
- If the recipe contains potatoes, use less. Potatoes allow you to increase the volume of the dish, making it more satisfying, carbohydrate and high-calorie.
Boil eggs and shellfish separately, then cut the seafood into rings, and chop the eggs on a coarse grater. Salt everything and season with mayonnaise.
Summer squid salad with cucumbers
Ingredients:
Squid carcasses - 500 gr.
An excellent recipe for a hot summer, which is ideal not only for a holiday, but also for the daily diet of people watching their figure (calorizer). Boil seafood, cut into rings. Chop cucumbers and eggs at random. Chop the dill and onion smaller. Then mix everything well, add salt, season with sour cream.
Winter squid salad with pickles
Ingredients:
Squid carcasses - 300 gr.
Boil and peel the clams, potatoes and carrots separately. Then cut all the ingredients into cubes, add the peas, salt and season with mayonnaise. Instead of the latter, you can use low-fat sour cream. This will reduce the calorie content of the dish without spoiling its taste in the least.
Festive Squid Salad
Ingredients:
Squid carcasses - 500 gr.
Boil the shellfish and eggs separately, then chop all the ingredients, pepper, salt and, finally, season with mayonnaise. Instead of mayonnaise, you can use low-fat sour cream. This salad is perfect for a festive table.
Diet salad with squid
Ingredients:
Squid carcasses - 300 gr.
Cut boiled seafood, cucumbers, salad onions into half rings. Salt, season the dish with natural yogurt (calorizator). This option is ideal for any diet. It can be prepared for any meal, including a late dinner.
How to make a salad more dietary
There are several simple ways to make a high-calorie salad a dietary one.
Not all salads are suitable for the daily diet. The use of complex carbohydrates, like potatoes or peas, transforms the dish from additional to main. Such options are more suitable for a holiday when you need to feed guests. In the daily diet, it is better to use simple dishes with fewer ingredients.
Author: Ekaterina G., nutritionist, fitness blogger (specially for Calorizator.ru)
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