Squid cutlets are a simple, affordable and very quick dish.
After all, for frying products from this popular seafood will take just a few minutes.
Yes, and cooking meat does not take much time.
Indulge in squid cutlets?
Squid Cutlets - General Cooking Principles
The most delicious burgers are made from chilled squid. They perfectly keep their shape, do not break up and retain all the juices. But if you have to use frozen carcasses, it is advisable to thaw them in the refrigerator. Let it be not very fast. Peeled carcasses are cut into slices and turned into minced meat using a meat grinder.
What else is added to the cutlet mass:
• onion, garlic;
• salt pepper;
• egg;
• semolina or bread.
But these are not all possible supplements. Often, burgers are cooked with cereals, cheese, fish or chicken. Breaded products in flour or in breadcrumbs. Then fry in a skillet or bake in the oven.
How easy and simple to clean squid
For quick cleaning, the carcass is dipped in boiling water for a few seconds, then immediately in ice water. Hands remove the exfoliated skin and wash the squid with cold water. Use a knife to smooth out the remnants of the skin, if any. Then put the carcass on a chopping board and remove the vertebral cartilage - chord.
Recipe 1: Squid cutlets ordinary
Recipe for the simplest squids of squids, which are prepared with onions and spices. Cooked without eggs, fried in oil.
Ingredients
• 1 kg of squid;
• 1 onion;
• salt pepper;
• butter;
• crackers or flour.
Cooking
1. Put the washed and cleaned squid carcasses on a cutting board and remove the vertebral arrow. Cut into pieces for twisting in a meat grinder.
2. Clean the onion and cut into pieces.
3. We twist everything together. You can use the combine if there is no meat grinder.
4. Add salt and pepper. Knead. Other spices can be put to taste, chopped dill goes well with squid. 5. We moisten hands and form small patties. Size not more than 100 grams. Give any shape. You can make oval products, in the form of droplets or round.
6. Breaded in flour or crushed crackers.
7. Fry in a pan for three minutes on each side. After turning the products, you can cover the dishes with a lid. It is important not to overdo them, otherwise the cutlets may turn out to be dry.
Recipe 2: Fried squid patties with bread
Recipe beneficial cutlets from squid, which is added to the bread. It is advisable to use a stale white loaf. Fresh bread after soaking may become slippery.
Ingredients
• 0.8 kg squid;
• 1 egg;
• 250 grams of white bread;
• 1 glass of milk or broth;
• 2 bulbs;
• 7 tablespoons of bread crumbs;
• 1 clove garlic;
• spices;
• oil for frying.
Cooking
1. Fill the bread with milk, after cutting off all the crusts from it. Leave for twenty minutes. Instead of milk, you can use any broth or vegetable broth.
2. In the usual way prepare the carcasses of squid, cut into pieces.
3. Also clean the onion and garlic, all together with squid grind in a meat grinder. Do not forget to twist the bread, pressed from the liquid.
4. Add egg to the cutlet mass. Do not forget to salt. You can flavor with any seasoning to your taste. All carefully stir.
5. It remains to form the burgers. Size does not matter. Breaded in crackers.
6. Fry the products in oil on both sides to ruddy color and ready!
Recipe 3: Squids in the oven with cheese
Recipe unusual and very juicy cutlets from squid, which are prepared in two stages. Cheese will need hard.
Ingredients
• 0.7 kg squid;
• 1 onion;
• 1 egg;
• 2 spoons of semolina;
• spices;
• butter;
• dill;
• 100 grams of cheese;
• flour for breading;
• 1-2 tomatoes.
Cooking
1. Twist squid with onions in a meat grinder twice. Add the semolina, spices, egg, stir and let stand for about ten minutes while cooking the rest of the ingredients. 2. Chop a few sprigs of dill, cut the tomato into thin rings and rub the cheese with medium chips.
3. Immediately turn on the 220 oven and set the pan on the fire. Oiled baking dish.
4. We form flat meatballs with a diameter of 8-10 centimeters from mincemeat. Powdered with flour and quickly fry in a pan for a minute on each side. We shift in the form, which. Previously oiled.
5. Put on each cutlet a circle of tomato, sprinkle with cheese and send in the oven.
6. Baking no more than 10 minutes, at high temperature it will be enough to make the cheese crust slightly browned, and the chops did not have time to dry up.
Recipe 4: Squids and Rice Cutlets
Rice for such cutlets can be taken any. It is tasty with a round cereal, and beautiful with a long one. You can take brown rice, a dish with it will also be useful.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg squid;
• 0.5 cup rice;
• egg;
• 1 onion;
• spices;
• crackers and butter.
Cooking
1. Wash rice and cook until tender. Ensure that the grains remain intact and the form is not affected We turn the rice into a colander, let it drain.
2. Twist the squids with onions twice through a meat grinder.
3. Combine minced meat with rice, season with spices. Stir and add chicken egg.
4. We form small balls of 60-70 grams. Rolls in breadcrumbs and flatten to 1.5 centimeters.
5. Heat the oil.
6. Lay the cutlets and fry for three minutes on each side. Take out and you can immediately send to the table. Or pour cream and put out two more minutes. Sauce do not forget to salt.
Recipe 5: Squids and crab sticks cutlets
Crab sticks are perfectly combined with squid and from these two products you can make very tasty and juicy cutlets.
Ingredients
• 0.4 kg squid;
• 0.3 kg of chopsticks;
• 2 eggs;
• 2 tablespoons sour cream;
• 2 tablespoons of starch;
• 1 onion;
• spices and oil.
Cooking
1. Squids carcasses are cleaned, washed and cut into small cubes.
2. Add to them also chopped crab sticks and chopped onions. The head needs to be crumbled very finely, otherwise the pieces will crunch. 3. Add sour cream and starch. We drive in eggs, we put spices and we stir. It should make a lot, as for the pancakes. Give her a brew for half an hour in the fridge.
4. Heat up the butter, spread the spoon of the chop in it and fry it to a ruddy color. Such burgers can be served with side dishes, made for breakfast or put on sandwiches. It turns out delicious and a lot.
Recipe 6: Squid Cutlets and Fish (Pollock)
For the preparation of such squids meatballs you will also need a pollock fillet. But you can take any other fish, including the river. Or use already twisted minced meat.
Ingredients
• 0.4 kg of purified squid;
• 0.4 kg of pollock fillet;
• 150 ml of milk;
• 4 slices of bread;
• 2 onions;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• spices;
• breadcrumbs;
• for frying oil.
Cooking
1. Slices of bread immediately pour milk. Let it swell.
2. Clean the onion heads, cut into several pieces.
3. Also cut slices of pollock fillet and squid carcass.
4. All together we twist in a meat grinder, do not forget about peeled garlic cloves and soaked bread pressed from milk.
5. Add to the cutlet mass salt, pepper. Stir and form round cutlets of medium size. The thickness is about two centimeters.
6. Roll the formed products in breadcrumbs.
7. Fry in a skillet in hot oil for 3 minutes on one side. Then turn over, cover and cook under the lid for about six minutes.
8. You can put raw patties in the form, put on top of a small piece of butter and bake in the oven. Approximately 15 minutes at 200 degrees.
Recipe 7: Squid Cutlets and Chicken
The recipe is very unusual cutlets, for which (except for squid) also need chicken. It is better to use fillet from the thigh along with the skin. It will be juicy and gentle.
Ingredients
• 0.3 kg squid;
• 0.3 kg chicken;
• 0.05 kg butter;
• 2 bulbs;
• 1 egg;
• 2 spoons of semolina;
• spices;
• crackers (flour can be);
• oil for frying.
Cooking
1. Butter immediately cut into cubes of 5 grams and send in the freezer. 2. We twist the chicken together with the cut onions and peeled squids.
3. Cutlet mass of pepper, salt, add eggs and semolina. Stir and let stand for a quarter of an hour so that the semolina swelled.
4. We moisten hands, we pinch off pieces on 70-80 grams and we make small cutlets. From this amount about 10 pieces will turn out. In the center of each place a piece of previously chopped and cooled butter. Carefully hide.
5. Serve the patties in crackers or just roll in flour.
6. Fry in hot oil until golden brown. After the coup, you need to cover and well steamed, otherwise they may not fry.
Squid Cutlets - Tips and Tricks
• Cutlets will be tastier if you mix butter and vegetable oil when frying. Also, it will contribute to the appearance of golden brown. You can use a little ghee.
• Squid cutlets can be stewed in different sauces, but not more than 5 minutes. It is also not advisable to use a tomato or tomatoes. The acid they contain will make the hamburgers harder. It is better to give preference to milk sauces, sour cream, cream. Well in harmony with squid cheese.
• A large number of spices can kill the original taste and aroma of squid. Enough to add salt and pepper, you can lay a little chopped herbs. And it is better to refuse spicy and fragrant additives.
