Squid cutlets - a simple, affordable and very fast dish.
Indeed, for frying products from this popular seafood, it will take only a few minutes.
And cooking minced meat doesn’t take much time.
Indulge in squid cutlets?
Squid cutlets - general principles of preparation
The most delicious cutlets are obtained 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, then it is advisable to thaw them in the refrigerator. Let it be not very fast. Peeled carcasses are cut into pieces and turned into minced meat using a meat grinder.
What else is added to the cutlet mass:
• onions, garlic;
• salt pepper;
• egg;
• semolina or bread.
But these are not all possible supplement options. Often cutlets are cooked with cereals, cheese, and the addition of fish or chicken. Bread products in flour or breadcrumbs. Then fry in a skillet or bake in the oven.
How to easily and easily clean squid
For quick cleaning, the carcass is dipped for several seconds in boiling water, then immediately in ice water. Remove peeling skin with your hands and wash the squid with cold water. With a knife, peel the remnants of the skin, if any. Then the carcass is placed on a cutting board and the spinal cartilage, the chord, is removed.
Recipe 1: Squid Cutlets
The recipe for the simplest squid cutlets, which are prepared with onions and spices. Prepared without eggs, fried in oil.
Ingredients
• 1 kg of squid;
• 1 onion head;
• salt pepper;
• butter;
• crackers or flour.
Cooking
1. We put the washed and peeled squid carcasses on a cutting board and remove the vertebral arrow. Cut into slices for twisting in a meat grinder.
2. We clean the onion head and also cut into pieces.
3. Twist it all 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. Wet hands and form small cutlets. Size no more than 100 grams. We give any form. You can make oval products, in the form of droplets or round.
6. Bread in flour or crushed crackers.
7. Fry in a pan for three minutes on each side. After turning over the products, you can cover the dishes with a lid. It is important not to overexpose them, otherwise the cutlets may turn out to be dry.
Recipe 2: Fried Squid Cutlets with Bread
The recipe for squid cutlets in which bread is added. It is advisable to use a hardened white roll. Fresh bread after soaking can become slimy.
Ingredients
• 0.8 kg of squid;
• 1 egg;
• 250 grams of white bread;
• 1 cup of milk or broth;
• 2 onions;
• 7 spoons of breadcrumbs;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• spices;
• cooking oil.
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 we prepare squid carcasses, cut into pieces.
3. Also peel the onions and garlic, grind everything together with the squid in a meat grinder. Do not forget to twist the bread, squeezed from the liquid.
4. Add the egg to the cutlet mass. Do not forget to salt. You can season with any seasoning to your taste. Mix everything thoroughly.
5. It remains to form cutlets. Size does not matter. Breaded in crackers.
6. Fry the product in oil from two sides to a rosy color and you're done!
Recipe 3: Squid patties in the oven under cheese
The recipe for unusual and very juicy squid cutlets, which are prepared in two stages. You need hard cheese.
Ingredients
• 0.7 kg squid;
• 1 onion;
• 1 egg;
• 2 tablespoons of semolina;
• spices;
• butter;
• dill;
• 100 grams of cheese;
• flour for breading;
• 1-2 tomatoes.
Cooking
1. Twist the squid with onion in a meat grinder twice. Add semolina, spices, egg, stir and let stand for about ten minutes, while preparing the rest of the ingredients.
2. We chop several branches 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. Grease a baking dish with oil.
4. We form flat cutlets from minced meat with a diameter of 8-10 centimeters. We dust them with flour and quickly fry them in a pan for a minute on each side. We shift to the form that. Previously greased with oil.
5. Put a circle of tomatoes on each cutlet, sprinkle with cheese and send to the oven.
6. By baking for no more than 10 minutes, at high temperature this will be enough to make the cheese crust slightly browned, and the cutlets do not have time to dry out.
Recipe 4: Squid and Rice Cutlets
Rice for such cutlets can be taken any. It is tasty with a round cereal, but 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 cups of rice;
• egg;
• 1 onion head;
• spices;
• crackers and butter.
Cooking
1. Rinse the rice and cook until tender. We make sure that the grains remain intact, and the form does not suffer. We discard the rice in a colander, let the water drain.
2. Twist the squid with onion twice through a meat grinder.
3. Combine the minced meat with rice, season with spices. Stir and add the chicken egg.
4. Form small balls of 60-70 grams. Bread in croutons and flatten to 1.5 centimeters.
5. Heat the oil.
6. Lay the patties and fry for three minutes on each side. We take it out and you can immediately send it to the table. Or pour cream and stew for another two minutes. Sauce do not forget to salt.
Recipe 5: Squid and Crab Stick Cutlets
Crab sticks are perfectly combined with squid and from these two products you can cook very tasty and juicy cutlets.
Ingredients
• 0.4 kg squid;
• 0.3 kg of sticks;
• 2 eggs;
• 2 tablespoons sour cream;
• 2 tablespoons of starch;
• 1 onion;
• spices and butter.
Cooking
1. Peel the squid carcasses, rinse and cut into small cubes.
2. Add to them chopped crab sticks and chopped onions. The head must be crushed very finely, otherwise the pieces will crackle.
3. Add sour cream and starch. Drive eggs, put spices and stir. It should turn out a lot, as for fritters. Let her brew for half an hour in the refrigerator.
4. Heat the oil, put the cutlet in it with a spoon and fry until rosy. Such cutlets can be served with side dishes, made for breakfast or put on sandwiches. It turns out tasty and a lot.
Recipe 6: Squid and Fish Cutlets (Pollock)
To prepare such squid cutlets, you will also need pollock fillet. But you can take any other fish, including river. Or use already twisted stuffing.
Ingredients
• 0.4 kg of peeled squid;
• 0.4 kg fillet of pollock;
• 150 ml of milk;
• 4 slices of bread;
• 2 onion heads;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• spices;
• breadcrumbs;
• for frying oil.
Cooking
1. Slices of bread immediately pour milk. Let them swell for now.
2. We clean the onion heads, cut into several pieces.
3. Also cut into slices of pollock fillet and squid carcasses.
4. All together we twist in a meat grinder, do not forget about the peeled cloves of garlic and the soaked bread squeezed from milk.
5. Add salt to the cutlet mass, pepper. Stir and form round cutlets of medium size. Thickness is about two centimeters.
6. Bone the formed products in breadcrumbs.
7. Fry in a skillet in hot oil for 3 minutes on one side. Then turn, cover and cook under the lid for about six minutes.
8. You can put the raw meatballs in a mold, put a small piece of butter on top and bake in the oven. About 15 minutes at 200 degrees.
Recipe 7: Squid and Chicken Cutlets
The recipe is very unusual cutlets, for which (except squid) you will also need chicken. It is better to use fillet from the thigh with the skin. It will be juicy and tender.
Ingredients
• 0.3 kg squid;
• 0.3 kg of chicken;
• 0.05 kg of butter;
• 2 onions;
• 1 egg;
• 2 tablespoons of semolina;
• spices;
• crackers (flour possible);
• cooking oil.
Cooking
1. Butter immediately cut into cubes of 5 grams and sent to the freezer.
2. Twist the chicken with chopped onions and peeled squid.
3. Cutlet mass with pepper, salt, add eggs and semolina to it. Stir and let stand for a quarter of an hour so that the semolina swells.
4. Wet the hands, nibble off pieces of 70-80 grams and make small cutlets. Of this amount, about 10 pieces will be obtained. In the center of each we put a piece of previously cut and chilled butter. We carefully hide it.
5. Breaded cutlets in breadcrumbs or just roll in flour.
6. Fry in hot oil until golden brown. After the coup, you need to cover and steam well, otherwise they may not fry.
Squid cutlets - useful tips and tricks
• Cutlets will be tastier if you mix butter and vegetable oil when frying. It also contributes to the appearance of a golden crust. 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 cutlets tougher. It is better to give preference to milk sauces, sour cream, cream. Cheese goes well with squid.
• A large number of spices can kill the original taste and aroma of squid. It is enough to add salt and pepper, you can lay a little chopped greens. And it is better to refuse spicy and fragrant additives.
