Step by step recipes for cooking stuffed squid. How to cook stuffed squid

You can cook a lot of various delicious dishes from squid, but this mollusk is most popular in stuffed form. The squid carcass seems to be specially created for stuffing, and there can be a lot of filling options due to the fact that it goes very well with the mass of products, while they can be either raw (various salads) or ready-made.

Features of cooking stuffed squid

The first step in preparing delicious stuffed squid is choosing the right one at the store. In our stores, whole squid carcasses can be bought most often frozen, and here the rule applies to all frosts: there should be no snow in the bag, the carcasses should not be stuck together (this indicates re-freezing of squid, which is not allowed, because the taste will be spoiled - any dishes from such mollusks will be bitter).

Frozen squids are mainly sold already peeled, but unpeeled ones can also come across. In this case, the film from the carcasses must be removed after defrosting (its color, within the framework of the norm, can be from light gray to dark purple). If you bought the carcasses as a whole, completely unprocessed, then after defrosting they need to be cleaned of films, cut off the tentacles from them (they can be used as part of the filling for stuffing) and, immersed in cold water, remove the insides.

Having prepared, squids are usually boiled a little before stuffing. Just put them in boiling water and boil them for a few minutes (we already wrote about the correct cooking of squids here), then remove them from the water and dry them.

It is very important not to overcook the squid, otherwise they will become hard, “rubber” - the whole taste of the dish will be spoiled.

Next, the squids are stuffed, the open places are fastened with toothpicks, and, as a rule, they are brought to readiness in the oven or in a frying pan. Often at the same time, squids are poured with various sauces, sprinkled with cheese and herbs, etc. From a general description of the process in general terms, let's move on to a detailed one using examples of various recipes for making stuffed squid.

Calamari stuffed with mushrooms and eggs

with sour cream sauce

You will need:

• 200-300g fresh mushrooms (champignons or others),
• 200g sour cream and mayonnaise,
• 100g hard cheese
• 50g butter,
• 30g green onion feathers,
• 2-3 boiled eggs
• 1 onion
• 1 tbsp wheat flour, salt, herbs, black pepper.

How to cook:

If the squids are purchased in a completely unprepared form, dip them in cold water and remove the insides without cutting, rinse, then remove the film from the carcass, rinse, and dry. Finely chop the onion and mushrooms, rub the eggs on a coarse grater, fry the onion in butter, add mushrooms to it, fry everything until half cooked.

Finely chop the greens, onion feathers, rub the cheese on a coarse grater. Combine fried onions with mushrooms with greens, cheese and eggs, pepper and salt, mix, stuff squid carcasses, fasten the holes with toothpicks, put in a deep baking sheet.

Mix sour cream with mayonnaise, flour, pepper and salt, pour squids with this sauce, bake in an oven preheated to medium temperature for 30-40 minutes, remove toothpicks after cooking. When serving, cut the carcasses into transverse pieces. It can be served as a hot main course, as a cold or hot appetizer.

Instead of boiled eggs, you can use boiled rice, instead of sour cream and mayonnaise sauce - Bechamel sauce.

In the described recipe, as you can see, the squids were not pre-boiled, so the cooking time in the oven was increased. To boil squids in advance before stuffing or not - each housewife decides for herself, to her taste. In the next recipe, squids are boiled.

Recipe for squid stuffed with zucchini

You will need:

• medium zucchini - 2 pcs
• squid - 2 pcs
• 1 carrot
• 0.5 onions, spices to taste,
• mayonnaise or sour cream.

How to cook

Coarsely grate the zucchini or cut into thin strips, squeeze if necessary. Fry the onions and carrots in oil until softened, add the zucchini and fry a little more. If desired, at the end of frying, you can add any suitable sauce to the vegetables to taste (sour cream, Bechamel, tomato, etc.). Dip the squid carcasses in boiling water for a couple of minutes, then dry and stuff, stab a hole in each with a toothpick. Spread squids on the outside with sour cream or mayonnaise, sprinkle with cheese, bake in the oven for about 15 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

You can make the zucchini filling a little differently: finely chop the zucchini and carrots, mix with cheese grated on a coarse grater, pepper and salt.

As noted above, stuffed squid can not only be baked in the oven, but also fried.

Fried stuffed squid recipe

You will need:

• squid carcasses,
• mashed potatoes / rice with boiled egg and herbs,
• flour, vegetable oil for frying.

How to cook:

Stuff raw squid carcasses with boiled rice with egg or mashed potatoes, fasten the holes with toothpicks, roll the carcasses in flour and fry in a pan with hot oil for 5-7 minutes on both sides.

Recipe for squid stuffed with ham

At first glance, this combination of products seems strange. But be sure to get a delicious dish for weekdays and holidays!

Ingredients:

• 800 grams of squid;
• 800 grams of smoked ham;
• 80 grams of cheese;
• 200 milliliters of olive oil;
• 500 grams of tomatoes;
• 1 sprig of parsley;
• 200 grams of rice;
• 1 onion;
• 6 cloves of garlic;
• 200 milliliters of white wine;
• 2 bay leaves;
• 1 tablespoon flour;
• salt and pepper.

How to cook:

We clean the squids and cut their tentacles into strips (we leave the carcasses for stuffing). Grind the ham and grate the cheese. Cut the onion and fry it in olive oil. When it turns golden, add the squid tentacles to the pan. After 5 minutes, put in the same pan and rice.

Simmer the food until the rice is soft, adding warm water as needed. After that, remove the pan from the heat, transfer all the ingredients to a container and add the chopped ham, chopped herbs and grated cheese to them. We mix everything thoroughly.

Now it remains to carefully stuff the squids with the resulting mixture. To prevent the minced meat from falling out during frying, fasten the open ends of the carcass with toothpicks. Roll stuffed squids in flour and fry on both sides in vegetable oil.

After the squids are browned, put them on a plate. In the same oil, fry the garlic and herbs, chopped tomatoes. As the tomatoes brown, you can add white wine to the pan. We put stuffed squids in this mixture and simmer them for another 20 minutes under a closed lid. When the gravy thickens, the dish will be ready!

Stuffing options for squid stuffing

Stuffed squids are best baked.

The easiest option: put stuffed squid carcasses in a mold, pour cream mixed with garlic, chopped dill and a little flour. Cream can be replaced with sour cream. Bake in the oven.

If you already know how you want to cook stuffed squids (bake in the oven with or without sauce, fry in a pan, boil or not pre-boil, etc.), then the rest you need to decide is the filling.

We offer several more options for minced meat for squid. By choosing one of them, you can cook squid in any desired way, with or without sauce.

• Boiled rice with fried champignons, peppered and mixed with herbs (if desired, season with mayonnaise). After stuffing the squids, you can coat them with sour cream if they are fried in the oven.

• Rice with carrots, onions, tomatoes, dill, parsley and mushrooms: fry all vegetables, mix with rice and stuff squids. If they are cooked in the oven, then you can pour them with cream mixed with a small amount of flour and herbs, peppered and salted, make a thin grid of mayonnaise on top, bake for 20 minutes at 180 degrees in the oven.

• Barley porridge with cheese, prunes and walnuts.

• Rice, mushrooms, onion, hard cheese

• Rice, boiled egg, boiled shrimp, if desired - with mayonnaise.

• Mussels with sweet peppers and Chinese cabbage, seasoned with parsley and garlic.

• Rice with browned onions, garlic and dill.

• Grated cheese with garlic, cucumber and mayonnaise.

• Finely chop the chicken meat and fry with onions and mushrooms. Add spices and salt to taste. You can add boiled rice or mashed potatoes.

• Beef heart - chop finely, fry, add onions and carrots, simmer until soft, season with pepper, salt and garlic.

• Minced meat with garlic, onion, squid tentacles and tomatoes.

• Cut shrimp, scallops and mussels into small cubes and sauté with onions in butter for 3-4 minutes. Let cool, add cream cheese and chopped herbs.

• Finely chop the chicken meat and fry with onions and mushrooms. Add spices and salt to taste.. You can add boiled rice or mashed potatoes.

• 3 medium-sized squids, 150 g white sea fish fillets, 100 g boiled peeled shrimp, a tablespoon of soy sauce, half a bunch of fresh coriander, 2 small cloves of garlic, salt and ground white pepper (can be replaced with black or a mixture of peppers).

• Boiled chicken eggs + marinated mussels in oil + half-boiled rice

• Omelet with mushrooms, sprinkle with warm cheese, greens

• fillet of any sea fish (400 grams), champignons (300 grams), onions (1 piece),

You can come up with your own filling for stuffing squid using your favorite products, the main thing is not to limit your culinary imagination and cook with pleasure!

Seafood Recipes

squid stuffed recipes

12 pcs.

50 minutes

90 kcal

5 /5 (1 )

If you are looking for some interesting dish that is nice to put on the table, then stuffed squid in the oven is the option, as you can see by looking at the recipes from the photo below.

It is not so difficult to prepare such a dish, but the result is simply magnificent. And one such squid can be quite full, because it has quite a lot of stuffing.

Stuffed squid always turns out to be very tasty, no matter what filling you put in, and there are quite a few of them, including in our recipe with a photo. Try to cook it once, and it will become your signature dish for any holiday. See the recipes and choose your favorite.

How to choose the right ingredients

• It is better to take unpeeled squids, as they definitely have not been processed with chemicals. Plus, they're cheaper.
• Buy frozen squid, as only those that have just been caught from the water can be fresh.
• The skin of the squid should not be uniform: it is usually of different colors in different parts, from pinkish to gray-violet.

Stuffed squid with minced meat

Kitchen appliances and utensils: frying pan, knife, board, saucepan, toothpicks, spoon.

Ingredients

Cooking process

First stage

Second phase

Third stage

Video recipe for stuffed squid

To remember this whole seemingly complicated process, watch this video. Once you memorize the steps and understand what to do, the recipe will not seem so difficult.

Stuffed SQUID - well, very tasty!

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INGREDIENTS:
8 pcs. 1 kg. – squid
2 tooth - garlic
1 PC. - onion
500 gr. - ground meat
200 gr. - Champignon
1/2 piece red bolt. pepper
8 pcs. - Cherry tomatoes
olive oil
250 ml. - dry white wine
pepper
green onion
salt
Provencal herbs
lemon

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Squids with crab sticks and squids with meat

• Cooking time: 1 hour.
• Servings: 6 items.
• Kitchen appliances and utensils: knife, board, baking dish, blender, oven, toothpicks, spoon, bowls.

Ingredients

For squid with meat

For squid with crab sticks

Cooking process

First stage

Second phase

Third stage

Fourth stage

Video recipe for squid

This video will help you figure out how to cook squid tastier and faster. Young guys are great at explaining and showing everything, so you won’t be bored watching.

What to serve with squid

Such stuffed squids are a complete dish in themselves, and they are usually served only with sauce or lemon juice. If you want to add something else, then you can cook any side dish to your taste, whether it be potatoes, porridge or pasta.

But it is better to limit yourself to fresh vegetables or a salad of them. As a drink, it would be appropriate to pour a glass of white wine.

• If you bake squid in the oven, you can lightly grease them with mayonnaise to get a golden crust.
• Do not put too much filling, otherwise it will just fall out of the squid.
• The smaller you cut the filling, the more convenient it will be stuffed.

Other options

You can stuff not only seafood or fish, but also many vegetables. For example, pepper known to all of us since childhood, and it will be even better to cook than on the stove.

Usually we cook, which is undoubtedly very tasty, but if you do not want to use meat, then there is a recipe for you. It turns out very juicy and tasty, in no way inferior to the option with meat.

Or you can do almost the same thing, and cook, which will turn out even healthier and more satisfying. Everyone can find a good option for themselves, and if you have already found it, then write about it in the comments.

Seafood Recipes

Two wonderful recipes for cooking stuffed squid (in the pan and in the oven). Your loved ones will certainly appreciate this delicious and refined dish.

1 hour

93.1 kcal

5/5 (3)

Recently, a friend shared a very simple and delicious recipe for stuffed squid. It's perfect for a holiday table. Now I will tell you several options for preparing this dish.

Recipe for delicious stuffed squid (with photo)

Kitchen appliances: frying pan and saucepan.

Ingredients

How to choose ingredients

• I prefer to use unpeeled squid. They are cheaper than already cleaned ones.
• Minced pork and beef are best for the filling.
• You can use any mushrooms you like to make this dish.
• Cherry tomatoes can be substituted for regular tomatoes. They will need to be cut into four parts.

Cooking steps

1. We cut off the tentacles of the squid. They can be used for stuffing or for decoration.
   
2. Carefully take out all the insides and remove the skin.
   
3. Rinse thoroughly under running water.
4. Finely chop the garlic and onion.
   
5. Heat up the pan and pour in the olive oil.
6. Fry the onion over low heat for 2 minutes.
7. Add garlic to the pan. Cooking for 2 more minutes.
   
8. Cut the pepper into small cubes. Put in the pan and fry for 3 minutes.
   
9. We spread the minced meat to the vegetables, salt. Mix thoroughly and fry until the pink color disappears.
   
10. Mushrooms cut into medium pieces. We send it to the pan. Cooking 3-4 minutes.
11. Fry the tentacles until golden brown in a heated pan with olive oil.
    
12. Put the stuffing on a plate and cool.
13. Stuff the squid with stuffing and fasten with toothpicks.
    
14. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the squids on both sides until browned.
    
15. Place the squids in a saucepan and pour over the wine.
16. Let the wine boil, cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 6 minutes on each side.
    
17. Cut the cherry tomatoes in two. Add to the pan 2-3 minutes before the squid is ready.
18. We spread the squids on a plate and decorate with fried tentacles.
    

Stuffed squid video recipe

In this video you will learn how to properly cook stuffed squid.

Recipe for stuffed squid in the oven with a photo

• Cooking time: 60 minutes.
• Servings: 4.
• Kitchen appliances: frying pan, pan, baking sheet, blender.

Ingredients

• squid - 8 pcs;
• pork - 350 grams;
• mushrooms - 350 grams;
• carrots - 4 pcs;
• onions - 4 pcs;
• squid ears - 75 grams;
• rice - 150 grams;
• crab sticks - 200 grams;

• eggs - 4 pcs;
• olive oil - 50 ml;
• garlic - 7 cloves;
• tomatoes - 4 pcs;
• basil - 5 branches;
• green onions - 2 pcs;
• dill - 5 branches;
• chili - 10 grams;

• sour cream - 150 grams;
• mayonnaise - 200 grams;
• salt;
• carnation - 4 stars;
• allspice - 5 peas;
• black pepper - 5 peas;
• seasonings to taste.

Cooking steps

1. Boil water in a saucepan. Add allspice, cloves, black pepper and lay out the pork.
2. Cook pork over medium heat for 35 minutes.
3. Boil rice until tender.
4. Cut the mushrooms very finely.
   
5. Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots.
6. Hard boil eggs.
7. Cut the tomatoes into quarters and peel off the skin.
   
8. Peel the garlic and crush four cloves with a knife.
9. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the crushed garlic until browned.
   
10. Drain the oil into a bowl. We leave three tablespoons for lubricating squid. Pour the rest of the oil into a blender.
11. Add chili, tomatoes, salt, seasonings to the blender. Grind to a homogeneous mass.
    
12. Fry the onion in sunflower oil for 2 minutes. Add carrots and fry until tender.
13. Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan to the maximum temperature. Saute mushrooms until browned.
14. Crab sticks and eggs are cut very finely.
    
15. Cut the boiled pork into small cubes.
16. Finely chop the squid ears and fry in a pan for 2 minutes.
17. Chop the green onion very finely.
18. For the first filling, mix rice, crab sticks, eggs, green onions, half an onion with carrots, mayonnaise (50 grams) and salt.
    
19. We skip the garlic through the press.
20. In a separate bowl, mix mayonnaise (150 grams), sour cream, chopped garlic, finely chopped dill. Stir and let stand in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. We will get a fragrant sour cream dressing.
21. For the second filling, mix pork, mushrooms, the second half of the onion with carrots, fried squid, sour cream dressing and salt.
    
22. We stuff four squid carcasses with one filling, four with the second.
23. We fasten each carcass with toothpicks.
24. Lubricate a baking sheet with oil and lay out the squids.
    
25. Lubricate each carcass with garlic oil.
26. We send it to a preheated oven (200 degrees, 6 minutes).
27. Serve baked calamari with tomato sauce.
    

Oven stuffed squid video recipe

From this video you will learn how to properly cook stuffed squid in the oven.

Squid is a seafood product that can often be seen on store shelves, but how and what can be prepared from it? The first thing that comes to mind is salads. But from squid you can cook a variety of yummy: they can be stewed, baked, marinated and even boiled soups. Perhaps one of the reasons why such products do not often appear in our shopping basket is the lack of knowledge about the technology for preparing this capricious product.

Today we will try to fix this error. Let us dwell on the culinary direction that will allow you to create several types of mollusks and cold snacks at once. And it will take quite a bit for this - to learn. In this form, they can be baked in the oven or simply cooled and cut - so a huge variety of new dishes will appear on your table. How to stuff minced meat that is successful for this and how to present an excellent treat to the festive table - we will talk about this today.

How to boil squid

Many people know that before using squid in cooking, it must be boiled. But here's the bad luck - each hostess does it in her own way and claims that her way is the surest. Some recommend boiling the clam for 30 seconds, others for 5 minutes, and some for up to half an hour. In fact, this is a matter of taste, many recognized culinary specialists generally recommend not to boil the carcasses, but simply marinate them and serve them with sauce. It is fresh meat that has the most intense taste, aroma, and it will be tender. Raw clam meat is very digestible, but if you are not a fan of sushi and this option disgusts you, boil them lightly before stuffing squid.

Preparation for stuffing

In fact, boil the carcasses in boiling water for no more than 2 minutes, so they have time to boil, but the meat does not turn into a piece of rubber. You need to lower the squid into boiling water after boiling water, after salting and adding spices (bay leaf and peppercorns). If for some reason you overexposed the meat - do not be discouraged. Boil the carcasses for about 30 more minutes - and softness will return to them, although the size will decrease significantly.

If you plan to bake the dish in the oven in the future or fry the carcasses in oil, then you can not boil them before stuffing the squids. They are well baked, and the meat certainly will not remain raw, but, on the contrary, will be tender. But if no further heat treatment follows, boil the carcasses for a couple of minutes.

Stuffing for baking

Let's dwell on several options for how to stuff squid for baking or further frying. To do this, you will need to stuff the carcasses not very tightly, otherwise the minced meat will flow out during baking. Lubricate with mayonnaise or sauce prepared in advance and send to the oven.

vegetable filling

What can you stuff squid with? Vegetables, for example. This recipe is quite simple and does not take much time to prepare. Take some fresh champignons, a couple of tomatoes, 2 cloves of garlic, a medium onion, a good handful of chopped cabbage, a few green onions. Finely chop all the ingredients, fry in a saucepan in vegetable oil, salt, add a little ground pepper. Let the stuffing cool down. Now stuff the carcasses and place them on a greased baking sheet. Sprinkle a little salt and sugar on top of the calamari. Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Serve with vinegar and soy sauce.

We start with minced meat

Perhaps one of the best options for stuffing squid is minced meat. You can take any meat: chicken or veal, in general, what is more to your taste. Take a fresh carrot, an onion, a medium tomato, a couple of cloves of garlic. Fry chopped vegetables in a pan, when they become soft - add minced meat. Stirring constantly, fry until slightly browned. Salt, add spices and a tablespoon of flour, the mass should become a little viscous. Cool down the filling. Stuff the carcasses, fasten the open edge with a toothpick. After that, dip the squid in a beaten egg, then in breadcrumbs (flour or semolina), fry the stuffed squids in a deep frying pan in a large amount of oil. The recipe will quickly and permanently settle among your family's favorites. The dish is hearty, tasty and fragrant. Calamari will be delicious hot or cold the next day as a snack.

Minced mushrooms and rice with cheese

Squid stuffed with rice and mushrooms is an excellent dish. All products have a delicate taste and perfectly emphasize the aroma of each other. For half a cup of cooked rice, take 300 grams of mushrooms, a couple of tablespoons of sour cream and mayonnaise, 100 grams of hard cheese, an onion, a large clove of garlic. Fry the onion and mushrooms, cool, add a spoonful of sour cream and half of the grated cheese. Salt, pepper, add herbs and mayonnaise. Mix. Stuff the carcasses, fasten the open edge. Make a filling: mix sour cream, garlic. Squid fry a little in oil. Put them in a baking dish, grease with sour cream sauce and sprinkle with the remaining grated cheese on top and put in the oven. If the cheese is melted, the stuffed squids are ready. The recipe is simple, but it is quite worthy to take a place at any holiday.

Calamari with chicken and mushrooms in white wine

Another great option for stuffing squid for baking. Take 200 grams of chicken meat, some fresh mushrooms, a large onion, half a glass of boiled rice, spices and herbs. Cut the meat finely and fry, add onion to it and a little later - mushrooms. Season with spices and herbs, combine with rice and chopped egg. Fill carcasses. Mix garlic with mayonnaise, spread squids with this sauce. We put them in a heat-resistant bowl, pour a little white wine (100 grams) and put them in the oven for 15 minutes.

Calamari stuffed with cabbage in tomato sauce

A great way - very tasty and tender stuffed squids are obtained. The recipe is very simple, and the ingredients for it can be found in every home. Take some fresh cabbage, a couple of hard-boiled eggs, 2 tablespoons, or fresh tomatoes. A large onion, any herbs, spices and salt. Finely chop the cabbage and simmer until medium cooked, pour finely chopped onion to it. Add greens and chopped eggs. When the minced meat has cooled, fill the carcasses. We fasten the edges and fry lightly in oil. Almost done. Put the squids in a roasting pan, add a little water and a tomato, simmer for 15-20 minutes.

Calamari with minced fish and shrimp

Do you want to buy squid for dinner? How to fill them, have not decided yet? Clams pair very well in taste with other seafood or fish. And most importantly - all these products are quickly prepared. Take the fish fillet. 300 grams (salmon or pink salmon), without bones. A large onion, a couple of eggs, a dozen shrimp, a lemon, a couple of tablespoons of tomato paste (can be finely chopped. Thoroughly clean the fish from skin and bones, finely chop. Shrimps need to be peeled, chopped. Boil the eggs, then clean and chop finely. ready. Fill the squids with stuffing, fasten the hole with a toothpick. Place the carcasses in a roasting pan, pour a mixture of sour cream and tomato on top. Put in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes. If desired, you can lightly sprinkle the squids with grated cheese. Serve with lemon quarters. An excellent hot dish is ready!

Cold snacks

They are simply irreplaceable at any party. So why not dilute the usual meat cuts with seafood? How to stuff squid for a festive table? Any topping you like. Try to cook several recipes, choose the best of them and boldly decorate the festive table with dishes. If you do not plan to bake the carcasses after stuffing, then it is better to boil them first, and then cook the stuffed squids. Choose the recipe to your taste, but rather cook a few, but little by little - there will be an excellent variety of cuts. Before serving, put the squid carcasses under a small press and put them in the refrigerator - so the filling will become denser and will not crumble when cut.

Spicy appetizer with garlic

A very simple recipe. Boil a few eggs, grate them and hard cheese on a medium grater. No solid - take fused without fillers, it will work fine. Add pressed garlic, finely chopped dill, add mayonnaise and mix. It remains only to fill with a mixture of squid. Cool under pressure - done, now just cut into rings.

Squid stuffed with crab meat

How to stuff squid deliciously, quickly and not waste time frying - after all, the guests are already on the doorstep? There is one great recipe with crab meat, it can be replaced with chopsticks. You will need: a little Beijing cabbage, boiled eggs, mayonnaise, crab sticks, a little sorrel (or without it), fresh herbs. You need to finely chop all the ingredients, mix, season with mayonnaise and stuff the carcasses. Cut into rings, garnish with lemon slices and treat unexpected guests.

Squids will look great on any holiday table or at home. How to stuff them is a matter of taste for everyone. Someone prefers gentle and soft combinations, someone will like an unobtrusive point. Try your variations, add new ingredients, mix aromas and flavors - maybe you will come up with and cook an amazing dish for your family. Do not leave such a product unattended, it is very useful, it is dietary and simply necessary for the elderly, because it is not for nothing that it is called a "balm for the heart." And yes! Enjoy your meal!

Squids have long ceased to be a rarity on our table. From these delicious seafood, you can cook a lot of healthy and tasty dishes. The first thing that comes to mind is, of course, various squid salads. However, experienced chefs are not at all limited to cooking squid with salads alone, but are happy to stew them, bake, stuff and even marinate them. Stuffing squid is a simple process, because the carcass of this marine life is an almost perfect container for the filling.

Before stuffing squids, it is necessary to prepare them: clean them from the insides, remove the film, wash thoroughly and boil. Cooking time - from 0.5 to 5 minutes. It's no secret that overcooked squids run the risk of turning from a tasty mouth-watering delicacy into inedible chunks of rubber. In some recipes, it is advised not to boil the clams at all, but simply dip them in hot boiling water for a few minutes. The optimal cooking time is from 2 to 3 minutes. It is important to remember at the same time that it is necessary to lower the carcass into already boiling water. If during the preparation the dish is planned to be subjected to heat treatment (stewing, baking in the oven), then the carcasses can not be boiled at all.

There are a great variety of filling options: rice, various vegetables, crab sticks, mushrooms and even minced meat.

Below are some of the most popular: stuffed squid - recipes with photos, according to which you can cook simple and delicious dishes.

Calamari stuffed with rice, onion and egg

Ingredients:

- squid carcasses (4-5 pieces);

- rice (125-150 grams);

- hard-boiled egg (2 pieces);

- raw egg (2 pieces);

- onions (2-3 heads);

- tomato paste (1 tablespoon);

- salt for the filling (1/2 teaspoon);

- black pepper powder (1/2 teaspoon);

- parsley or dill (bunch).

Cooking:

1. Boil rice in 2 cups of water with half a teaspoon of salt until half cooked - about 10 minutes. Drain excess water.
2. Sauté finely chopped onion in a frying pan with the addition of a small amount of vegetable oil (1.5 tablespoons) for 5 minutes.
3. Add tomato paste to the onion, mix everything until an orange tint is obtained and sauté for another 2-3 minutes.
4. Cut boiled eggs and greens and add to the sautéed onion.
5. Add pepper to the resulting mass and beat in raw eggs, mix everything well.
6. Clean the squid carcasses, rinse and rub with salt inside and out. Stuff (not very tightly) with the finished stuffing. If necessary, sew up the edges with thread so that the filling does not fall out.
7. Lightly fry the stuffed carcasses in a frying pan in preheated vegetable oil for 5 minutes.
8. Prepare sour cream sauce. To do this, grind one tablespoon of flour in heated vegetable oil (2 tablespoons) and fry a little for 2-3 minutes. Then add 400 grams of sour cream in parts and mix everything well until smooth. Add half a teaspoon of salt and ground pepper to taste, mix. Gradually dilute the mixture with 300 ml of water with continuous stirring. Wait for the sauce to boil, then turn off the heat.
9. Transfer the stuffed carcasses to a saucepan, pour over sour cream sauce and simmer in the oven at a temperature of 180 degrees. Extinguishing time - from 20 to 30 minutes.
10. Put the finished stuffed dish on a plate, pour over the sauce and garnish with herbs.

Mushrooms, rice and squid are perfectly combined with each other, giving the finished dish an original delicate taste and aroma.

Ingredients:

- squid carcasses (3 pieces);

- a can of canned champignons or other mushrooms;

- boiled rice (no more than ½ cup);

- boiled egg (2 pieces);

- onion (1 large head);

- carrots (1 piece);

- mayonnaise;

- grated cheese;

- spices and seasonings to taste.

Cooking:

1. Finely chop the carrots and onions and fry over low heat, then add chopped mushrooms and spices to the pan. Turn off the heat and remove the pan from the stove.
2. Boiled eggs finely crumble or grate, boil rice. Add eggs and rice to the rest of the ingredients and mix everything.
3. Peel the squids, wash and boil in salted water for no more than 3 minutes.
4. Stuff the carcasses with the prepared stuffing and place in a container for the oven. The edges can be secured with thread or toothpicks.
5. Spread the stuffed squids on the outside with mayonnaise, grate the cheese on top.
6. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, put a container with squid and bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
7. The finished dish is served with any suitable sauce.

Such squids can be used as a universal snack - they can be consumed both warm (baked) and cold (like a salad).

Ingredients:

- squid carcasses (4 pieces);

- crab sticks (1 pack of 100 grams);

- boiled egg (2 pieces);

- boiled rice (100 grams);

- mayonnaise;

- salt to taste.

Cooking:

1. Finely chop boiled eggs and crab sticks.
2. Mix boiled rice, chopped eggs and crab sticks. Fill the resulting salad with mayonnaise (2 tablespoons) and mix.
3. Clean the squids, wash and quickly boil in salted water - no longer than a minute.
4. Stuff the carcasses with crab salad and paint with mayonnaise on top.
5. If desired, stuffed squids can be baked in the oven and served as an original hot dish. To do this, you need a sheet of foil or a suitable container. Place the carcasses in a container or in foil with folded edges, do not close the top. Put in an oven preheated to 190 degrees and bake for no more than 15 minutes.

Stuffed squids will look great both during a festive celebration and at a simple family dinner. A large selection of ingredients for the filling allows you to find the right option based on your own taste and preferences: gentle and soft combinations or spicy spiciness. Stuffed squid carcasses can be served both whole and chopped rings.