Red Sea salad with tomatoes and squid

You can add red bell pepper cut into strips. There are a lot of salad options with the same name and with different ingredients. The only thing in common between these recipes is the presence of seafood and tomatoes in the composition. Most often, this salad is made with crab sticks and squid.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Squid

300

Cherry tomatoes

120

Hard cheese

Garlic

Mayonnaise

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 56 % 14 g

Fats 40 % 10 g

Carbohydrates 4 % 1 g

153 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 25 min

Step 1:
How to make a Red Sea salad with tomatoes and squid? Prepare the ingredients. We will need: fresh or frozen squid, tomatoes (I have cherry tomatoes); cheese; garlic; mayonnaise. If desired, you can add salt and pepper.
Step 2:
If the squid is frozen, first defrost them. If the carcasses are uncleaned, rinse them thoroughly and peel off the skin and films, remove the chord. Boil the squid one at a time in salted boiling water for 1-2 minutes, then they will retain their shape. Do not cook longer!!! Otherwise, the squid will become hard as rubber and completely tasteless.
Step 3:
Wash the cherry tomatoes, dry them and cut them into quarters.
Step 4:
Cool the finished squid, cut into strips.
Step 5:
Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
Step 6:
Peel the garlic and pass it through the press.
Step 7:
Combine squid, tomatoes and cheese in a salad bowl. Add garlic and mayonnaise passed through the press.
Step 8:
Mix everything thoroughly. If desired, you can add salt and pepper to the salad.
Step 9:
Bon appetit!

Squid can be replaced with crab sticks.
With the same name, a salad with red fish, crab sticks or shrimp is prepared.
You can add 2 boiled eggs to the salad for satiety.
The salad will appeal to all lovers of seafood and squid in particular.
Squid, like almost all seafood, is very rich in protein. And it practically does not contain fats and carbohydrates. Thanks to this, the salad turns out to be hearty and low-calorie.
It is very important to cook squid properly. Another sign of the readiness of squid when cooking - they should turn from beige to white. If there are more than one carcass, then it is better to cook them alternately. Then they won't lose their shape.
Squid meat is valuable because of its low energy value, as well as its chemical composition, which provides the body with the necessary amino acids, especially important in the process of losing weight or during physical exertion. Thanks to the taurine contained in squid, the level of cholesterol in the blood decreases.
Another distinctive feature is the content of a large amount of animal protein in the composition. According to this indicator, squid is not inferior to beef or fish.

It is better to prepare mayonnaise yourself. It will be tastier and healthier. See here interesting recipes for homemade mayonnaise.
Also, as a dressing, you can use not only mayonnaise, but also sour cream or natural yogurt. They can be taken separately or mixed with mayonnaise in any proportion to your taste - this will reduce the calorie content of the dish.