Lean squid salad

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a lean squid salad? Very simple! Prepare the necessary ingredients. Squid can be used already peeled without skin or with skin. If you use unpeeled squid, you must first remove the skin from them, remove the insides. You can use any tomatoes. I have small fragrant farm tomatoes. The vegetable part can be supplemented or replaced according to your taste.

2. Step 2:

   

   Boil the prepared squid carcasses. How to boil squid? Throw the peeled squid into salted boiling water. Cook them for 1-2 minutes. Do not cook longer!!! Otherwise, the squid will become hard as rubber and completely tasteless. Cool the finished squid, cut into rings or strips.

3. Step 3:

   

   Wash and dry all vegetables and herbs. If you have small tomatoes, cut them in half. If ordinary tomatoes, cut them into slices. Choose juicy tomatoes, but dense. Soft fruits do not keep their shape well, in the process of slicing and cooking they will spread into a shapeless mass and spoil the appearance of the dish.

4. Step 4:

   

   Cut the cucumber into semicircles. The skin, if it is not rough, not damaged and not bitter, does not need to be cut off.

5. Step 5:

   

   Peel the bell pepper from the seeds and stalks and cut into strips.

6. Step 6:

   

   Chop the dill finely. Dill can be replaced with parsley or other herbs to taste.

8. Step 7:

   

   Wash the Peking cabbage and cut it as small as possible. I disassembled the cabbage into leaves for convenience. In the salad, I used the leafy green part directly. I cut off the white tougher part.

9. Step 8:

   

   Now prepare all the ingredients for the dressing. You can supplement the dressing with 1 tsp of liquid honey, 1 tsp of apple or wine vinegar, as well as spices to your liking. Any vegetable oil will do. I have olive oil.

10. Step 9:

    

    In a bowl, combine vegetable oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Whisk everything thoroughly with a fork until smooth.

11. Step 10:

    

    In a salad bowl, combine squid, tomatoes, Peking cabbage, bell pepper, cucumber and dill.

12. Step 11:

    

    Pour the dressing over the salad and mix. If desired, you can put the salad in the refrigerator for 20 minutes before serving. Enjoy your meal!