Pickled squid

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to pickle squid at home? First, prepare the marinade. Take extra virgin olive oil.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel and finely chop the garlic. If desired, you can pass the garlic through the press.

3. Step 3:

   

   Cut chili peppers into rings. If you want to reduce the sharpness of the pepper, remove the seeds. You can also replace the red chili with green.

4. Step 4:

   

   Remove the zest from the lemon. I immediately rub the zest from a whole thoroughly washed and dried lemon on a fine grater - this is more convenient and faster. Then cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice out of each half.

5. Step 5:

   

   Chop the parsley finely. If you like a more spicy taste, replace the parsley with coriander or use two types of greens at once.

6. Step 6:

   

   In a bowl, combine garlic, parsley, chili pepper, juice and lemon zest. Add sweet chili sauce and olive oil. Mix everything thoroughly. If you don't have sweet chili sauce, you can either not add anything at all, or add tomato ketchup. The marinade is ready.

8. Step 7:

   

   Now start cooking squid. I used unpeeled frozen squid, but it is most convenient to work with already prepared squid. They are sold frozen in the form of tubes for stuffing. The final weight of thawed squid should be 500 g, so take them with a margin.

9. Step 8:

   

   If you have unprocessed squid, peel them from the skin and insides, remove the chitin plate. Separate the tail fins from the squid's body. Cut the squid carcasses into rings. Cut the tail fins into strips.

10. Step 9:

    

    Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan. Put the squid and fry, stirring, over medium heat for no longer than 2-3 minutes. Do not fry longer!!! Otherwise, the squid will become hard as rubber.

11. Step 10:

    

    Put the squid in a bowl, pour in the marinade and mix.

12. Step 11:

    

    Tighten the bowl with squid cling film and put it in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour, preferably overnight, so that they have time to marinate well.

13. Step 12:

    

    Put the finished squid together with the marinade on a plate and serve to the table. Enjoy your meal!