Among all the snacks with this headframe, one of the most popular is the salad of squid with egg and cucumber - simple to prepare, very satisfying and incredibly tasty, especially if you use the recipes and cooking techniques described in our material.
Salad with squid, egg and fresh cucumber
If you can not be classified as a fan of salads with mayonnaise dressing, then try this recipe for a simple Thai cold snack, in which the usual list of ingredients is complemented by an unusual salad dressing.
Ingredients:
For salad:
- squid - 330 g;
- cucumber - 1 piece;
- cherry tomatoes - 125 g;
- lettuce - ½ head;
- hot chilli - to taste;
- handful of peanuts;
- handful of cilantro;
- eggs - 2 pcs.
For refueling:
- lemon juice - 55 ml;
- grated ginger - 1 teaspoon;
- fish sauce - 15 ml;
- sugar - 5 g.
Preparation
First of all, combine the ingredients for refueling and set the mixture aside. Squid carcases and blanch in salted boiling water for 30 seconds. Leave the squid to cool, and boil the eggs and cut the cucumber with cherry tomatoes. Tear salad lettuce with your hands or cut into medium-thick straws, then mix all the vegetable ingredients, add chunks of hot pepper and rings of boiled squid. Pour the salad dressing, stir and serve, sprinkling with cilantro, chopped peanuts, and laying quarters of the boiled egg on top.
Salad with squid, fresh cucumber, egg and crab sticks
Another inexpensive option of "seafood" are crab sticks. Sweetish product from surimi has repeatedly proved its versatility in recipes for cold appetizers, because its combination with squid will not cause surprise.
Ingredients:
- cucumber - 130 g;
- squid - 300 g;
- eggs - 4 pieces;
- green onions - 3-4 feathers;
- crab sticks - 210 g;
- mayonnaise - to taste.
Preparation
Peeled squid carcasses boil in salted boiling water for a minute. On the next burner, leave the boiled eggs hard. Chilled eggs, clean and finely chop. Cut the squid carcass with rings or straws. Cucumbers can also be divided into cubes or small brusochki. By analogy with cucumbers cut the crab sticks. Mix all the ingredients together, add onion greens and season salad with squid, cucumber, eggs and crab sticks with mayonnaise.
Salad with squid, egg, cucumber and corn
Ingredients:
- squid carcasses - 270 g;
- cheese - 85 g;
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- garlic - 1 tooth;
- corn - 135 g;
- fresh cucumber - 90 g;
- mayonnaise - to taste.
Preparation
Pry the garlic clove and mix it with mayonnaise. Eggs leave to cook hard-boiled, and peeled squid carcass cook in salted boiling water for not more than a minute. Boiled and chilled shellfish cut into rings, mix with chopped eggs, cubes of cucumbers, grated cheese and corn. Season salad with squid, egg, cucumber and cheese with garlic mayonnaise and proceed to the tasting.
Salad with egg, calamari, cucumber and peas
Ingredients:
- squid - 580 g;
- salted cucumber - 190 g;
- green peas - 310 g;
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- crab sticks - 210 g;
- mayonnaise - to taste.
Preparation
Put the squid carcasses and eggs to cook. After cooling the squid, cut them with small strips. Chop the eggs. Pick a cucumber in small cubes. Crush the crab sticks and mix all the prepared ingredients together with the canned peas. Season the salad with mayonnaise and serve.