RED SEA SALAD WITH TOMATOES AND SQUID

You can add red bell pepper cut into strips. There are many options for a salad 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.

Ingredients

• Squid300 gr
• Cherry tomatoes120 gr
• Hard cheese 80 gr
• Garlic 2 cloves
• Mayonnaise 2 tablespoons

Directions

1. Prepare ingredients. To prepare the Red Sea salad with tomatoes and squid, we need: fresh or frozen squid, tomatoes (I have cherry tomatoes); cheese; garlic; mayonnaise. Add salt and pepper if desired.
2. If the squids are frozen, defrost them first. If the carcasses are unpeeled, rinse them thoroughly and remove 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 any longer !!! Otherwise, the squid will become tough as rubber and completely tasteless.
3. Wash, dry and cut the cherry tomatoes into quarters.
4. Cool the finished squid, cut into strips.
5. Grate cheese on a coarse grater.
6. Peel the garlic and pass through a press.
7. Combine squid, tomatoes and cheese in a salad bowl. Add minced garlic and mayonnaise.
8. Mix everything thoroughly. If desired, you can salt and pepper the salad.
9. Bon Appetit!
10. Squids can be replaced with crab sticks.
11. Salad with red fish, crab sticks or shrimps is prepared with the same name.
12. You can add 2 boiled eggs to the salad for satiety.
13. The salad will appeal to all connoisseurs of seafood and squid in particular.
14. Squid, like almost all seafood, are very rich in protein. And practically does not contain fats and carbohydrates. Thanks to this, the salad is nourishing and low-calorie.
15. It is very important to cook the squid properly. Another sign of squid readiness when cooking is that they should turn from beige to white. If there is more than one carcass, then it is better to cook them one by one. Then they will not lose their shape.
16. 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, which are 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 is reduced.
17. Another distinctive feature is the content of a large amount of animal protein. According to this indicator, squid is not inferior to beef or fish.