Surprisingly, dried squid - everyone's favorite snack for foam - is very easy to prepare at home. This does not require any rare products, and it will take relatively little time - only 2-3 hours. If you do not have a special food dryer, you can cook squid in a regular oven at low temperature.
Required ingredients:
- rock salt;
- 1 kg squid.
Step-by-step recipe for cooking dried squid
To make squids easy to clean, lower them into boiling water for 3-5 seconds, then drain the liquid.
We clean each squid from the top of the curled film and remove the insides.
Cut the squid into rings and strips approximately 5 mm wide.
Prepare a saline solution. To do this, dilute 8 tablespoons of salt in 1.5 liters of water at room temperature.
Dip the chopped squid in the salt solution for 5 minutes, then drain the liquid. There is no need to rinse the squid!
Place the squid on a wire mesh and turn on the dryer for 2 hours. The rings should dry at a temperature of 60 degrees. If you dry the squid in the oven, they should be placed on a baking sheet.The cooking time and temperature in this case are similar to the drying conditions in a special apparatus.
As the squids dry (after 1.5 hours), you need to start stirring them periodically.
From 1 kg of wet frozen squid, about 150 g of finished product is obtained. When using dry-frozen squid, the yield is about 350 g.
Enjoy your holiday with wonderful homemade squid!
