Properly cooked squid in batter is an ideal appetizer for the "foamy". But you can serve them on the holiday table or as an addition to vegetable salad for lunch. There are several successful batter options for this seafood.

Squid in batter - the easiest recipe

Ingredients: a little less a kilo of seafood, a perfect egg, a pinch of oregano, refined oil, 130 g of white flour, salt, 90 ml of milk, a pinch of dried parsley.

  1. The mollusk circles should be smooth and free from all unnecessary - films, inner rods, etc. To facilitate the cleaning of seafood, you can just pre-dash it with boiling water.
  2. All other ingredients are mixed to make batter. Milk is not taken cold. Flour is added to the mixture at the end. With a whisk you need to actively knead all the components until smooth. In batter, there should not be even minimal lumps.
  3. The pan with refined oil warms up well. In it, you need to lay out the clam rings, previously moistened on all sides in batter.
  4. Slices until roasted. The main thing is not to overexpose them in oil.

The resulting fried squid in batter is laid out on several paper towels, after which they are immediately served warmly to the guests.

Squid rings in lemon batter

Ingredients: lemon, 3 carcasses of mollusk, 160 ml of fat milk, salt, 2 selected eggs, table salt, dried turmeric, 5-6 tbsp. tablespoons of high grade flour.

  1. Raw seafood is washed, cleaned of everything superfluous and cut in rings, the thickness of which does not exceed 5-6 mm. Next, you need to rid the squid slices of excess fluid with paper towels.
  2. In a separate cup, beat eggs with salt and seasonings. Citrus juice is squeezed here, milk is poured, sifted flour is added.The amount of the last ingredient needs to be adjusted by eye, depending on its quality. A little more or less flour may be required. The batter in consistency will look like a dough for pancakes.
  3. The mixture is cooled.
  4. Then, in turn, seafood rings are dipped in batter and fried in hot oil. With a napkin, they get rid of excess fat.

Ready-made squid rings in batter are perfect for any kind of beer.

Tasty recipe:squid in sour cream sauce

In beer

Ingredients: 130-140 ml of high-quality light beer, 3 large eggs, rock salt, 330 g of chilled seafood, 130-140 g of white flour, salt, a large amount of refined oil for roasting snacks.

  1. Flour and salt are sifted into a bowl. Raw eggs are driven into the dry mass.
  2. Pouring cold beer. The components are mixed until smooth.
  3. The batter should turn out smooth and liquid.
  4. The mollusk is poured with boiling water for 2 minutes, after which it is cleaned and cut into thin rings.
  5. Squid slices are completely immersed in batter, and then - fried in hot oil.

Appetizer is served, both hot and cold, with various sauces.

Spicy squid in batter in chinese

Ingredients: 1/3 faceted cup of high-grade flour, 30-40 ml of classic soy sauce, a pinch of baking powder, 1/3 faceted cup of potato starch, a pound of squid, a glass of sparkling water and roasting oil for snacks, salt, red hot pepper.

  1. Seafood carcasses are washed, cleaned, cut in rings.
  2. Slices of squid are poured with a mixture of soy sauce and red hot pepper (ground). Crushed garlic can also be added to taste to make the dish even more savory. Let the mass stand in cool at least half an hour.
  3. The remaining products are combined in a glass container. Ice soda (unsweetened) is introduced to them last. The mixture is salted and also left in the cold for half an hour.
  4. Prepared rings are dipped in batter and fried until golden brown in well-heated oil.

You can serve squid in batter in Chinese to the table with spicy garlic sauce.

In batter based on mineral water

Ingredients: half a glass of salted mineral water, 2 carcasses of seafood, salt, ¼ portion of lemon, 3-5 garlic cloves, 130-160 g of flour, chicken egg, a pinch of Italian herbs, roasting oil.

  1. The mollusk is cleaned, washed and cut into thin rings.
  2. Lemon, together with the skin, is chopped into cubes and slightly kneading with hands, after which it is poured into prepared squids.
  3. Crushed garlic is added to this. The mixture is left to cool for 20-25 minutes.
  4. For batter, other ingredients from the recipe are combined. Flour is poured in the end. It is advisable to sift it first.
  5. The mass will be fluid and homogeneous.
  6. Squids are slightly dried after the marinade, dipped in batter and fried in hot oil.

Ready-made treats are served with any sauce or a suitable side dish.

Squid Sauce Options

It is very tasty to serve the discussed golden rings with special squid sauces. Today, many successful recipes of such additions are known.

Sour cream sauce is ideal for fried seafood. It is prepared from: 170 g of medium-fat sour cream, a clove of garlic, fresh dill and salt.

 

For such a sauce, crushed garlic is added to sour cream, as well as finely chopped fresh herbs. The mass is salted to taste and served on the table. If homemade do not like slices of greens in the sauce, you can chop it with a blender. In addition to salt, it is allowed to use a variety of aromatic herbs to improve the taste of the mixture.

Another delicious sauce for squid rings is prepared on the basis of mayonnaise (2 large spoons). Also taken: a pinch of dried basil, garlic to taste and 2 mal. tablespoons of classic soy sauce.

Soy sauce is immediately poured into the mayonnaise. The ingredients mix well until smooth. Most likely, they will not need additional salt.But in this matter you need to focus on your own taste.

Crushed garlic and dry aromatic herb are added to the sauce. The components are mixed again. Ready sauce is suitable not only for squid, but also for any other seafood.

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