Stuffed Squid

Source: halo-halo and came up with this version! Here are my guides:

• Recipesof NanayHelen.com
• Iskandals.com

• 5 large squids
• 2 tbsp garlic, minced
• 1/3 cup finely minced onion
• 3 pcs crabsticks, chopped
• 1/3 cup minced tomatoes
• 1 cup grated carrots
• oil
• butter
  
• grated cheese

• 1 egg
• flour
• bread crumbs
• salt and pepper to taste

1 Pull out and discard cellophane backbone and jawlike bone on the mouth of the squid. Wash individually. Set aside. Clean the head and tentacles of thee squid chop and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
2 Saute garlic, onion and tomatoes in oil. Add the chopped tentacles and crab sticks. Sprinkle salt and pepper. Stir fry for 5 minutes. Add carrots, stir frying for 2 more minutes. Set aside mixture and let it cool then mix the grated cheese with it.
3 Using a spoon, stuff the squids with the mixture and seal ends with toothpick.
Tip: do not overfill the squid as the stuffing swells as it cooks.
4 Dip the stuffed squids on egg then roll it on flour then on the bread crumbs. Fry it on butter over medium to high heat for about 2-3 minutes to remain tender.
5 Place in a platter, make few slices through the meat and serve with vegetable side dish and soup.


Tip from Iskandals.com: Peel the outer colored skin off of the squid as it tends to toughen with cooking.


Dinner is served! I fried only two squids for myself and for pictorial purposes because Darwin went home late.



It's my first time to try this in the kitchen and I swear it'll take some time before I make something like this again! Not that it doesn't taste good, but the preparation takes so much time (the chopping and mincing of ingredients) not to mention cleaning the squid is indeed a very messy and tedious job!

Tip: buy a cleaned squid in supermarkets instead to spare you the mess.

Darwin's Verdict: 4 stars

Comments: He and Kent said it's good. I'm just not sure if they are only being nice or they're just too hungry to care. LOL!

My Verdict: The stuff mixture is so tasty... only a bit juicy. The juice squirted when I sliced the meat. I think it's because I didn't allow the stuffing mixture to cool down first before I added the grated cheese that's why it melted and mixed up with the tomato and squid juice. But overall, it's actually good.