How to soak dried squid?
There are two kinds of dried squid: one is cooked dried squid, which is in the form of white filaments and can be eaten directly. This is what I use occasionally. I can cook it directly or steam it with sugar 10 minutes. The other is dried squid, which needs oily or alkaline hair.
How to soak dried squid?
Dried squid with soaked hair
1, oil wool
10 sesame oil for every 500 grams of dried squid, add a little alkali and put it in water until soft.
2, alkaline hair
According to the ratio of 1: 20, soda ash is mixed with cold water, and 5% soda ash solution is obtained after stirring, and 20% to 30% is added according to the tenderness of squid.
Soak the dried squid in cold water for 3 hours, then take it out and soak it in soda solution for 3 hours, and then the squid will swell. After taking it out, rinse it repeatedly in cold water to remove the alkaline smell, and then cook it.
Need to be reminded that it is best to use up the dried squid within 2 to 3 days, otherwise the dried squid will shrink.
There are many kinds of dishes cooked with squid, such as "squid in sauce", which is cooked with main auxiliary materials and condiments such as squid with water and sweet noodle sauce. It tastes delicious and delicious. There is also squid chicken in a sand bowl, which is a traditional dish in Jiangxi. It's stewed in a casserole with chicken and squid. It tastes as delicious as glutinous rice chicken.
The above is the introduction of how to soak dried squid. When buying dried squid, it is better to have white and bright color, flat and thin quality, uniform shape, reddish meat, dryness and fishy smell. Poor color difference and swelling of lean meat.