Squid and carrot and cucumber salad

4 servings
50 min

How to make a salad with squid, carrots and cucumber? Prepare the necessary products. Pre-thaw the squid. Onions can be taken from any: red or white. Only sour cream or natural yogurt can be used as a dressing. They can be taken individually or mixed in any proportion to their taste. This will make the salad less calorific.

Peel the squid. Remove the skin, remove the chitin plate inside the squid. Be sure to remove the thin transparent film. If this cannot be done immediately, you can remove it after cooking. Lower the seafood into boiling salted water and bring to the boil. It usually takes about 1-2 minutes for the water to boil. Hold the squid in boiling water for about 10 seconds and remove. Do not cook squid for a long time so that they do not become tough. Chill the squid.

Cut the squid into medium straws.

Pre-wash the carrots, cook until cooked. How to check the readiness of the vegetable? Pierce the carrots with a knife. If it is soft, then it has boiled. Chill and peel the cooked carrots. Cut the carrots into strips.

Peel the onions, wash. Cut the onions into thin half rings.

Wash the cucumber, dry it. Cut off the tips of the cucumber. If the skin is not damaged, not coarse or bitter, you may not cut it. Cut the cucumber into similarly thin straws.

Wash your eggs. Be sure to wash your eggs before use, as even the seemingly clean shell may contain harmful bacteria. Hard-boiled eggs. How to boil hard-boiled eggs? To prevent the eggs from cracking when cooking, put them in cold water and set them to cook on a small heat. Cook the eggs for 7 minutes after boiling, then cover with cold water and cool. It is better to clean the shell from a sharp temperature difference. Peel the eggs, cut into strips.

For dressing, combine sour cream and mayonnaise, mix.

In a suitably sized salad bowl, combine all the prepared ingredients: squid, eggs, carrots, onions and cucumber. Add the sour cream with the mayonnaise and stir. If necessary, salt the salad a little.

Salad with squid, carrots and cucumber can be cooled or served immediately. Enjoy your meal!