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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Stir-fried squid with bean sprouts is a stir-fry dish delicious with a flavor blended from crispy, flavorful squid combined with nutritious bean sprouts, making it a perfect dish for family meals. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN and add this delicious stir-fried squid with bean sprouts to your family’s menu!
Ingredients for Stir-fried Squid with Bean Sprouts Serves 4
Fresh squid 300 gr Bean sprouts 300 gr Green onions 2 stalks Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Vinegar 1 tablespoon Oyster sauce 1 tablespoon Common seasonings a little (salt/ MSG/ seasoning powder/ pepper)
How to choose fresh, delicious ingredients
How to choose fresh squid
- To buy fresh squid, you should observe the color of the squid. Choose squid that has a shiny color, with the brown part being dark brown and the body being opaque white like milk.
- Choose squid that feels firm and elastic when touched.
- For fresh squid, the head and tentacles should be tightly attached to each other. Avoid choosing squid that has soft and easily separable parts.
How to choose fresh and delicious bean sprouts
- When buying bean sprouts, you should choose the ones that are less thick and uneven because those with thick and uniform stems may have been soaked in chemicals.
- Delicious and high-quality bean sprouts will have a curved shape, not shiny, as they are naturally grown.
- You should not choose abnormally long bean sprouts because they may have been treated with drugs or chemicals.
- To ensure safety and peace of mind when using, you can grow clean bean sprouts at home yourself with the detailed and simple steps from TasteVN.
Stir-fried Squid with Bean Sprouts Recipe
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Preparation and Marinating Squid
To eliminate the fishy smell of the squid, clean the internal organs, remove the eyes and spine; wash thoroughly, then soak and massage the squid with a mixture of 1 tablespoon of vinegar and diluted salt water for about 10 minutes, then rinse twice with clean water.
After that, drain and cut into small pieces about 1 – 1.5 finger lengths and marinate the squid with 1 teaspoon of seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce for 1 hour to let the squid absorb the flavors.
How to Clean Squid Without Fishy Smell- First, hold the body of the squid with one hand, and grasp the head with the other hand, then gently pull up and carefully peel off the squid’s ink sac.
- Next, use a knife to cut off the squid’s eyes and squeeze out the beak.
- Then, use a sharp knife to make a light cut along the head of the squid’s body and peel off the skin from the body.
- Finally, just clean the intestines and head of the squid and rinse thoroughly with water.
See details: How to Clean Squid Without Fishy Smell
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Prepare other ingredients
The bean sprouts you bought should be soaked in a diluted saltwater solution for about 5 minutes, then rinsed with clean water and drained.
Remove the roots from the green onions, wash them thoroughly, and chop them finely.
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Stir-fry squid with bean sprouts
Add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil into the pan, wait until the oil in the pan is hot, then add all the marinated squid and stir-fry for about 5 minutes over medium heat until the squid turns opaque white and firms up.
Next, add the bean sprouts along with 1 teaspoon of seasoning and 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and stir-fry quickly with the squid for another 2 minutes, then taste and adjust the seasoning as needed before turning off the heat.
Finally, just plate the stir-fried squid with bean sprouts onto a plate, sprinkle with chopped green onions and ground pepper for added appeal, and you can enjoy this delicious stir-fried dish!
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Final Product
The delicious stir-fried squid with bean sprouts is complete, featuring crispy, sweet squid intertwined with crunchy bean sprouts that are not too soft, seasoned to taste, creating an extremely appetizing dish.
To enhance the flavor, you can dip it in soy sauce, sweet and sour fish sauce, or enjoy it with hot, sticky white rice; it couldn’t be better!
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Finally, we have completed the stir-fried squid with bean sprouts, crispy and flavorful for this meal. I hope the steps provided above are helpful to you. Wishing you success!
*Source of recipe and images shared from Facebook: Trang Đinh