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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Egg squid cooked in fish sauce is a simple dish but very addictive with rice, have you tried it yet? Don’t hesitate any longer, let’s go shopping with TasteVN to prepare the ingredients and get into the kitchen to make this extremely delicious braised dish right away.
Ingredients for Egg Squid Cooked in Fish Sauce For 4 people
Squid 500 gr Garlic 2 cloves Spring onion/cilantro A little Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Common spices A little (Sugar/salt/msg/seasoning powder/ground pepper)
How to choose fresh and delicious egg squid
- Choose squid with the head and body tightly attached, that is fresh squid.
- Fresh squid also has round tentacles firmly attached to the squid’s beard, observe that the squid’s eyes are still clear, not cloudy.
- Choose squid with a characteristic red color, the color must be bright and not pale.
- To avoid buying the wrong tube squid, choose squid with a cylindrical body, about the size of a thumb, that is real egg squid.
- If you choose to buy frozen egg squid, select squid with the head and body still tightly attached, not separated.
- Do not buy egg squid that has cloudy eyes, with the head and body separated, and has an unusual smell.
How to prepare Fried Squid with Fish Sauce
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Prepare the squid and ingredients
After purchasing, clean the squid and remove the hard bone inside the squid’s belly and the ink sac.
How to properly clean the squid:
- To eliminate the fishy smell of the squid, you first need to clean the ink sac and the squid’s intestines, making sure not to cut the squid into small pieces as this will cause the squid eggs to fall out.
- Marinating the squid with sugar for about 3 – 5 minutes and then rinsing it with clean water will help the squid become clean and not fishy anymore.
- Alternatively, you can briefly blanch the squid in boiling tea water or hot water.
- The simplest way to remove the fishy smell is to use one of the types of lemon juice, vinegar, or white wine to wash the squid, then rinse it with clean water.
Chives and cilantro should be cleaned of any bad leaves, roots removed, washed thoroughly, and chopped finely. Garlic should be peeled and minced.
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Marinate the squid
After cleaning, the squid will be marinated with 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper. Mix well and marinate for about 15 minutes.
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Stir-fried squid
Add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil into the pan, heat the oil and sauté minced garlic until fragrant. Next, add the marinated squid and stir-fry over high heat for about 3 minutes.
Lower the heat and cover to simmer until the sauce thickens, then add finely chopped green onions. You can adjust the seasoning to your family’s taste, then turn off the heat and enjoy.
Tip: If you like it spicy, you can add some chili.
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Final product
Now you have a delicious and attractive dish of squid eggs stir-fried with fish sauce for today’s meal. The squid eggs are soaked in salty, sweet, and chewy flavors, with the rich and nutty inside; served with white rice, it’s simply amazing. You definitely have to try it!
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Above is a detailed guide on how to make squid eggs with fish sauce that is rich and attractive, perfect for family meals. TasteVN hopes that the useful articles about delicious, simple, easy, and quick cooking experiences we share will help you. Wishing you success in your cooking!
*Source of the recipe and images shared from Facebook: Nguyễn Tám.
