Juicy Tender Steam Stuffed Squid Recipe

Описание: How to cook steam yummy squid (sotong or calamari or sepia or pulpo or pusit) stuffed with meat and vegetables or stuffed calamari, delicious seafood dish?
This recipe is stuffed squid (sotong or calamari or sepia or pulpo or pusit) cooked via steaming is actually an easy and yet flavorful steam seafood dish which contains abundant of nutrients from squid (sotong), minced pork (or chicken) and vegetables.
Squids are stuffed with meat and vegetable fillings, placed on a layer of minced meat and then steamed. The dish is a crowd pleaser and simply delightful to eat.

Ingredients
(Suitable to 2 to 3 pax)
2 medium sized squids
250g mince/ground meat (pork or chicken)
1/2 piece carrot
1 small tomato
2 pieces water chestnut
1 thumb size ginger
1/2 to 1 TBSP light black soya bean sauce
1/2 TSP dark black soya bean sauce
Dash of white pepper
Fresh Coriander and chili (optional)
2 bamboo toothpicks


Steps
1) Marinating the mince meat 2 hrs or more advance. Add light, dark black soya bean sauce and some white pepper. Mix and place covered in fridge.
2) Detach head and innards from the squid body. Pull out the cartilage from the body. Discard innards and cartilage. Keep the head and tentacles. Remove and discard the hard beak, ink sac and eyes from the head. Clean the body of the squid thoroughly.
3) Wash and peel the water chestnuts. Set aside in a bowl of water until ready to be minced.
4) Cut the tomato into quarters. Cut carrots into thin threads. Peel ginger and cut into threads as well.
5) Remove seeds from chili and shred into threads.
6) Finely chop the water chestnut.
7) Remove marinated mince from the fridge, add in water chestnut and carrot and mix into the meat.
8) Stuff mixture into the squid tube using a spoon and clean hands. Only fill up to slightly more than ¾ full as the meat will expand after steaming. Use bamboo toothpick to seal up the filled tube.
9) Press the remaining mince meat mixture onto the steaming plate to form a thin layer of meat patty.
10) Place the squid head with tentacles and stuffed squid tubes on top of the patty.
11) Place the tomato pieces on the plate. Sprinkle ginger and chili threads on top. Add 1 teaspoon of light black soya bean sauce on top.
12) Steam at high heat for 10 min to 12 min.
13) Turn off the heat and remove from steamer.
14) Top up with coriander and cut the squid tubes with a pair of scissors. Remember to remove the toothpicks.
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