Warm squid and vegetable salad with a spicy sauce

This warm squid and vegetable salad is sure to delight you with its harmonious combination of flavor and nutrition. This delicious, slightly exotic, and yet easy-to-prepare dish will appeal to more than just seafood connoisseurs. Squid meat is easily digestible, making it a perfect dinner dish.

Step-by-step recipe

1. In a bowl, add sweet chili sauce, sesame oil, fish sauce, hot chili sauce, crushed garlic, black pepper, salt, lemon juice and mix until smooth.
2. Cut the celery into slices and the red onion into half rings.
3. Cut the bell pepper into small pieces.
4. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.
5. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil and add the squid, cut into small rings, salt and pepper to taste, and fry for 2 minutes over high heat.
6. Chop the salad into small pieces.
7. Place all the prepared vegetables in a bowl, add the squid, pour over the sauce, stir and serve immediately, keeping the squid warm.

Cooking tips

Squid in any form is suitable for a warm salad: fresh, frozen, canned, and even smoked. The unusual smoky flavor won't spoil the dish, but rather adds a piquant flavor. Frozen squid should be defrosted without heating, preferably in water.

Fresh squid should be thoroughly washed, changing the water several times, and then peeled. The longitudinal chitinous plates should then be removed from the carcasses. Carefully turn the squid inside out and discard any remaining entrails. Place the cleaned carcasses in boiling water and simmer for several minutes, then drain and let the squid cool.

If you don't like the taste of celery or are worried that the bell pepper will overpower the flavor of the squid, you can replace both of these ingredients with raw carrots.