Recipe: Tasty Juicy Grilled Stuffed Squid

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Juicy Grilled Stuffed Squid. This is an easy grilled squid recipe that is a perfect at-home meal with the family, especially during summer. It can be paired with freshly cooked steamed. Remove the chopsticks and serve sliced, top with green onions if desired.

Juicy Grilled Stuffed Squid Squid (or calamari, its Italian name) can be prepared in a variety of ways — fried, braised, grilled and roasted — and all are good In this recipe whole squid In this recipe whole squid are stuffed before roasting with a bread crumb filling that contains typical Sicilian ingredients like chard, fennel, anchovy. Inihaw na Pusit (Grilled Stuffed Squid). This grilled stuffed squid or inihaw na pusit recipe is simple and straightforward. You can have Juicy Grilled Stuffed Squid using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Juicy Grilled Stuffed Squid

  1. You need 4 pieces of Squid.
  2. It's 4 cloves of Garlic.
  3. It's 2 pieces of Red Onion.
  4. Prepare 1 piece of Finger Chilies.
  5. You need 1/8 cup of Cilantro Leaves.
  6. You need 1 inch of thick Ginger.
  7. It's 1/2 tablespoon of Rock Salt.
  8. You need 1/2 tablespoon of Ground Black Pepper.
  9. It's of Canola Oil for greasing.

The result was a tasty and tender grilled squid. Stuff the marinated squid with scallions and onion mixture. Secure the head of the squid using a toothpick to prevent it from falling off. Grilled stuffed squid is popular across Southeast Asia and it is quite simple!

Juicy Grilled Stuffed Squid step by step

  1. PREPARE THE SQUID: Wash the squid thoroughly under running water. Pull off the head and tentacles. Squeeze the mouth to remove the beak. Carefully remove the ink sac. Remove the entrails from inside the body including its plastic bone..
  2. PREPARE THE VEGETABLES: Wash all the vegetables. Peel off the skin of the garlic and red onion and chop finely. Cut the green chili into half (lengthwise), remove the seeds and chop into small pieces. Roughly chop the cilantro leaves. Peel off the skin of the ginger using a spoon and grate it using a cheese grater..
  3. PREPARE THE STUFFING MIXTURE: In a bowl, combine the garlic, onion, green chili, cilantro, and ginger, then season with salt and pepper. Grab the squid and rub some salt on each side. Stuff each squid with the stuffing mixture. secure with a toothpick so the stuffing will not spill out..
  4. GRILL THE SQUID (INDOOR): Use a grill pan, preferably a cast-iron one, for indoor grilling. Brush the pan with canola oil and heat over the stove on high heat. When you start to see some smoke, grill the stuffed squid for around 5-6 minutes each side flipping every 2-3 minutes until it is fully cooked. Since the squid head and tentacles require less time to cook, grill them when the stuffed squid is half-cooked. Do not overcook the squid as the texture will be rubbery and chewy..
  5. PREPARE THE DIPPING SAUCE: Wash the red chili, pull off the stem, chop into small pieces. Cut the lemon or calamansi in half and squeeze into the soy sauce. Add in the sugar and red chili into the soy sauce and mix well..
  6. PLATING: Cut some horizontal slits on the squid, transfer to a serving plate and then arrange the head with it. Serve it with a side of dipping sauce, steamed rice, and iced-cold drink..

All you need to do is stuff all the ingredients in the squids and grill them. This squid recipe is Grilled Stuffed Squid or Inihaw na Pusit. Grilling is also a way of life especially with our fish and seafood. It is usually stuffed with tomatoes and onions, and then grilled over charcoal. Grilling squid is also popular in other Asian countries.