Sea salad with shrimp and squid - 11 cooking recipes

Unfortunately for many seafood lovers, shrimp are not a budget food. They are quite expensive, especially if you choose the best manufacturer brands. So, on Russian tables, recipes for salad with shrimp and squid are sought after before major holidays, when a good feast is expected with family members and friends. Especially if they also contain red caviar.

This dish can often be seen on the New Year's table. After all, many have long been tired of endless fur coats and olives. The salad is also good because it is easily digestible and does not leave a heaviness in the stomach (if you don’t overeat!). Plus it has an interesting taste.

There are more options for preparing shrimp and squid salad than you have time to explore them all. Some people add caviar to them, as mentioned above, others add avocado, scallops, Chinese cabbage, leeks, olives, soy sauce, balsamic cream, cognac, cucumbers, corn, cherry tomatoes, olives, eggs, mayonnaise, boiled rice, crab sticks, cucumbers, pickled and fresh, ham, mussels, octopus, seaweed, bell pepper, Korean carrots, grapefruit, fish fillet, seafood sets and so on.

The salad is notable for the fact that it is quite easy to decorate. To do this, simply transfer it to a dish, giving it a certain shape, and place squid rings, shrimp, olive slices and herbs on top. You can draw a mayonnaise mesh and fill the squares inside with red caviar.

Shrimp for salad, according to experts, are suitable for arctic, small ones. Don't spend more money buying big, royal ones. It is better to save them for another dish. Before adding to the salad, shrimp should either be fried in oil or boiled in salted water. It is better not to use spices so as not to interrupt the taste.

Squids are suitable either canned or fresh, boiled for a few minutes (literally) in boiling salted water.