Frozen seafood cocktail in a frying pan

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 40 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to fry a seafood cocktail? Prepare all the necessary products. When buying a seafood cocktail, make sure that there is no imitation shrimp or crab in it - natural seafood tastes better. We only need lemon juice, so you can use ready-made lemon juice. if you squeeze juice from a lemon, scald it first - this way the lemon will release more juice. Vegetable oil can also be anything from olive to cottonseed.

2. STEP 2

   

   Thaw the seafood cocktail, drain all the released liquid. Everyone sells different seafood cocktails: mine includes small shrimp, octopus, cuttlefish and squid rings. Some types of seafood cocktails also include mussels and squid tentacles.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour lemon juice over seafood. This will remove the strong fishy smell.

4. STEP 4

   

   Then pour in soy sauce. A few words about soy sauce. Now there are a lot of cheap versions of this sauce on the market. I advise you to choose naturally fermented soy sauce. Sweet soy sauce is ideal for this particular dish.

5. STEP 5

   

   Salt the seafood and leave to marinate for some more time, from 20 minutes to 1 hour. Liquid will be released again and must also be drained. Also regulate the amount of salt yourself, because... Keep in mind that soy sauce is quite salty.

6. STEP 6

   

   Heat the vegetable oil well in a frying pan and add the seafood cocktail. Fry over fairly high heat, stirring constantly. At this stage, you can add your favorite spices and seasonings to the pan. Dill, allspice and fresh chopped garlic are perfect here, which, however, can be replaced with garlic powder. Keep stirring; if necessary, reduce the heat slightly so that the seafood does not burn.

7. STEP 7

   

   Fry until done (depending on the features of your stove, the selected frying pan and the amount of liquid in the seafood, frying time varies from 5 to 15 minutes). Even if your cocktail contains squid, which takes 2 minutes to cook, do not reduce the cooking time, the squid will not be tough.

8. STEP 8

   

   Serve the dish hot or cold. It’s great to complement such fried seafood with fresh seasonal vegetables or a light vegetable salad.

Comments on the recipe

Maria

12.11.2023

4.6

Thanks for the helpful tips, they will come in handy. With your permission, I would like to share another incredibly delicious seafood soup called Buyabes.

Ira

12.11.2023

4.9

Beautiful presentation of the dish. I have bought these octopuses many times, but I never thought of turning them upside down to make the dish look so beautiful. Thank you for the idea!