BBQ101! How to make good seafood!
Alright students, thank you for bidding for my class, I will make sure that all of you will be great chefs by the end of the term.
Today's topic will be seafood, actually squid.
Yes squid aka sotong is a nice flavourful seafood that always works well on the BBQ pit.
There are many ways to prepare the squid but first, let me teach you on how to buy squids.
The buying process
1) Always go to the wet market to choose your squids! However, if you have to buy from the Supermarket, please choose carefully
2) The squid must be firm and springy. The head must be attached to the body. This shows that the squid is fresh and fresh food always taste good!
3) If the squid looks sicky, slimy and with the head almost dropping out... Then go and choose from another store or skip the squid for the BBQ. A bad squid means bad stomach!
The cleaning process
Now we come to the process that seperates the boys from the man, the girls who took Home Econs and got A and the girls who failed.
Cleaning the squid is an interesting process that is fun but gets you down and dirty
1) Make sure u are cleaning the squid near a tap or esle use a big bowl of water
2) Take the squid and remove the head. Put it off cleanly from the body.
3) Put the head into a bowel and start to clean the body
4) Remove the glassy bone from the body. That's not edible
5) Wash the body by running water into and on it. Remove the layer of flim on the body.
6) Cut the body open via the sides and wash the inside clean.
7) Proceed to cut the body into rectangle pieces and cut lines across the body. This will help in the cooking process
8) For the head, put the head inside a bowl of water. Squeeze the eyes out. It will be dirty as the ink will explode! That's why you have to do it inside water.
9) After exploding the eyes, wash the head clean off all slime and ink and proceed to cut it into halves if it's too big
Marinating Process!
There are a few ways to marinate the sotong.
I will share 4 of my fave recipies with you. They are very easy to make!
1 - Sambal Sotong
- Marinate the sotong with garlic, sambal chili and a squeeze of lime 1 hour before you cook.
2 - Ang Moh Herbs / Spices Sotong
- Buy either one of the following from McCommick. The Old Bay's Seasoning, The All-Purpose Spice or The Itallian Herbs
- Sprinkle them over the sotong when u grill them over the fire.
- Brush with butter or margarine
- Repeat on the other side
3 - Terriyaki Sotong
- Buy kikoman terriyaki sauce.
- Pour abit inside a bowl and marinate the sotong with it. Take care not to put too much esle you will lose the original flavour of the squid
4 - Sotong with Tiger Beer
- Pour some Tiger Beer inside a bowl
- Put the squid inside the bowl
- Add garlic and some pepper
All this recipies will make good tasting sotong! Do try them out! It's easy!
* The blogger is not responsible for any food poisoning!
^ Remember, the kitchen is a dangerous place! Please do not try this if you are not kitchen trained!
Today's topic will be seafood, actually squid.
Yes squid aka sotong is a nice flavourful seafood that always works well on the BBQ pit.
There are many ways to prepare the squid but first, let me teach you on how to buy squids.
The buying process
1) Always go to the wet market to choose your squids! However, if you have to buy from the Supermarket, please choose carefully
2) The squid must be firm and springy. The head must be attached to the body. This shows that the squid is fresh and fresh food always taste good!
3) If the squid looks sicky, slimy and with the head almost dropping out... Then go and choose from another store or skip the squid for the BBQ. A bad squid means bad stomach!
The cleaning process
Now we come to the process that seperates the boys from the man, the girls who took Home Econs and got A and the girls who failed.
Cleaning the squid is an interesting process that is fun but gets you down and dirty
1) Make sure u are cleaning the squid near a tap or esle use a big bowl of water
2) Take the squid and remove the head. Put it off cleanly from the body.
3) Put the head into a bowel and start to clean the body
4) Remove the glassy bone from the body. That's not edible
5) Wash the body by running water into and on it. Remove the layer of flim on the body.
6) Cut the body open via the sides and wash the inside clean.
7) Proceed to cut the body into rectangle pieces and cut lines across the body. This will help in the cooking process
8) For the head, put the head inside a bowl of water. Squeeze the eyes out. It will be dirty as the ink will explode! That's why you have to do it inside water.
9) After exploding the eyes, wash the head clean off all slime and ink and proceed to cut it into halves if it's too big
Marinating Process!
There are a few ways to marinate the sotong.
I will share 4 of my fave recipies with you. They are very easy to make!
1 - Sambal Sotong
- Marinate the sotong with garlic, sambal chili and a squeeze of lime 1 hour before you cook.
2 - Ang Moh Herbs / Spices Sotong
- Buy either one of the following from McCommick. The Old Bay's Seasoning, The All-Purpose Spice or The Itallian Herbs
- Sprinkle them over the sotong when u grill them over the fire.
- Brush with butter or margarine
- Repeat on the other side
3 - Terriyaki Sotong
- Buy kikoman terriyaki sauce.
- Pour abit inside a bowl and marinate the sotong with it. Take care not to put too much esle you will lose the original flavour of the squid
4 - Sotong with Tiger Beer
- Pour some Tiger Beer inside a bowl
- Put the squid inside the bowl
- Add garlic and some pepper
All this recipies will make good tasting sotong! Do try them out! It's easy!
* The blogger is not responsible for any food poisoning!
^ Remember, the kitchen is a dangerous place! Please do not try this if you are not kitchen trained!
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