Thai-style Squid Salad

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Lighter, Quicker, Better: Cooking for the Way We Eat Today

By Richard Sax and Marie Simmons

Published 2000

  • About

With squid, you either have to cook it in a flash—for less than a minute—or else simmer or braise it slowly, for about forty-five minutes. This is a good example of the flash-cooking method, which results in tender, fresh-tasting squid.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound cleaned squid
  • ½ onion
  • 1 bay leaf

Method

  • Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Cut the squid into rings and cut the tentacles into bite-size 2- or 3-tentacle pieces. Add the onion, bay leaf, and salt to the water and simmer for 5 or 10 minutes. Add the squid and cook for 45 seconds (the water will probably not even return to a boil). Drain and refresh under cool water. Drain well and transfer to a bowl, discarding