A Quick and Easy Squid Dish
A simple, cheap and healthy meal….
I mentioned the other day about putting more simple, easy to folllow ideas on here rather than some of my more elaborate restaurant dishes and here’s one that is very simple, cous cous with squid and chorizo.
I was thinking about how families have increasingly to balance their household books each week and how I could relate that to some of the recipes on here. With that in mind I went to my local supermarket and looked at what I could come up with that could be varied accordingly whilst being both cheap and healthy to eat.
I suppose cous cous is an ideal starting point. It’s very cheap, good for you and goes so well with any number of variations I believe every house should carry a bag of it. Personally I use plain cous cous and flavour it myself but there are some very good ready to mix ones out there if you haven’t got the time or confidence to do it yourself.
I bought a packet of ready-made lemon and coriander cous cous to try and it was perfectly fine. In the fridge I had some left-over chorizo sausage and in the freezer a packet of squid tubes. Now squid is very reasonably priced, it’s another very versatile ingredient but you could use other fish such as prawns or a cheap white fish.
So I made the cous cous as per the instructions; boiling water, cover, stir with fork and leave. Simple.
Into a pan went some olive oil, chorizo next to fry until slightly crisp, squid next for two minutes maximum, a little dried chilli, oregano and fresh lemon and straight onto the cous cous. Voila!!
Squid with Cous Cous and Chorizo
Chef,
that’s superb. I think this is really helpful, a dish that anybody would be proud to serve but also one that anybody could do - whatever their level of confidence (I believe a lot of cooking or the lack of it is down to confidence rather than capability)
I might get some squid tubes - not heard of them before
All the best
Rod
March 8, 2010 @ 4:53 pm
Rod,
IT’s worth a go, squid is so easy to cook and very healthy. You’re right about the confidence factor.
Miles
March 8, 2010 @ 7:21 pm
Miles,
I’ll have to pass on the cous cous, but the rest of this sounds so interesting. Chorizo and squid? I rarely ever buy fish, other than some wild-caught salmon on occasion. I need to branch out and try something new. I might have to give this a try and substitute something for the cous cous. Quinoa, maybe?
I’ve bookmarked a sustainable seafood recipe site from Monterey Bay Aquarium. I haven’t tried any of the recipes yet, but I’m always interested in which fish are sustainable and which aren’t. Here’s the link if you’re interested. It’s a fairly new feature on the website, highlighting exec chefs from top US restaurants.
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/recipes/
Melissa
March 8, 2010 @ 8:39 pm
Melissa,
Quinoa would be perfect, give it a go. Thanks for the link, I’ll have a look when I get a moment.
Happy cooking
Miles
March 9, 2010 @ 5:37 pm