Stuffed Squid Recipe

How to cook Stuffed Squid

This Stuffed Squid Recipe is a whole squid stuffed with shrimp and crab meat combinations covered with a tomato wine sauce. This seafood dish is a popular Italian dish, we first tried this in a popular Italian restaurant in Bacolod,  we tried to cook at home and the result is awesomely delicious.  If you are a seafood lover then you should try this recipe too.

Take note that when cooking this seafood dish the two most important elements for success are:

• Make sure to buy the freshest seafood.
• Do not to overcook the seafood, especially the squid.

If you can do these tasks, I’m sure you will have a mix of tender shrimp with soft buttery lump crab meat and  covered by light fresh squid in a tomato wine sauce. You can serve this dish for a special occasion and everyone will surely love it.

• 6 medium-sized fresh squid
• 1 onion, chopped
• 6 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup of butter, melted
• 1/2 cup of parsley, chopped
• 1 tsp. tarragon
• 1 1/2 cups of fresh shrimp, cooked and finely chopped
• 1 1/2 cups of crabmeat, cooked and finely chopped
• 1/2 cup scallions
• 1 cup of tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup of red wine
• salt and pepper to taste

Cook the Squid Stuffing:

• In a frying pan add the half melted butter and saute the chopped onion then add half of the minced garlic.
• When the Onions are soft, add chopped crabmeat, tarragon, parsley, and shrimp.
• Mix well together all the ingredients then season with salt and pepper according to your taste.

Stuff the Squid and cook the Sauce:

• Stuff the cooked filling firmly into the cleaned squids.
• In another saucepan,apply and add the remaining butter.
• Add the remaining garlic and the chopped scallions then saute until tender.
• Add the red wine and the tomato sauce, bring to a boil then let it simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Add the stuffed squid and lower the heat then let if simmer until squid are tender, it will take about 25 minutes.
• Garnish with chopped scallions or parsley.

Smothered with tomato sauce and spiked with red wine this Stuffed Squid Recipe is a winner.