Stuffed squid from Chios
Stuffed squid from Chios

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Squid (or calamari, its Italian name) can be prepared in a variety of ways — fried, braised, grilled and roasted — and all are good In this recipe whole squid are stuffed before roasting with a bread crumb filling that contains typical Sicilian ingredients like chard, fennel, anchovy, pecorino and pine nuts. Stuffed baby squid are served in a rich tomato and basil sauce for a quirky midweek meal. Transfer to a serving dish, drizzle with olive oil, garnish with basil and sprinkle over the pecorino.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have stuffed squid from chios using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed squid from Chios:
  1. Take 4-5 squids (preferably large)
  2. Prepare Feta cheese, diced or grated
  3. Prepare 1 small green pepper, finely chopped
  4. Get 1 small red pepper, finely chopped
  5. Prepare 1 small yellow pepper, finely chopped
  6. Take 2 cloves garlic
  7. Get 1 small onion, finely chopped
  8. Take 1 little parsley, finely chopped
  9. Take 8 tbsp olive oil
  10. Take 3-4 tbsp ouzo
  11. Prepare salt, pepper
  12. Make ready tomato cut into slices and a little grated Parmesan cheese (for garnishing)

Add squid, mix well, and set aside. Make the stuffing: Heat olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Squid stuffed with succulent rice and baked in a spicy tomato sauce. Stuff the squid with the rice mixture and seal ends with wooden picks.

Steps to make Stuffed squid from Chios:
  1. Wash the squids, clean them and remove the fins which you cut in small pieces to add to the stuffing.
  2. Pour half of the olive oil in the frying pan and sauté the chopped fins, the onion, the garlic and the peppers. Stir in the ouzo, add the parsley, salt, pepper, mix and leave over heat for an additional 2-3 minutes.
  3. As soon as the mixture cools a little add the grated feta cheese (use plenty) and mix.
  4. Stuff the squid with the mixture and use a toothpick to hold the end of the squid tube together and keep the stuffing in.
  5. Pour the rest of the olive oil in a pyrex baking tray and place the squid in it.
  6. Garnish the top of the squid with a slice of tomato (it keeps them from drying out while cooking) and a little grated Parmesan cheese (for a nice crust).
  7. Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 180°C for about 30 minutes. Then remove the aluminum foil and cook for an additional 15 minutes.

Place squid in the prepared baking dish. Squid and calamari are two different animals. Squid you find in the grocery store is often Nototodarus gouldi while calamari comes from the genus Sepioteuthis. Often times, squid costs less and is tougher meat and calamari is more tender and expensive. An easy way to identify the difference is by the fins.

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