How to make baked calamari rings
Watch the video for the process of this recipe from Cucina Geek’s grandmother!
Baked calamari rings
As good as the fried calamari rings thanks to the seasoning of cherry tomatoes, olives, red onion and breadcrumbs. A delicious recipe that Cucina Geek’s grandmother cooks quickly and easily.
- 1 kg kg of fresh or frozen squid
- 150 gr breadcrumbs grated at home often
- 200 gr cherry tomatoes
- 20 black olives
- 100 gr Red onion
- parsley
- salt
- 4-5 spoons of extra virgin olive oil
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Rinse the squid well even if they are cleaned from the fish shop or frozen
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Cut off the wings and cut the rings a little wider than 1 cm
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Split the head and remove the hardest parts of the squid
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rinse and leave the squid to drain
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Cut the tomatoes in half, half a red onion into rings and chop the parsley
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In a bowl, place the drained squid, the chopped tomatoes, the ringed onion and the chopped parsley. Add 2 tablespoons of oil and mix. Add the breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and mix
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Preheat the oven to 200 degrees fan assisted
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Place baking paper on a baking tray and drizzle some oil on top
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Distribute the squid, without overlapping them and then add the tomato sauce and breadcrumbs. Add the olives, 2-3 tablespoons of oil
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Bake at 200 degrees ventilated for 20 minutes
If you love calamari and especially fried calamari rings, you will certainly also like them baked seasoned with thickly grated breadcrumbs, cherry tomatoes, olives and red onion. A seafood second course or a truly mouth-watering appetizer! Furthermore, it is a fairly quick second course to prepare. The only “obstacle” is cutting the squid, but you will buy them already cleaned at the fish shop. Alternatively, frozen squid would be fine.
The squid should be rinsed under running water, the fins removed, cut into rings just over a centimeter wide, the heads cut in half and the hardest parts eliminated. Finally, they can be rinsed and left to drain. This is the longest part of this recipe because the rest is extremely quick.
INGREDIENTS FOR 4-5 PEOPLE
- 1 kg of fresh or frozen squid
- 150 g of breadcrumbs
- 200 g cherry tomatoes
- 20 black olives
- 100g of red onion
- Parsley
- salt
- 4-5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
The seasoning makes up for the frying
Obviously there is always a difference between fried and baked, but in this case the seasoning of cherry tomatoes, red onion, breadcrumbs and black olives also makes up for the lack of frying. The result is a dish that will surprise you greatly and will not make you miss frying at all! A little lemon on top and voilà, how delicious!
Being an oven recipe, you can also cook the calamari rings in the air fryer.
If you liked your grandmother’s recipe from CUCINA GEEK for baked calamari rings, also try the stuffed calamari, the seafood salad and a nice calamarata.