Description
Fresh swordtip squid (Touchou) briefly boiled, ice-shocked, and simply tossed with scallions, ginger, and sesame oil. Chewy; a supreme protein source during diets.
Restaurants serving Cold Tossed Squid (Swordtip Squid)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Swordtip squid(Touchou)
- Ginger
- Scallions
- Sesame oil
- Soy sauce
- Black vinegar
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Clean fresh swordtip squid (Touchou) organs/thin skin, cut into rings.
- Put wine and ginger slices in hot water, boil squid briefly for 'just dozens of seconds'.
- When meat puffs white, drain immediately and throw into massive ice water to tighten texture (*Beware: overboiling makes it hard rubber).
- Wipe dry thoroughly, put in a bowl.
- Toss briefly with shredded ginger, chopped scallions, soy, a little black vinegar, sesame oil to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Ginger freshness and squid's sweet ocean scent
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Octopus or shrimp (boil and toss similarly)
Pairing
Cold beer、Unsweetened Taiwan green tea
Trivia
[For Health Conscious] Squid is an ultra-excellent diet ingredient matching chicken breast in protein, rich in taurine for fatigue recovery and liver function. Always on Taiwan Re Chao menus as 'Wuwei Touchou', gaining massive support from adults wanting low-fat drink snacks.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Dip heavily in Taiwan's seafood dip 'Wuwei Jiang (ketchup, garlic, vinegar blend)', eating it like sweet/sour shrimp cocktail!
Allergen
Seafood (Squid), Soy, Wheat, Sesame