Criteria for choosing delicious dried squid that every housewife should know

Dried squid is a rustic dish, very popular because of its delicious taste, high nutritional content as well as easy processing into many different dishes.

Dried squid is widely available and easy to find at supermarkets or local markets. However, do you know how to choose good quality dried squid? Let's find out with Mailey in the article below!

1. Based on the color of the ink

Quality dried squid is ink with a white belly, a light pink back (not too dark like rose red or dark pink), with faint black dots. And poor quality ink often has dark red spots on the body.

2. White chalk on the ink body

Fresh, quality squid will have a thin layer of white chalk on the squid body, which is the natural salt layer of sea water. Avoid buying dried ink with a thick layer of white chalk, it may be that the ink is not fresh or the ink has been old for a long time

3. Ink dryness

When you press your hand into the squid meat, there is a certain moisture, and the hand is dry. Besides, dried squid will have a characteristic strong aroma; not fishy or have an unpleasant smell

4. Thickness of ink

You should choose dried squid with as thick meat as possible, straight body, squid head attached to the squid body, squid beard with pinkish white color, uniform with the color on the squid body. Thick squid meat when grilled will expand into fibers, tearing out the meat is very fluffy, rich and easy to tear

Note: Do not buy dried ink that the head and body do not stick together, the color is not uniform; The above signs are poor quality ink, old ink should have become mushy and soft