Step one: Buy squid that looks like it just swam. Clear eyes, firm body, ocean smell, not fishy. Step two: decide your time commitment. Are you a sprint person or a marathon person? 30 seconds or 45 minutes. There is no option C.
Cooking squid - Cooking time
If you’re stir-frying, get your pan screaming hot. Toss in squid last. It should take longer to chop the garlic than to cook the squid. Seriously.
The Chewy Mistake (We All Made It)
Remember that time you boiled squid for five minutes? Yeah. We all did that. It tasted like a bicycle tire soaked in marinara. The internet has recipes that say “simmer for ten minutes.” They’re liars. Or they’re making a soup where the squid gets cooked twice.
But here’s the cool part: if you do accidentally make rubber squid, just chop it tiny and toss it into a slow-cooked sauce. After an hour, it’ll soften right up. Failure is recyclable.
