Stewed Calamari in Tomato Sauce
Stewed Calamari in Tomato Sauce

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, stewed calamari in tomato sauce. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Fill Your Cart With Color today! Finely chop the onions, garlic cloves and chili. Heat the olive oil in a heavy bottomed pan, add the onions, garlic and chili and saute them for a few minutes. Drain and set to one side.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook stewed calamari in tomato sauce using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Stewed Calamari in Tomato Sauce:
  1. Get 2-4 tbsp olive oil
  2. Make ready 1 large chopped onion
  3. Prepare 1-2 cups carrots, cut into quarter inch slices
  4. Make ready 2-3 cloves garlic
  5. Get 6 oz no salt tomato paste
  6. Prepare 1 cup low/no sodium chicken/vegetable broth
  7. Take 28 oz can of crushed tomato
  8. Prepare 1-2 pounds cleaned squid; sliced into rings and tentacles roughly chopped
  9. Take 1 tbsp fennel seed
  10. Get 1 tbsp black peppercorn
  11. Make ready 2-3 tsp dried oregano
  12. Make ready 2-3 tsp dried basil
  13. Prepare 2-3 tsp parsley flakes
  14. Prepare Pinch crushed red pepper; or more

Once the onions start to color, add the carrots. After that, add the garlic and tomato paste. Let it cook together with onions and carrots. Mince the garlic and cut the onion into rings.

Steps to make Stewed Calamari in Tomato Sauce:
  1. Heat the olive oil in a pot over a medium high heat, then add the onions to saute. Cook the onions until they start to become translucent, about 5 minutes
  2. Once the onions start to color, add the carrots. Let the carrots cook for about another 5 minutes.
  3. After that, add the garlic and tomato paste. Let it cook together with onions and carrots; about 3 minutes.
  4. Pour the chicken broth into the pot. Increase the heat to high, then let it boil down to about half.
  5. After you add the broth, grind the fennel seeds, black peppercorn, dried oregano, dried basil, parsley flakes and crushed red pepper. Let it grind for about 5-10 seconds, until it is at the consistency you like. Once done, add to the pot and stir.
  6. Add the crushed tomatoes, reduce the heat to medium and let simmer for about 5 minutes.
  7. Slowly stir the squid into pot. Once again, reduce the heat to medium low or low. Let the squid simmer in the sauce for about an hour. Stir every 15-20 minutes as it simmers. After an hour, test the squid to make sure it is tender. If not tender, check on it every 15-20 minutes, until done.
  8. Enjoy!

Let it cook together with onions and carrots. Mince the garlic and cut the onion into rings. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until the onion is translucent. Fill the empty can with water and add it to the pan.

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