🇪🇸 Spanish

Squid Guiso

Name: Squid Guiso
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 57 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, halved and sliced Onion; 4 cloves, crushed Garlic; 3 Potato; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2 Bay Leaf; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 400 g, rings Squid; 200 ml Red Wine; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika

🇪🇸 Spanish

Low-and-slow braised squid in a deeply savoured sauce — fork-tender and rich with aromatics. About 57 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 42 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Potato3
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Bay Leaf2
Stock or Broth500 ml
Squid400 g, rings
Red Wine200 ml
Smoked Paprika1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the squid deeply in the Olive Oil in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.
2
Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the smoked paprika.
3
Return the squid, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the squid yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.
5
Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Baby Squid Stew | Traditional Spanish Recipe · on YouTube