How To Clean Squid - You Can Eat The Legs and Liver, Too! - time

Method

• I'll clean a surume squid this time.
• Wash the squid.
• Pry apart anything that is attached to the inside of the body with your fingers.
• Hold onto the body and the part around the eyes tightly, and pull very very gently.
• The insides will slip out.
• Whoa!
• Pull the plastic-like cartilage out slowly too to remove it.
• The base of the body where the cartilage was attached is tough and not very nice to eat.
• Scrape it off with a knife.
• Put your hand in the body again, and take out any slimy bits left in there.
• Rinse the body well and use in any recipes you like!
• I made squid stuffed with rice.
• Take the legs off next.
• Cut the legs off right under the eyes.
• Push between the eyes firmly and the beak (a round hard thing) will come out, so remove it.
• Cut the legs apart as you like.
• Put the legs on a cutting board and sprinkle with salt.
• If you press down on the legs with your palm and move your hand in a circular motion, you can remove the hard bits stuck to the suckers.
• Rinse the legs, put them in a colander, and sprinkle with more salt.
• Use in your favorite recipes!
• Remove the liver: The liver is covered in a thin membrane.
• Open it up so that you don't crush the liver and take the liver out carefully.
• Work gently so that you don't break the ink sac.
• (The long thing part in the photo is the ink sac and the round red part is the liver.)
• I took it out in one piece.
• Put it in a colander and sprinkle with salt to remove the fishy smell.
• Use in your favorite recipes!