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Stewed Calamari in Tomato Sauce Recipe.
You can cook Stewed Calamari in Tomato Sauce using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Stewed Calamari in Tomato Sauce
It’s 2-4 tbsp of olive oil.
Make ready 1 of large chopped onion.
You need 1-2 cups of carrots, cut into quarter inch slices.
You need 2-3 cloves of garlic.
You need 6 oz of no salt tomato paste.
You need 1 cup of low/no sodium chicken/vegetable broth.
Prepare 28 oz of can of crushed tomato.
Prepare 1-2 pounds of cleaned squid; sliced into rings and tentacles roughly chopped.
Make ready 1 tbsp of fennel seed.
Prepare 1 tbsp of black peppercorn.
It’s 2-3 tsp of dried oregano.
Prepare 2-3 tsp of dried basil.
Take 2-3 tsp of parsley flakes.
Take Pinch of crushed red pepper; or more.
Stewed Calamari in Tomato Sauce step by step
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.
Once the onions start to color, add the carrots. Let the carrots cook for about another 5 minutes..
After that, add the garlic and tomato paste. Let it cook together with onions and carrots; about 3 minutes..
Pour the chicken broth into the pot. Increase the heat to high, then let it boil down to about half..
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..
Add the crushed tomatoes, reduce the heat to medium and let simmer for about 5 minutes..
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..
