Three popular seafood salads for summer.

Salads made from jellyfish, eel, or squid are easy to prepare and appeal to diners because of their unique flavors.

When traveling to the beach in the summer, don't forget to enjoy the simple yet delicious salads that have become specialties of coastal regions.

Jellyfish salad

Jellyfish are not only a familiar food for people living in coastal areas, but also a delicacy found in restaurants ranging from casual to upscale.

Those with seafood allergies should also consider carefully before eating jellyfish salad. Photo: suabien

Jellyfish have many tentacles, are transparent, contain a lot of water, and live most abundantly in sand dunes, bays, and calm seas. People in coastal areas often prepare them into a crunchy salad with a sweet and sour dressing.

There are many ingredients for making jellyfish salad, such as combining jellyfish with cucumber and carrots, or making jellyfish salad with green mango... Each type of salad has different spices and herbs to make the dish more unique and delicious.

For a delicious salad, the most important step is the dressing, which is made with sugar, spices, vinegar, MSG, and finely chopped chili peppers, but the proportions must be adjusted to achieve a balanced sweet, sour, and spicy flavor. This dish is perfect for summer and is commonly found in coastal areas such as Nha Trang, Quang Ninh, and Thanh Hoa.

Eel salad

Mudskippers, belonging to the same family as eels, have slippery bodies and usually live in saltwater or brackish water. Mudskipper season is around February and March, when these fish are slippery, long, and very aggressive, making them difficult to catch.

Eel salad is usually served with betel leaves, which add a rich and sweet flavor. Photo: Vu Bao

People in coastal areas often prepare eel in many ways, such as sour soup, fried, braised, etc., but the best is still eel salad. This dish attracts many discerning diners. To make a delicious eel salad without a fishy smell, after catching the fish, it is cleaned of slime with lime water, ash water, or bamboo leaves, then cut along the backbone, deboned, and sliced ​​thinly. The roasted rice powder must be made from fragrant glutinous rice, roasted and ground into a fine powder, then mixed with the fish meat.

Eel salad is served with a dipping sauce made of fish sauce, ginger, garlic, chili, MSG, and pepper, accompanied by various herbs such as coriander, Centella asiatica, apricot, fig, or sesame rice crackers... When eating, diners will experience the sweetness of the fish, the nutty flavor of the roasted rice powder combined with the fragrant aroma of the herbs, creating an unforgettable taste.

Eel salad is available in many places, but the most famous and delicious versions come from Kim Son (Ninh Binh) and Nga Son (Thanh Hoa).

Squid salad

Squid is a beloved food due to its sweet and mild flavor, and it can be prepared in many ways such as steaming, stir-frying, deep-frying, and hot pot. Preparing squid as a salad is very popular because it's quick, easy to make, and preserves the squid's flavor.

Crispy and sweet squid salad is a popular dish for visitors to coastal areas. Photo: hotdeal

To make a delicious squid salad, you must choose fresh squid, either cuttlefish or tube squid, just caught from the sea. Steam them with ginger for aroma, then slice them into bite-sized rings. If using cuttlefish, make incisions to allow the squid to absorb the seasoning and for a more appealing presentation. Afterwards, soak them in a bowl of cold water to keep them crispy and tasty.

The vegetables used to prepare squid salad also need to be pre-processed and marinated to taste. Squid salad is usually made with cucumber and carrots. The dressing is a mixture of fish sauce, sugar, garlic, vinegar, and fresh lemon juice, adjusted to your liking. The fragrant flavor of steamed squid with ginger blends with the vegetables and the rich dressing to create an appealing dish.

Squid salad is commonly found in coastal areas such as Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nha Trang, and Vung Tau...

According to Vnexpress