Slow-Cooked Squid with Olives and Herbs
A tender, flavorful Mediterranean-style dish combining slow-cooked squid with Spanish chorizo, tomatoes, and green olives. The squid is braised until perfectly tender and served over crusty sourdough bread with a fresh herb and olive garnish.
Ingredients
- •1½ lb cleaned squid
- •1½ oz smoked Spanish chorizo
- •1 whole shallot
- •4 cloves garlic
- •4 whole oil-packed anchovies
- •1 whole red Fresno chile
- •4 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- •1 can whole peeled tomatoes
- •to taste Kosher salt and pepper
- •4 slices sourdough bread
- •1 cup parsley leaves
- •½ cup mixed pitted green olives
- •2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat oven to 250°F. Separate squid bodies from tentacles. Cut bodies into 3/4"-thick rings and cut tentacles in half crosswise. Rinse well in a bowl with several changes of cold water. Drain squid and pat dry.
10 min
- 2.
Cook chorizo, shallot, garlic, anchovies, chile, and 2 Tbsp. oil in a medium Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium heat, stirring often, until chorizo is softened but not yet beginning to crisp and shallot is softened but not yet browned, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, finely crushing with your hands as you go, and their juices and squid and bring to a simmer; season lightly with salt and pepper. Cover pot and transfer to oven. Cook until squid is very tender and sauce tastes concentrated, 2-2 1/2 hours. (Uncover the pot for the last 20-30 minutes to allow sauce to evaporate and thicken if needed.) Taste and season with more salt and pepper if needed.
150 min
- 3.
Toast bread until very crisp; drizzle with oil. Place in bowls and top with squid and sauce. Toss parsley, olives, lemon juice, and remaining 2 Tbsp. oil in a small bowl; season lightly with salt. Spoon over squid.
10 min
- 4.
Squid can be cooked 1 day ahead. Let cool; cover and chill.
