Adobong Pusit: A Squid With A Twist

by **pegasus202** Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:01 am

What do you have when you combine Filipinos’ well-loved salty-sour mixture of vinegar, salt, garlic, and pepper with squids?–A delectable dish called Adobong Pusit. Your plain “pusit” or squid will become extraordinarily delicious when it is soaked in adobo, a marinade, which every Filipino is fond of.

Ingredients
1 1/8 pound of squid small, fresh
1/2 cup of vinegar native
10 cloves of garlic, minced
1 x salt
1 x black pepper
1 medium onion, sliced
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 teaspoon of vet-asin(monosodium glutamate), optional

Procedure
Wash the squids very, very well. Remove the long thin membrane in the head. Slit the eyes to bring out the ink. Put the squids in a saucepan with vinegar, 6 cloves garlic crushed, salt and pepper. Cook slowly and cover until the squids are tender. Cut cooked squids into 1/2 inch slices crosswise. Crush remaining garlic and saute in a little lard in another pan. Add the onion and tomatoes and cook until tomatoes are very soft. Add the squids and the water in which they were boiled. Simmer for 7 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and