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Salt and Pepper Squid

Crisp squid tossed with salt, white pepper, garlic, and chilli

  • Prep 20 min
  • Cook 10 min
  • Total 30 min
  • Feeds 4
  • Appetizer
Servings4

Ingredients

  • 500 g Squid

    Tubes and tentacles, cleaned

  • 50 g Cornflour

    For dusting

  • 2 tsp Salt

  • 2 tsp White pepper

    Ground white pepper

  • 500 ml Sunflower oil

    For deep frying

  • 2 cloves of Garlic

  • 1 Red chilli

    Sliced

  • 3 Spring onion

    Sliced

Steps

  1. Prepare the squid

    Cut the tubes into rings and leave the tentacles whole. Pat everything very dry

  2. Dust

    Mix the cornflour with 1 tsp of the salt and 1 tsp of the white pepper. Toss the squid through it and shake off the excess

  3. Fry

    Heat the oil to 180°C. Fry the squid in batches for 1 to 2 minutes until pale gold and crisp. Drain

    2 min

  4. Toss and serve

    In a very hot pan, fry the garlic, chilli, and spring onion for a few seconds. Add the squid with the rest of the salt and white pepper, toss, and serve immediately

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