Salt and Pepper Squid

Name: Salt and Pepper Squid
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 squid tubes; 2 tablespoons corn flour; 2 tablespoons all purpose flour; 1 tablespoon black pepper; vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon salt

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Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
22 mins
Servings
4 servings
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Chinese

Salt and Pepper Squid

Iris Warren

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Ingredients

Servings

2 squid tubes
2 tablespoons corn flour
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 tablespoon black pepper freshly ground
vegetable oil for frying
1 tablespoon salt

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Instructions

Lay the squid tubes flat on your chopping board and place a long knife inside the tube.
Pull the knife either to the right or left and cut the tube open on one side.
Unfold the tube flat, leaving what was the inside pointing up.
Remove any excess membrane left inside with a sharp knife.
Rinse it under cold water and pat dry with some paper towel.
Again lay the squid inside up on your board.
With a very sharp knife cut the squid in half along what was the opposite edge.
Now we’ll do the criss cross cutting.
On each of these 2 halves make an incision across the centre from corner to corner, (cut as deep as you can without cutting right through).
Now make incisions parallel to that incision about 1/2 cm (1/4 inch) apart.
Then repeat this procedure along the other angle from the other corner to corner.
Then cut each tube half into 3 pieces.
Mix all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
Toss the squid 1 at a time in the flour mix and set aside.
Place a heavy based non stick pan on high heat and add oil to just under ½ cm (1/4 inch).
Once the oil is hot, fry the squid pieces about 30 seconds per side, the squid should curl up nicely.