Squid Stir Fry
User Reviews
4.5
18 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Total Time
25 mins
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Servings
4 servings
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Calories
188 kcal
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Course
Main Course, Appetizer, Lunch
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Cuisine
Chinese
Squid Stir Fry
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I use a few unusual ingredients in this recipe, but there are common alternatives if you can't find them.
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Ingredients
- 1 pound squid, cut into rings, plus tentacles
- 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine, or sake, or dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon white pepper
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil, or other vegetable oil
- 2 cloves garlic, sliced thin
- 2 to 4 small, hot chiles, sliced thin
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 2 tablespoons water or seafood stock
- 1 teaspoon corn, potato or tapioca starch
- 2 tablespoon minced chives
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground Sichuan peppercorns (optional)
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh rau ram or cilantro
- A splash of vinegar
Instructions
- Mix the squid, white pepper, salt and Shaoxing wine together in a small bowl. Massage it all in. Let this sit for 20 minutes, while you chop everything else and get the oil hot.
- If you don't have a mega-burner, and most people don't, get the wok very very hot, and add 1 tablespoon of the peanut oil. The second you see a wisp of smoke rise from it, add half the squid and stir fry 1 minute. Remove it from the wok and set it aside. Add the second tablespoon of oil, and when that just barely smokes, add the second half of the squid and repeat the process.
- Mix the water and the starch into a slurry.
- If there's no oil left in the wok, add another tablespoon and stir fry the ginger, garlic and hot chiles for 30 seconds. Stirring the slurry constantly, add the starch to the wok, along with the squid, and stir fry another 90 seconds.
- Add the remaining ingredients and stir fry another 30 seconds. Serve over steamed rice.
- IF YOU DO HAVE A SERIOUS BURNER. If you can create "the breath of the dragon," add the oil to the wok, get it hot, add all the squid with the garlic, chile and ginger and stir fry 1 minute to 90 seconds, then proceed.
Notes
- You could do this same recipe with small, peeled shrimp, crawfish tails, chunks of lobster or even small clams or scallops.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
188kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
7g
(2%)
Protein
18g
(36%)
Fat
9g
(14%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Cholesterol
264mg
(88%)
Sodium
1795mg
(75%)
Potassium
307mg
(9%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
0.2g
(0%)
Vitamin A
141IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
11mg
(12%)
Calcium
47mg
(5%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 188 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 188kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 7g | 2% |
| Protein | 18g | 36% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 264mg | 88% |
| Sodium | 1795mg | 75% |
| Potassium | 307mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 0.2g | 0% |
| Vitamin A | 141IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 11mg | 12% |
| Calcium | 47mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.5
18 reviews
Excellent
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