Grilled Calamari with Beans and Mint Oil

Name: Grilled Calamari with Beans and Mint Oil
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 smalls whole calamari; 118 milliliters packed fresh mint leaves; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh rosemary leaves; 355 milliliters cooked Great Northern beans; 1 lemon, zested and juiced; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh marjoram leaves; 177 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 4 Tbsps finely chopped red onion; 4 servings Salt and pepper

Need a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian hor d'oeuvre? Grilled Calamari with Beans and Mint Oil could be a super recipe to try. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 6g of protein, 48g of fat, and a total of 511 calories. This recipe serves 4. If you have onion, salt and pepper, lemon zest, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. The Fourth Of July will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 20 minutes.

Instructions

Remove the tentacles and clean the calamari, leaving the bodies whole. Set the tentacles aside. Pull out the quill shaped bone in the center of the calamari tubes and remove the murky stuff as well.

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Squid

Bone

Preheat the grill or broiler.

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Broiler

Grill

In a mixing bowl, stir together the cooked beans, rosemary, olive oil, onion, marjoram, and lemon juice and zest. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Arrange the mixture in the center of 4 plates.

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Salt And Pepper

Lemon Juice

Olive Oil

Marjoram

Rosemary

Beans

Onion

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Mixing Bowl

Season the calamari with salt and pepper, brush with a bit of additional oil, and grill for 2 minutes on each side. Arrange 2 calamari over the salad on each plate and drizzle with the mint oil.

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Salt And Pepper

Squid

Mint

Cooking Oil

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Grill

Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Prepare and ice bath. Plunge the mint leaves into the boiling water for 30 seconds, then remove to the ice bath. Squeeze out the excess liquid and puree in a blender for 1 minute with the olive oil. Makes 1 cup.

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Mint

Olive Oil

Water