Salt & pepper squid with roast chilli dressing

Name: Salt & pepper squid with roast chilli dressing
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 grams (cleaned weight) medium-size squid; 2 teaspoons white peppercorns; 4 teaspoons flaky sea salt; 100 grams plain flour; 1 serving groundnut or vegetable oil, for frying; 1 long dried chilli, roasted and deseeded; 1 Tbsp palm sugar or light muscovado sugar; 1 juice lime; 50 milliliters fish sauce

The recipe Salt & pepper squid with roast chilli dressing could satisfy your American craving in approximately 25 minutes. This recipe makes 6 servings with 159 calories, 15g of protein, and 2g of fat each. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. The Super Bowl will be even more special with this recipe. It works well as a reasonably priced main course. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free and pescatarian diet. If you have squid, fish sauce, flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Chilli, Salt and Pepper Squid, Salt & pepper squid, and Salt & pepper squid.

Instructions

Cut the squid into large pieces, then score a criss-cross diamond pattern into the flesh, without cutting all the way through. To make the chilli dressing, pound the roasted dried chilli in a mortar and pestle (or food processor), then add the palm sugar. Pound again, adding the lime juice and the fish sauce.

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Dried Chili Pepper

Fish Sauce

Lime Juice

Palm Sugar

Chili Pepper

Squid

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Mortar And Pestle

Food Processor

Mix well and place to one side.

Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and slide a baking sheet in.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Pound the peppercorns and sea salt together, then stir into the flour in a large bowl and set to one side.

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Peppercorns

Sea Salt

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Heat a few cms oil in a wok or deep frying pan.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Wok

Place the wok over a high heat; when the oil starts to shimmer, it is ready. Toss the squid in the seasoned flour so that it is coated well.

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Seasoned Flour

Squid

Cooking Oil

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Wok

Drop a quarter of the squid into the oil and fry for about 1 min. The squid should curl and go crisp. Lift out of the oil with a slotted spoon and keep warm in the oven on the baking sheet while you cook the rest.

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Squid

Cooking Oil

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Slotted Spoon