Tempura Fried Calamari

Name: Tempura Fried Calamari
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Japanese, Asian
Ingredients: 454 grams cleaned squid; 1 egg yolk; 237 milliliters ice cold sparkling water (the colder the better); 0 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 59 milliliters cornstarch; 177 milliliters rice or regular flour plus more for sprinkling on squid; 1 serving Peanut oil or canola oil for frying

Tempura Fried Calamari is a Japanese recipe that serves 4. This hor d'oeuvre has 238 calories, 21g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have squid, cornstarch, baking soda, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free and pescatarian diet. Fried Calamari, Fried Calamari, and Fried Calamari are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Slice the squid tubes into rings: Slice the squid tubes into rings about 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch wide. Leave the tentacles whole.

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Squid Tubes

Heat oil in a deep fryer or large heavy pot: This recipe was designed for a deep-fryer, but you can also fill a large, heavy-bottomed pot (keep a lid nearby, for safety reasons) halfway with oil, about 3 inches deep.

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Cooking Oil

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Deep Fryer

Pot

Heat the oil to 360-370°F.

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Cooking Oil

Mix dry ingredients: While the oil is heating, mix all the dry ingredients together well.

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Cooking Oil

Mix sparkling water with egg yolk, then mix with dry ingredients: Once the oil has reached 360°F, take the sparkling water out of the refrigerator and mix it with the egg yolk. Immediately mix it in with the dry ingredients.

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Sparkling Water

Egg Yolk

Cooking Oil

Mix quickly. Do not worry if there are clumps or lumps. Over-mixing may cause the batter to become chewy when cooked.

Sprinkle squid pieces with flour. Use a small sieve to lightly dust the squid pieces with rice flour or regular flour. This will help the batter adhere to the squid.

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Rice Flour

All Purpose Flour

Squid

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Sieve

Dip squid pieces in batter and fry in hot oil: Working in small batches at a time (about 6 pieces), dip the squid pieces in the batter. Pick them up one by one and gently put them in the hot oil. (Note if your fingers are coated with the batter, it will help protect them from splatter.)

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Squid

Dip

Cooking Oil

When the squid pieces are in the oil, use a chopstick or the handle of a wooden spoon to dislodge any squid pieces that may have become stuck from the bottom of the pot or fryer. Fry for 45 seconds to 1 minute, and remove to paper towels to drain.

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Squid

Cooking Oil

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Paper Towels

Wooden Spoon

Chopsticks

Pot

Note that when done, they will NOT be golden brown, but more of a pale yellow or tan.

Repeat with the rest of the squid. Working in batches will help keep the oil temperature from falling too far while you are frying the squid.

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Squid

Cooking Oil

Serve immediately with lime or lemon wedges, soy sauce, ponzu sauce, Tabasco or another hot sauce.

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Lemon Wedge

Ponzu Sauce

Tabasco Sauce

Soy Sauce

Lime

Once the cooking oil has completely cooled (after about 2 hours), strain it through a paper towel-lined sieve, and save it to reuse the next time you want to deep fry seafood.

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Seafood

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Servings:

454grams

cleaned squid 1

egg yolk 237milliliters

ice cold sparkling water (the colder the better)0teaspoons

baking soda 1teaspoon

salt 59milliliters

cornstarch 177milliliters

rice or regular flour plus more for sprinkling on squid 1serving

Peanut oil or canola oil for frying

Recommended wine: Sparkling Rose, Sparkling Wine

Fried Calamari works really well with Sparkling rosé and Sparkling Wine. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. The Bellissima Sparkling rosé with a 4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 24 dollars per bottle.