Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, spicy squid/calamari. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Spicy Squid/Calamari is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Spicy Squid/Calamari is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
Since calamari is more tender as well as tastier, it is best to grill, stir-fries or simply fry whereas the squid is best to stuff and stew. There is also a difference in price, squid being the cheaper option being the tougher one between the two. In today's Spicy Squid-Calamari Stir Fry recipe the main ingredient squid/ calamari is cooked in onion and tomato and spices with ginger garlic,green chili and spice powders like coriander powder, turmeric powder, chili powder, all spice powder and pepper.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spicy squid/calamari using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Spicy Squid/Calamari:
- Prepare 300 gr squid, cleaned
- Take Lemon/lime juice
- Get 8 kaffir lime leaves
- Prepare 1 cm (0.5 in) galangal
- Get 2 tomatoes, cut into 4 or 6
- Get Salt
- Prepare Sugar
- Take Pepper
- Prepare 4 shallots, thinly sliced
- Make ready 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- Take 2 cm (1 in) ginger, cut into matchstick
- Prepare 1 red jalapeno, sliced
- Take 1 green jalapeno, sliced
- Take 10 or more dried chilies, sliced
- Make ready 1 lemon grass, white part only, thinly sliced
In the Philippines, Calamares can be enjoyed as a main dish. Usually served alongside rice with spicy vinegar as a dip. It is also a well-loved 'pulutan' or what you call. The squids are marinated in a spicy gochujang sauce similar to the sauce I used for grilling baby octopus.
Instructions to make Spicy Squid/Calamari:
- Coat the squid with lemon juice. Leave it for 10-15 minutes then rinse. Cut as you like.
- Heat a little oil in a pan. Saute all the sliced ingredients (from shallots to lemon grass) until fragrance.
- Add in kaffir lime leaves, galangal and tomatoes. Stir until the tomatoes wilted.
- Turn the heat up on high then add in the squid.
- Add salt, a little bit sigar and pepper. Stir it quickly.
- Add a little bit water if needed. Give a stir real quick and have a taste. Add more seasoning if needed. Serve over the warm rice.
- Squid cooked fast, so don't cook them too long, otherwise they'd become very chewy.
The classic sauce gives the squids intense flavors with heat! Typically, the whole squids are grilled over an open flame, but you can quickly sear it in a hot frying pan as well. Season with salt, pepper and garlic. Sprinkle flour on top and toss well to try and cover all of the squid with flour. Add crushed garlic, and cook for a few seconds until it turns golden brown.
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