Salt and Pepper Squid
If you like Chinese style salt and pepper anything, you will love this one too. And, it is amazingly simple to make at home, and it sure will impress!
Ingredients:
3 large fresh squids, cleaned
2 green onions
1 TBSP salt
1 TBSP freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup corn starch
3 Thai chili pepper thinly sliced
4 cups of vegetable oil
Method:
Lightly score the inside of the cleaned squid body in a criss-cross pattern. Try not to cut all the way through.
Then cut the squid body into bite size pieces, about 1 inch x 2 inch pieces.
Cut squid tentacles into roughly 2 inch long pieces, or as desired. Lay all squid pieces on a paper towel to dry the moisture. Mix salt and pepper in a small bowl and generously sprinkle the squid pieces with salt and pepper mixture.
In another small bowl, put corn starch for coating each squid piece. In a medium pot, heat up vegetable oil to a gentle roll. Test the oil with a small piece of squid.
Coat each piece of squid generously with corn starch, shake off excess and fry until golden brown, about 3 minutes.
Lay fried squid on a wire rack lined with paper towel. Sprinkle with salt and pepper again.
It would be great as is, but if you really want to kick it up a notch, in a large pan, with about 1 tsp oil, fry the green onions and Thai chili peppers till fragrant, about 20 seconds. Add all the fried squid pieces toss to coat and add another sprinkle of salt and pepper mixture. Dish up and serve!
