Fried calamari

Ingredients

• 300g Squid
• 200g Plain Flour
• 2 tblsp Capers
• 1 clove peeled crushed Garlic
• 5 tblsp Mayonnaise
• For frying Vegetable Oil
• To serve Lemon

Quantities are the original recipe’s. The cost is our own estimate — typical own-brand supermarket prices for these quantities, divided by 4 servings. TheMealDB does not state how many a dish serves, so 4 is our assumption, not theirs. Treat it as “about this much a head”, not a shopping bill.

Method

1. Slice the squid into rings roughly ½cm wide.
2. In a freezer bag, combine the flour, capers and a good seasoning of salt and pepper.
3. Drop the squid into the bag and shake well so every piece is coated in the seasoned flour.
4. Stir the crushed garlic through the mayonnaise and spoon into a serving bowl.
5. Pour oil into a large, deep pan so it comes about 7cm up the sides, filling it no more than a third full, and set over a medium heat.
6. Check the oil is hot enough by dropping in a small piece of bread — it should sizzle on contact.
7. Lift a handful of squid from the flour, shaking off the excess, and lower gently into the hot oil.
8. Fry for about 3 mins until golden and crisp, then lift out with a slotted spoon onto kitchen paper.
9. Fry the rest of the squid in batches the same way.
10. Serve immediately with the garlic mayonnaise and lemon wedges.

These steps were written by StreetOwl from the original recipe, in British English, with every oven temperature and cooking time checked against the source. They are not the original author’s words. If anything reads oddly, the original is linked below and it wins.