Makes: 1 large portion. Feeds 2-3 or 1 hungry person
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook time: 4 min
Things you need:
Squid:
1 large squid cleaned as per video (or 5-8 baby ones)
200g corn starch
3 Spring onions (Scallions) Finely sliced. Green & white separate
6 cloves of garlic finely chopped
1-3 Thai red chillies.
Spice blend:
10g (2.5 tsp) Five spice powder
2g (1/2 tsp) Salt
2g (1/2 tsp) Freshly ground black pepper
Good pinch smoked Maldon salt
Steps:
Mix all the spices together for the spice blend and set aside.
Mix garlic, chillies and green parts of spring onion together in a bowl and add half of the spice mixture to it. Mix and set aside.
Clean and portion squid as per video. Then marinate for 10 mins with the rest of the spice mixture.
After 10 mins coat in cornstarch and really squeeze on the corn starch. Once all the squid is coated deep fry in hot oil at 350F in batches. 2 mins max.
Once all fried, set aside then fry chopped garlic, chili and onion mixture in a separate pan. 1-2 min until crispy. Then add cooked squid and toss for 10-20 seconds and it's done.
Plate up and garnish with the reserved sliced white onions and add a wedge of lime with a sprinkle of smoked Maldon salt. Enjoy.
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