Fried squid

Crispy, golden fried squid is the ultimate appetizer. Flavored simply with salt and pepper, it's a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

Calamares will be a good addition to your list of appetizers, but can be eaten with rice, too. It’s crunchy and delicious.

Squid is inexpensive, requires almost no prep, and cooks in minutes. So why aren't you frying it? Our fried calamari features tender, lightly springy squid encased in a crispy, lacy, golden-brown crust. Slicing the squid bodies into ¾-inch-thick rings prolonged tenderness during frying. Dipping the squid in milk helped just enough of the dredge cling; proteins in the milk also encouraged browning when the milk soaked into the flour. Salting the milk bath, not the dredge or the fried pieces…

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Deep fried squid rings in Japanese breadcrumb and lemon

Recipe video above. It only took us 3 years to crack the ultimate, truly crispy Salt and Pepper Squid! Hand on heart, this is crispier than any squid I've had in a restaurant, ever. The fry batter is light, super crunchy and not greasy at all. In fact, it's so crispy it stays crispy even when it's stone cold!After eliminating rice flour, potato flour and tapioca, we found the perfect ratio of flour to cornflour (cornstarch) that fries up crunchy in mere minutes, before the squid can…

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Sometimes, a simple recipe, one that leaves the main ingredient in a near-pure form, is the best! Fried Squid Rings is such a recipe.