Monday, March 19, 2012

Τηγανητό καλαμάρι aka Fried Calamari

You chose "To Greece" as your favorite blog post of the last four, challenging us to recreate one of the featured dishes. The dish we should remake was clear to us from the very beginning. We would make our take on Fried Calamari, fresh and crispy unlike the one we sampled at Tasty Grill.
This is a quick, tasty recipe that will please any seafood lover. Click the "smell" button on your browser and get into the mood for food.

1lb fresh, cleaned squid (tubes and tentacles)
1 cup flour
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
1tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 cups oil for frying (or enough to cover pan 2 to 3 inches)



Rinse squid thoroughly. Pat dry and cut into 1/3 of an inch rings. Season squid with salt, pepper, garlic powder and lemon juice and let it marinate for 10 minutes in the refrigerator.
Combine flour and seasoned bread crumbs in a large bowl and set aside. Remove Calamari from the refrigerator and place near flour mixture.
Heat oil in medium pan and bring to 350 degrees F or until bubbles form around the handle of a wooden spoon inserted into the oil. In small batches drench squid into flour mixture and coat thoroughly. Lightly shake off excess flour and fry until golden brown (about 1 min). Drain on paper towel and repeat until all the squid is fried to a golden brown.


Sauce:
2 gloves garlic chopped
1/4 med onion chopped
2 large tomatoes chopped
1/4 cup tomato sauce
1 sml green chili
 1/2 tsp salt




In a skillet, heat 1 tbsp oil and add tomatoes and onions. Cook for 2 minutes on medium heat. Now add garlic and chili and cook further for 2 minutes. Pour tomato sauce into the pan and stir in the salt. Simmer on low for 5 minutes. Chill and serve with Fried Calamari.

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