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Fried Calamari Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Texaschef / All my dishes 1 year, 10 months ago These are crispy fried calamari served with thai sauce for dipping...the best calamari I have ever had! Prep:20m Cook:15m Servings:46	Texaschef
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Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs. fresh squid

1 cup flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp. dried oregano

1 tsp. paprika

1/2 tsp. black pepper

vegetable oil for frying

1 egg (scrambled)

FOR THE THAI SAUCE

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup vineger

1 tbsp. corn starch

1 tbsp. ketchup

1 tsp. crushed red pepper

Directions

Clean the calamari (cut off heads, slice leangthwise, and remove all the stuff inside. peal off purplish skin, and should be left with off-white, flat pieces. rince well)

slice calamari pieces into lengthwise strips

preheat deep fryer to 375 degrees

TIME TO MAKE THE SAUCE..

boil sugar add water in small pot

add vineger, ketchup, corn starch, the rest of the garlic, and red pepper and mix well.

let sauce cool, then serve on side of calamari

BACK TO THE CALAMARI...

mix flour, salt, oregano, paprika, pepper in a bowl

put all the calamari strips into the egg, then drop into flour mix making sure each piece is well coated with flour

drop into hot oil, and let fry until light to golden brown

let strain, salt to tase, and serve with Thai sauce.

Enjoy!

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Comments

jeannej 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Thanks! Bookmarked!

debra47 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Love fried squid but have never served it with Thai sauce so the idea intrigues me. Also your recipe is a bit different than mine so I will be eager to try it. Thanks for posting!

lunasea 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Looks and sounds fantastic - and I love calamari. I'm saving your recipe to try...I wish I had some right now! =) Great post!

lor 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Calamari is a favourite of mine and I'm bookmarking this one for sure!

lynn210 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I LOVE Calamari...will definitely try it.

linebb956 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Outstanding! Great! Thanks! Love calamari...

blondie80 1 year, 8 months ago said:
This looks great!! Definitely a keeper!!

dugger 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Well, I've checked out a couple dozen Calamari recipes and this one looks like the one I want to try. Thanks

brianna 9 months, 1 week ago said:
I just bought a pkg of Calamari rings & I was looking for a good recipe to deep fry them & this sounds like a winner. The sauce sounds delicious. Thanks, I'm going to try them for my supper tonight. 5 forks

mark555 4 months, 1 week ago said:
Love this stuff, it reminds me of home

mark555 4 months, 1 week ago said:
Picked up 1.5lb of baby squid the other day, which cleans up to about 10 oz of cleaned. squid. Used your recipe tonight and was not able to make it fast enough. Great recipe, thank you for posting it, I am a big fan of your dipping sauce, good stuff.
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bellasmom 2 months ago said:
Fried calamari is my ultimate favorite but I really enjoy the tentacles- have you treied this recipe using the tentacles?

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remittancegirl 1 year, 10 months ago said:
You could make the Thai sauce more authentic with a dash of fish sauce, but some people might find it too stinky. ;-)

vainwi 1 year, 10 months ago said:
I've had better results with calamari by substituting corn starch for the flour. They don't get golden brown, but the crust is lighter and seems to compliment the squid better than the flour crust. Thanks for the recipe! I'm looking forward to trying it!

texaschef 1 year, 10 months ago said:
thanks, guys! @ new ways to try this one out! I'll get back with ya!

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