Calamari Recipes
Squid, done simple — Salt and Pepper Squid, Calamari Puttanesca, Crispy Dry-Dredged Calamari, Grilled Calamari — for weeknights when you want something quick.
★ lunch
lunchIngredients
- 1 lb Calamari
- 1 can Tomato Sauce
- 2+ cloves Garlic
- 2 tbsp Capers
- 1/4 cup Kalamata
- 3 tbsp Olive oil
- 1/2 cup Sundried tomatoes
- 1/4 cup Parsley
- dash Cinnamon
- to taste S&P
- 1/2 cup Red onion
- 4 slices Prosciutto bacon
- to taste Crushed Red Pepper
Instructions
- 1Sautee in olive oil.. red onion, garlic, red peppers, sundried tomatoes, capers, parsley, cinnamon and S&P. Lastly add tomato sauce and calamari and let stew information a few minutes. 🤌
- 2Procutto bacon lay a sheet pan cook at 350° until crispy. Maybe 5 minutes
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Squid is one of those things people order out and never make at home, and that's a shame. It cooks in about two minutes over high heat, it takes to garlic and tomato and black pepper, and a pound of it feeds a table.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection when they want dinner that feels like a treat but doesn't take an hour — a quick fry on a Friday, or a pot of sauce on a cold Tuesday night.
Every recipe here is squid, start to finish: Salt and Pepper Squid, Calamari Puttanesca, Crispy Dry-Dredged Calamari, Stuffed Calamari in Tomato Sauce, Grilled Calamari with dry tzatziki, Oven-fried Squid, and Koonthal Fry.
Quick Tips
- 1
Cook it fast or slow
Squid turns rubbery in the middle ground. Either sear or fry it in 2 minutes, or simmer it in sauce for 30 to 45 minutes until it goes tender again.
- 2
Dry the rings well
Pat the tubes and tentacles with paper towels and let them sit 10 minutes before dredging, or the coating slides off and the oil spits.
- 3
Keep oil at 360
Fry in small batches so the oil stays near 360°F. Crowding the pan drops it 40 degrees and you get soggy, pale calamari.
- 4
Slice rings evenly
Cut the tubes into rings about 1/2 inch wide so everything finishes at the same time in the pan.
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