Dalmatian Fried Calamari
I hope today’s crispy and sensational, Dalmatian fried calamari will inspire you to put some seafood on this week’s menu.
RECIPES SIMILAR TO DALMATIAN FRIED CALAMARI
Admittedly, I don’t do enough seafood on the blog.
Every now and then though, something catches my eye. Like the perfectly breaded hake paired with the typical regional seafood potato salad. Hake can be fresh or frozen for this no-frills recipe. Because sometimes the simplest things really are the best.
There is also a colorful tuna and egg salad for those times when you just want some fish out of a can.
Creamy saffron shrimp definitely hits the spot. Smooth, heavy cream based sauce, with just the right touch of spices. Neither exotic nor bland, this is a gateway shrimp sauce if you’re just dipping your feet in the strange land comprised by the sea and river creatures.
Fried Calamari
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Prep Time: 5 mins -
Cook Time: 15 mins
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Total Time: 20 mins
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Yield: 4 1x -
Category: Main Course
Ingredients
- 1 pound calamari (fresh or frozen)
- 1 cup white flour
- Oil
- (Optional) Pasta (spaghetti)
Instructions
- Wash (and clean if necessary) calamari well. Place on a paper towel and pat dry as much as possible. (They keep some of the water inside, and you want to avoid water meeting hot oil.)
- Heat oil on high in a deep skillet. Place flour on a plate and coat calamari with it generously.
- Once the oil is really hot, throw the calamari on. Fry about 3-4 minutes on the first side, flip and fry another 2 minutes or so. Transfer onto a paper towel to soak up the oil.
- (Option 1) Make enough pasta for 4 people according to the box directions. After draining, coat with the oil left over after calamari frying.
- (Option 2) Make the potato salad from hake recipe on the site (link below).
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