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Golden pan fried calamari

Published on April 24, 2014 | In | By |

Can be served as an appetizer or as a side dish to accompany a large vegetable salad or oven baked fish.

Seafood

Ingredients

  • 900g/2lb calamari rings (3-4 cm/1 inch thick)
  • ½ cup organic non-gmo all purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup olive oil (for frying)
  • ½ tsp sea salt, ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 lemon, quartered

Directions

  • 1. Wash the calamari and pat dry with a paper towel.
  • 2. Add the salt and pepper to the flour.
  • 3. In a large plastic food bag, add the flour and the calamari and shake until all the rings are well coated.
  • 4. In a large pan, heat the oil to be hot but not smoking.
  • 5. Add the calamari, using a fork separate them to keep them from touching each other.
  • 6. Cook the rings for 2 minutes and then turn each one over with a fork and cook for another 2 minutes. Remove and place on a platter lined with paper to drain excess oil.
  • 7. Continue to cook the rest of the calamari in the same way.
  • 8. If you are also using the legs, then leave those for last and cook only one minute on each side. Be careful as the legs tend to splatter.
  • 9. Serve on a platter with lemon wedges.