PK’s Salt N Pepper Squid Rings

A serve of salt and pepper squid rings is the perfect end to a long day on the water. It takes minutes to prepare and then you can go back to cleaning the rest of your catch :).

Best of all, this will be on your plate in 15 minutes.

You will be:

  1. Preparing your ingredients.
  2. Shallow frying the dusted rings.
  3. Serving.

You will need:

  • Ingredients:
    • a couple of clean squid hoods my (see Squid Preparation Tips)
    • enough olive oil to allow you to shallow fry the rings
    • 1/2 cup plain flour
    • 1 tsp table salt
    • 1 -2 Tbsp cracked black pepper
    • ground chili to taste
  •  Equipment:
    • a long sharp knife
    • a chopping board
    • a pair of tongs
    • a fork
    • a medium-sized mixing bowl
    • a deep pan for shallow frying

Prepare your ingredients

  1. Cut your squid rings nice and thin.
  2. Add to the mixing bowl:
    • 1/2 cup plain flour
    • 1 tsp table salt
    • 1 -2 Tbsp cracked black pepper
    • optional chili to taste
  3. Give everything a good turn over with a fork.
  4. Add the squid rings to the bowl and (using your hands) toss the rings making sure the flour mix coats them inside and out.
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Pearly white squid rings 🙂
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The flour mix
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Get the flour mix into every nook and cranny

Shallow frying the dusted rings

Get your olive oil to medium heat, remember it has a low smoking temperature, and shallow fry the rings in batches. Make sure you do them quickly so they don’t go chewy :).

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Serving

Some creamy aioli, a green salad and some oven baked chips (and a cold beer) is all the squid rings need :).

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Enjoy,

PK


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