Calamari with Chipotle-Mayo Dipping Sauce
Author: Pizza Today
Recipe type: appetizers
Ingredients
- CALAMARI (Ingredients)
- Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons dried cilantro
- Salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1 pound clean squid without tentacles, bodies cut into ½-in. rings
- 2 lemons, cut into wedges
- 1 cup chipole-mayo dipping sauce
Instructions
- CALAMARI
- In a deep fryer, bring oil to 350 F.
- Mix flour, dried cilantro, salt & pepper in a large bowl.
- Working in small batches, toss squid into the flour mixture to coat.
- Carefully drop squid into oil; fry until crisp and very pale golden, about 1 min. per batch.
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer fried calamari to a paper-towel lined plate to drain.
- For service, place calamari & lemon wedges on a plate.
- Season with salt; serve with chipotle-mayo dipping sauce.
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Calamari with Chipotle-Mayo Dipping Sauce
Author: Pizza Today
Recipe type: appetizers
Ingredients
- CHIPOTLE-MAYO DIPPING SAUCE
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 3 chipotle chilies in adoo sauce
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- Juice of ½ a lemon
- 1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley
- Sea salt to taste
Instructions
- CHIPOTLE-MAYO DIPPING SAUCE (Instructions)
- Combine all ingredients in a food processor; blend until smooth.
- Chill for at least 1 hr.; serve with fried calamari.
