Salt & pepper squid
A Vietnamese dinner made with seafood. Ready in about 27 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 22 minPrep (about)
- 5 minCook (about)
- 27 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 14 oz squid
Fresh & other
- 3 oz corn flour
- 3 oz all-purpose flour Shopping tip: All-purpose flour (UK: plain flour).
- Sliced green onion Shopping tip: Green onions (scallions).
- Sliced green chile Shopping tip: Jalapeño for mild (seeds out); serrano for hot.
- 1 red chile Shopping tip: Fresno or red jalapeño for mild (seeds out); Thai bird's eye for hot.
- ½ cucumber
- 1 red onion
- 1 tbsp superfine sugar Shopping tip: Superfine sugar (UK: caster). Regular sugar works.
Sauces & oils
- For frying sunflower oil
- ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tsp fish sauce
Spices & seasonings (2): black pepper, szechuan peppercorn
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp szechuan peppercorn
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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To make the dipping sauce.
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Mix all the ingredients in a little bowl until the sugar has dissolved.
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Set aside.
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Mix your cornflour plus plain flour using both peppers plus 2 tsp sea salt in a big bowl.
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Set aside.
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Line a tray using kitchen paper plus make sure you have more salt.
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Sprinkle with.
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Heat around 3 inches of oil to 350°F in deep fryer, wok or deep pan.
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If you don’t have thermometer, you can test it using cube of bread – it should brown.
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Do it in 20 secs.
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Coat the squid fully with the flour mix.
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Fry in batches for around 2 mins each until crisp.
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Use a slotted spoon to lift out your squid.
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Drain on the kitchen paper.
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Sprinkle with a little more salt.
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Dish up your squid scattered using your spring onion plus chilli, using the dipping sauce on the side.
On the side: Cucumber salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Thinly slice the cucumbers.
- Toss with the rice vinegar and a pinch of salt. Let it sit a few minutes.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.