Fried calamari in battered or breaded - a simple version of a delicious snack for a glass of beer or wine on a hot summer day. It contains a minimum of calories among all its frying brethren, while not a drop inferior to them to taste.
Calamari, fried in breading
Ingredients:
- squid - 1 kg;
- flour - ½ st .;
- salt - 1 teaspoon;
- black pepper - 1/8 tsp;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- milk - 1 item;
- bread crumbs - 1 ½ tbsp;
- vegetable oil for frying.
Preparation
Before cooking squid must be cleaned: cut the tentacles just above the fixing point, remove the insides together with the plate, knife, scrape off the remaining films from the surface of the carcass, and then carefully wash it and dry it. We cut the squid rings.
In the package we fall asleep a flour mixed with salt and pepper, we lower in this mixture of a ring of squid. In a separate bowl we beat eggs with milk, dip the pieces of squid into the egg, and then roll in the breadcrumbs. Heat the oil to 200 degrees, and fry the squid until golden brown.
Squid fried in breadcrumbs at first we lay out on a paper napkin to let the fat drain, and then serve with your favorite sauce.
Recipe: fried squid in batter
Ingredients:
For squid:
- squid - 500 g;
- flour - 250 g;
- eggs - 1 piece;
- cayenne pepper - ½ tsp;
- smoked paprika - ½ tsp;
- salt - 1 teaspoon;
- light beer - 100 ml;
- vegetable oil - for frying.
For sauce:
- mayonnaise - 200 g;
- salt - 1 teaspoon;
- lemon - ½ pcs.
Preparation
To begin with, prepare the sauce by mixing mayonnaise with salt and juice ½ lemon. Squids are cleaned, cut into 1 cm rings. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, spices and beer so as to get a thick paste, covering the slices of squid thick layer. Once the clay is ready, heat the oil to 180-200 degrees and start frying the rings in batter until golden brown. Snack a little drying with paper towels and serve along with the sauce. Bon Appetit!