“Anyway that Mom makes them!” says Son #1.
My son loves calamari or squid and seriously, he’ll eat a plateful all by himself if I let him. Usually, he gets his calamari fix at a restaurant either in Toronto or at the beach in Tecoman. But lucky for him, Mom bought some frozen squid and decided to make them this week. Well, let me tell you, after all the time I spent cleaning the little suckers (pun intended), he’ll be eating them only at a restaurant. I spent a good hour and a half removing their guts, eyes and spine! Now my fingers hurt.
Onto the mouth watering part. Yesterday, I served only the tentacles. I tossed them in with a beaten egg, added a pinch of salt, a pinch of sugar, a dash of white pepper and about 1/4 cup of flour. Heated up some oil and deep fried them. I told the kids we were eating deep fried spiders because that’s what they looked like. Sorry, no pictures, you’ll have to take my word for it.
Today, after another half hour prepping them, I made squid two ways. First, I split the body open so that its a flat piece then marinated them in chopped garlic, lime rind, sea salt and olive oil. These went on the grill for a couple of minutes each side and viola, Mediterranean Grilled Squid. Serve them with a side salad and fresh crusty bread, yummy!
Marinading.
Grilled. Note to self, next time don’t cut them open because they curl when grilled!
Second way was to cut the squid into rings, saute in a pan with some olive oil, garlic, chopped tomatoes and finish off with about 1/2 cup of white wine. Simmer a couple of minutes for the alcohol to dissipate. Toss with spaghetti and grated parmesan cheese. Delicious, fast and easy.
So tell me, how do you like your squid?
July 26, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Those marinated ones with the garlic and lime zest sound fantabulous! Maybe next time you try that, cross-score the pieces lightly with diamond pattern on the outer smooth side with tip of knife, then they don’t roll quite so much. Nice you’re finding so many tasty ways to present them!
July 31, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Teadust, thank you for your suggestion. I actually made the marinated ones again, even though I said I would not cook squid again at home. This time I grilled them whole and cut them up afterward.