Salt and Chilli Pepper Calamari

Salt and Chilli Pepper Calamari

Products used in this recipe - Rainbow Seaweed Salt, Rainbow Seaweed Chilli

With any seafood recipe, fresh is key! A shout out to The Fish Shoppe who sells 100% Australian and New Zealand seafood, the best place to get sustainable seafood. You can also find out products in their retail outlets!

Serves 2

Ingredients

200g calamari, cleaned
Corn starch
1 tsp Rainbow Seaweed Chilli 
1/4 tsp Rainbow Seaweed Salt
Lemon wedges
Kewpie mayonnaise to serve*

Steps

  1. Cut calamari tube into small pieces and score a cross-hatch pattern on the surface a few times with a knife
  2. Preheat a pan fill with oil (~ 0.3-0.4cm thick). Cut the tentacles into smaller pieces.
  3. Dust calamari with corn starch then drop the calamari in the preheated pan straight away and allow it to shallow fry. Turn occasionally. Remove from heat once it's golden. This takes about 3-4 minutes.
  4. Transfer the calamari into a serving plate and sprinkle Rainbow Seaweed Chilli.
  5. Squeeze lemon over the calamari and enjoy it with Kewpie mayonnaise.

Notes

*Kewpie Mayonnaise is a Japanese mayonnaise. It is made with egg yolk compared to regular mayonnaise which is made of whole egg.

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