Name: Deep-Fried Squid with Ginger
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: oil, for deep-frying; 3 teaspoons sesame oil; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) light soy sauce; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) lime juice; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 1½ teaspoons sugar; 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) squid tubes; 1 lime, quartered; 2 red Asian shallots, thinly sliced; 1–2 red chillies, chopped; 20 g (¾ oz) ginger, cut into matchsticks

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

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Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) squid tubes
1

Side dish
Starter
Pescatarian
Spicy

Method

Remove the quill and any skin from the squid tubes. Cut the squid down one side to open it out, and dry with paper towels. Using a sharp knife, score into a tight diamond pattern. Combine the five-spice, 2 teaspoons salt, sugar, garlic, lime juice, soy sauce and

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