Deep-Fried Squid with Ginger

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

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) squid tubes
1

Starter
Side dish
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