Fried Squid

Name: Fried Squid
Ingredients: 500 g squid, a nice big one, and its tentacles, cleaned by the fishmonger and left whole; 1 tbsp plain flour; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1 tbsp cornflour; 100 ml sparkling water, ice cold; 1 tsp coriander powder; Salt; 2 litres rapeseed oil; 2 tbsps lemon juice; 1 tsp sweet smoked paprika; 4 tbps olive oil

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Max’s Sandwich Book

By Max Halley and Ben Benton

Published 2018

About

I mean, come on, what sort of enticement do you really need? Cook this fast, and at a high heat. There will be no chewy-chewy-rubber-johnny for you, my friend.

Ingredients

500 g squid, a nice big one, and its tentacles, cleaned by the fishmonger and left whole
1 tbsp plain flour

Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Take a knife and run it up the inside of the squid’s body, opening it up and allowing you to lay it flat on your board. Use the tip of the knife and gently score the inside of the squid with a criss-cross, chequerboard pattern all over it’s body. This will allow it to grab hold of your batter. Cut the squid into strips, squares, rhombuses, who cares, but make sure they are a good consistent siz