Baby Cuttlefish

Name: Baby Cuttlefish
Yield: Serves 4 as a Main Course
Ingredients: 50 ml olive oil; a dash of oyster sauce; 100 ml soy sauce; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 1 large chilli, finely chopped; 1 tbsp grated ginger; a pinch of saffron strands; 1 heaped tbsp toasted sesame seeds; zest of ½ orange; juice of 1 orange; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 kg baby cuttlefish, kept whole and spine removed

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a Main Course

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Secret of Spice

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2019

About

You can find baby cuttlefish in Chinese, Thai or Vietnamese supermarkets, but if you are struggling to find them, replace with baby octopus.

Ingredients

100 ml soy sauce
a dash of oyster sauce
50 ml

Fish course
Pescatarian
Spicy

Method

Put all the ingredients, except the cuttlefish, into a large bowl. Taste the marinade and adjust if it needs more honey or chillies. Add the cuttlefish to the marinade, cover, and leave in the fridge for at least 2 hours, or overnight if possible.

Barbecue for 2-3 minutes on each side, being careful not to overcook, and serve immediately. You could also cook the fish on a griddle pan or