Chargrilled Squid in Oyster Sauce

Name: Chargrilled Squid in Oyster Sauce (Mựg Nướng Dầu Hào)
Yield: Serves 4-6 as part of a Shared Meal
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons chilli sauce; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) squid, cleaned, tubes butteflied and scored on the inside, tentacles reserved; 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds; 1 tablespoon soft brown sugar; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 2 tablespoons oyster sauce; 1 tablespoon fish sauce; 2 red Asian shallots, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons shaoxing rice wine

Mựg Nướng Dầu Hào

Preparation info

Serves
4-6
as part of a Shared Meal

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Songs of Sapa

By Luke Nguyen

Published 2009

About

I DECIDED TO TAKE A LONG WALK ALONG NHA TRANG BEACH, AWAY FROM THE NOISE AND TOURISTS. TWO KILOMETRES LATER, I SAW SOME LADIES WEARING CONICAL HATS SITTING ON THE WHITE SAND, GRILLING SQUID. I SAT WITH THEM FOR HOURS, EATING DRIED SQUID, SEMI-DRIED SQUID AND SQUID SIMPLY MARINATED IN OYSTER SAUCE.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons shaoxing rice wine
2 red Asian shallots, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves

Asia
Vietnam
Nha Trang
Fish course
Dinner
Pescatarian
Southeast Asia
Spicy

Method

In a bowl, combine the rice wine, shallots, garlic, oyster sauce, fish sauce, brown sugar and sesame oil. Add the squid body and tentacles and toss to coat well, then cover the bowl and leave the mixture at cool room temperature for 30 minutes.

Heat a barbecue grill or chargrill pan to high. Cook the scored side of the squid first for no longer than 2 minutes, then turn and cook the oth