Every Friday night, Calamari is one of the mouth-watering “pulutan”, small amounts of food eaten with alcoholic drinks, that you can order at almost every bar in the Philippines. It is a perfect match with ice-cold beer and hard liquors when you are already burnt out eating pork and chicken. There are a lot of recipes out there on how to make calamari. If you want a party hit, try this crispy calamari recipe to learn how to make super tender yet deliciously golden and crunchy squid rings.
Calamari can be cooked in different ways such as grilling, adobong pusit, souped and the famous but the simplest, the fried Calamari or Calamares as it was popularly called in Philippines.
It is served in parties, gatherings and “inuman” along with lechon kawali, gambas, fried chicken, pork or bangus sisig.
Deep-fried Calamari is basically slices of squid heavily-seasoned with spices, marinated in lemon juice and dipped into breading to achieve a crispy finish texture. The taste of fresh calamari brings me back to my childhood days and memories of my hometown in Quezon Province where seafood is abundant.
Nowadays, calamares are also served by food stands as a snack food along the busy streets of the Metro and in some cities.
PrintFried Calamari Recipe
Calamari is one of the mouth-watering “pulutan” that you can order at almost every bar in the Philippines. This calamari recipe is sure to be a party hit.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Deep fried
- Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients
- 2 1⁄4 lbs medium sized squid
- 2 pieces eggs
- 1 cup plain flour (all-purpose)
- 1 cup oil
- 30 ml fresh lime juice (calamansi juice)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- Breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Pull the head of the squid including internal parts and tentacles. Remove the beak and gladius (pen).
- Cut the head and the ink sack from the tentacles. Set aside.
- Peel the spotted outer membrane from the squid and discard.
- Wash it well. Drain and cut the body into rings.
- Combine squid, salt, and ground black pepper and mix it well.
- Heat cooking pan and the pour-in the cooking oil.
- Dredge the squid in flour then dip in beaten egg and roll over breadcrumbs.
- When the oil is hot enough, deep-fry the Calamares until it turns golden brown.
- Remove, drain on a wire rack set over baking sheet.
- Serve with spicy vinegar.
Notes
See this video for another recipe of fried calamares.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 390
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 119mg
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Protein: 38g
- Cholesterol: 532mg
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I love serving this as an appetizer on the weekend
This looks yummy and i would definitely try it at home.
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