Fried Calamares with Caramelized Lemon Slices and Wasabi-lemon Sauce

(from ch3fmyra’s recipe box)

Source: http://www.yummy.ph/recipe/Fried-Calamares-with-Caramelized-Lemon-Slices-and-Wasabi-Lemon-Sauce

Categories: appetizer, not tried

Ingredients

  • or the wasabi-lemon sauce
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 to 1 teaspoon wasabi paste
  • tobiko for topping (optional)
  • For the caramelized lemon
  • 1 lemon, sliced into thin rounds
  • sugar for dipping
  • vegetable oil for deep-frying
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
  • 2 cups cornstarch
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 kilo squid (including tentacles), peeled, cleaned, and sliced into thick rings

Directions

  1. Make the sauce: Combine mayonnaise, lemon juice, garlic powder, and wasabi. Top with tobiko (flying fish roe) if desired.

  2. Make the caramelized lemon: Dip both sides of each lemon round in sugar and place in a sauté pan over medium heat. When sugar turns caramel in color, immediately take lemons out of the pan.

  3. Make fried calamares: Heat oil. In a bowl, combine half of the flour and cornstarch. Place beaten eggs in another bowl, and the remaining flour in another. Toss squid pieces in the flour-cornstarch mixture, dip in beaten egg, then dredge in flour. Deep-fry in hot oil.

  4. Arrange fried calamares in a paper towel-lined basket or platter and place caramelized lemons between squid pieces. Serve with wasabi-lemon sauce on the side.

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