Salt and Pepper Squid

Name: Salt and Pepper Squid
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 600g cleaned squid tubes and tentacles; 1 cup cornflour; 1/2 cup plain flour; 2 tsp salt flakes; 1 tsp black pepper, freshly ground; 1 tsp five-spice powder; oil for deep frying; lemon wedges and aioli to serve; fresh chilli and spring onion optional garnish

Crispy Australian restaurant-style salt and pepper squid with aioli and lemon. Scoring the squid tubes in a cross-hatch pattern before cutting makes each piece curl up attractively and cook through evenly in the hot oil.

Total time

15 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

5 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Australian

Ingredients

600gcleaned squid tubes and tentacles

1 cupcornflour

1/2 cupplain flour

2 tspsalt flakes

1 tspblack pepper, freshly ground

1 tspfive-spice powder

oilfor deep frying

lemon wedges and aiolito serve

fresh chilli and spring onionoptional garnish

Instructions

Score squid tubes in a cross-hatch. Cut into pieces.

Mix cornflour, flour, salt, pepper and five-spice.

Toss squid in seasoned flour.

Deep-fry at 190°C in batches for 2 minutes until crispy.

Serve immediately with lemon, aioli and chilli.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

194

Protein

1.9g

Fat

0.2g

Carbs

44.8g

Fiber

0.9g

Sodium

4mg

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