How To Make EASY Fried Calamari At Home | Home Cooking

King of the appetizers, crispy fried calamari is great for any occasion. Simple, delicious, and unbelievably easy to make at home, so skip the bar tab and let’s get cooking!

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Hello and welcome back to the unprofessional kitchen where I show you how to make great food in the average kitchen and today we’re making probably the most popular appetizer and bar food to ever be created and if the thumbnail hasn’t given it away already obviously I’m talking

About calamari this is one of those dishes that’s going to be as simple or as bold as you want to make it regardless of what you choose to do is going to be appropriate for just about any setting but no matter how you choose to do it I can almost guarantee it’s

Going to be a better value if you make it at home so let’s stop talking and get straight to [Applause] Cooking wasting no time here in front of me is approximately 800 G of squid you can buy this fresh at any local fishery however you can also opt to buy it packaged and Frozen at most grocery stores either is going to work just fine L just get whatever is accessible to you

Very simply we’re just going to start to slice the calamari widthwise thickness is honestly dealer’s Choice here so go as thick or as thin as you want for this recipe we’re going to cut each piece at about a/4 of an inch thick but again you do you process is the same regardless

Just make sure you’re being consistent proceed this way until you’ve cut all of the calamari transfer the calamari into a bowl and submerge it in 2 cups of Buttermilk if you don’t want to use or you don’t have that much you can opt for 50/50 split of Buttermilk and water even

Regular whole milk could work if you’re in a pinch cover with Saran Wrap and leave in the fridge while we prep everything else so we all know calamari is only as good as the sauce you serve it with and so for this we’re going to be making an easy but delicious Chipotle

May so in our insert here we’re going to start by adding one cup of mayo and with our microplane we’re going to add in the zest of one whole lemon and then the juice of one whole lemon add in two whole cloves of garlic and three chipotle peppers with

The Adobo sauce you can add more if you want it to be spicier or if you want more color and lastly crack black pepper to taste with kosher salt blend that all up either with a hand blender or whatever alternative you might have until smooth and as always taste and

Adjust for seasoning and spice as necessary but for me this is right where I like it so to quickly prep some garnish we’re going to take some parsley scrunch it up into a bunch and rub chop it we don’t need that much a little bit goes a long way so cut as

Needed and then I’m going to take half a lemon and cut it into wedges to squeeze when I’m ready to serve and now for the dry batter and I hope you’re still paying attention because we’re going to run through this start with 1 and 1/2 cups of allpurpose flour 1 and 1/2

Tbspoon of both smoked paprika and regular paprika half a tblspoon of onion powder 1 tbsp of garlic powder half a tblsp of kosher salt and black pepper and because I happen to have it on hand at the time half a tablespoon of lemon pepper and 1 teaspoon of MSG mix together thoroughly to

Combine now that that’s taken care of take the calamari out of the fridge take it out of the bowl and start dredging it in the flour you can definitely do this in batches at a time but I just don’t have the patience to do that so mix and

Make sure all the calamari is Thoroughly coated in the seasoned flour mix there’s nothing more to it than that before we have to take it to the stove in a heavy bottom pot add enough neutral oil to submerge the calamari for frying just be mindful not to put too much heat it on

Medium high until the oil reaches a temperature of 365 to 375° F when you’re frying it’s extremely important to do this part in batches and not get impatient this time if you add too much at once not only does that drastically reduce the temperature but more importantly you’ll risk the oil

Overflowing so take your time agitate the calamari while you’re cooking it to help avoid it sticking and cook for about 4 to 5 minutes or until golden and crispy once done transfer onto a wire rack and just repeat as needed all that’s left to do is to Plate this up

Add your Calamar into a bowl for a nice touch great on some parano regano as desired top it with the chopped parsley add our lemon wedges finally a nice portion of our Chipotle mayo and there you have it crispy fried calamari with Chipotle mayo all right guys and that’s my video

On how to make calamari at home on your own I really hope this has convinced you that calamari is as easy as it looks to make if there’s anything that you take away from this video is that I want you to experiment with this recipe and try different ratios and different

Ingredients and different cooking methods to really see how your calamari comes out as always if you like this video please give me a thumbs up and if you want to see more content like this where I show you how to make great food in the average kitchen please consider

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