Fresh Monterey Asian Fried Calamari!

At the MBK tournament all I caught was bait, so we decided to eat it 

We tried this recipe and it tasted GREAT!


1/2 cup AP flour
1/2 cup Semolina flour
1/4 teaspoon Chinese 5 Spice
Salt and Pepper how you like it
1/2 cup Half and Half (or milk, or Cream-we used the half and half)
1 1/2 cups Manteca
10 Squid, Cleaned and Prepared

Mix the dry ingredients in a ziplock and pour the half and half in a bowl. Heat the Lard until 360 degrees. Shake the prepared squid in the dry bag, dip it in the half and half, then back in the dry bag for another shake. Fry at 360 degrees for 2 minutes-time it and temp it or regret it, and then as Andy says, you win. Salt them a little when they are cooling on the rack if you are into the extra salt like Sara

DUDE!!!!!!!

 

That looks AWESOME!!

I'll take that over a rockfish any day of the week!!

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

I agree with Jim. Nice catch and even better cooking job.

AWESOME !!!

Never go hungry.  The ocean's bounty is something to be thankful for!

I made frutti di mare last night, but it was all Ranch 99 stuff.  I would kill for what was on your plate!

thx for sharing, even if it's just pictures.   

Dang Al, that looks better than any restaurant could make!

way to make dinner out of the bait!

I love calimari!!! Makes me want to come down to monterey to target them. I guess the Halibut and WSB could be and ok bycatch as well.


-Eliot

beautiful looking frito al, and as fresh as can be, cameron

One of my favorite side dishes, awesome

That looks great...Squid is probably the only bait I would eat. Thanks for the recipe too!

Great idea! Now I'm starving. Thanks for the recipe and pics.

Awww man it was so good, The ends of the tentacles were so crisp, and so tender at the meatier bottom.

I went to pick up Quinn (5years old) from his dad after we ate, and I brought him a small dish to have in the car on the way back and he grubbed! Then we get home and he sees the tentacles and is like hmmmm... I'll try it....mmmmmmmmmm THIS IS DELICIOUS!!!!!

BTW it may sound weird but we served the Squid with sauteed corn, zucchini, red onion, cashews and crumbled goat and sheep's cheese mixture, it was almost as good as the squid 

Damn... that Al can cook. That fried calamari looks delicious.  Gonna have to try that recipe.  There no wasted squid when I'm done fishing!

Squid - the other white meat

 

Wow...that is delicious looking dish!  Thanks for sharing the recipe Al.  Which kind of squid jigs did you use to catch them?

At the MBK tournament all I caught was bait

What did you use to catch squid? Sibiki?

Cheers,
C-