delicious! i squid you not

Well the hope i had for a weekly fry blog has gone straight to hell. I've been working 50 hour weeks all summer and it seems i don't have time to document my frying adventures. I will however do my best to update whenever possible.

this week we tackle the very delicious calamari!

so we start with a squid body. when choosing calamari, make sure the fish smell is not overpowering, they do not have a very long shelf life, 5 days at the most and that's pushing it. slice it into very thin rings, the thinner the better as it tends to get chewy in thicker slices. For this recipe, i avoided a liquid batter as it is hard to taste the calamari if its covered in batter.
instead we are gonna use a very simple flour based batter

1 cup of plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
salt and pepper
pink of cayenne
banana peppers

sift together and take the sliced calamari, throw in a hand full of pickled banana peppers, toss with the flour mixture. Throw this into the deep fryer. Calamari only take 5-10 seconds to cook, most places served it cooked a little longer. leave it down for about a minute. the baking powder will release carbon dioxide as soon as it hits the hot oil, leaving a nice crispy batter.
the hot peppers are especially nice with a batter. serve with a garlic mayo dill sauce, marinara or seafood sauce! (anything really). I really enjoyed deepfried seafood, so 9 fries out of ten!

side note: squid are gonna take over the world. Eat them before they eat you! I for one embrace our soon to be squid overlords. I am even willing to take one as my husband.