Rev. Peanut's Black Pepper & Chilli Squid
- Nov 11, 2014
- 1 min read
Black Pepper & Chilli Squid:
Necessary Items:
Some nice, fresh squid. About 500g.
A significant number of black peppercorns, say, around 30?
2 or 3 hot fresh red chillies
A handful of fresh coriander
A wedge of lime. Or lemming.
1/2 teaspoon of coarse sea salt (or a bit more or a bit less)
2 tablespoons of peanut oil
How to do it:
Firstly, repeat after me - "Octopus is not squid". Right. Now we're ready.
Clean the squiddies and slice into strips.
Crush the peppercorns using a pestle and mortar. Or mill 'em. Whatever.
Finely chop the chillies.
Combine squid, salt, pepper and chillies in a mixing bowl.
Stick said bowl in the fridge for an hour or so, covered.
In a heavy pan, heat the oil until just about smoking, or, if you don’t smoke, for about 2 minutes.
Throw the squiddy mixture into the pan and stir fry for about 42 ½ seconds.
Take the pan off the heat and stir in the coriander.
Garnish with the lime wedge and serve immediately. If not sooner.
When finished munching, feel free to wonder at the delicious flavour and simple nature of this particular chow. Tasty, innit?
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