Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, izakaya-style squid kara-age (fried squid). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Pat the squid dry, and coat with flour. Set aside for a while to let the flavours blend, mixing from time to time. Drain on absorbent paper, then serve hot with Kewpie mayonnaise and lemon wedges. Steps Clean the Squid Tentacles and cut into pieces.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook izakaya-style squid kara-age (fried squid) using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Izakaya-Style Squid Kara-age (Fried Squid):
- Get 200 ml Squid
- Get 1 as much (to taste) Lettuce
- Make ready 1 as much (to taste) Carrot
- Make ready 1 for garnish Cucumber
- Get 1 Olive oil
- Make ready 1 enough to coat the squid Flour
- Make ready Sauce for marinating
- Take 6 tbsp + 3 tablespoons Mentsuyu (2x concentrate) + vinegar
The shichimi makes it spicier and more delicious. Ika Geso Karaage Japanese people are known for not wasting any part of a product, which also applies to the squid. Fortunately, squid tentacles have beautiful white meat that is in fact very flavorsome. When deep-fried they make the perfect finger food to go with a cold beer.
Instructions to make Izakaya-Style Squid Kara-age (Fried Squid):
- Put the mentsuyu and vinegar in a small saucepan, and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes until it comes to a boil. Set aside to cool. Clean the squid by removing the innards. Wash thoroughly. Cut into desired sizes.
- Julienne the carrot and cucumber. Shred the lettuce to bite-sized pieces. Combine in a bowl. Pat the squid dry, and coat with flour.
- Deep fry the squid in plenty of oil, then, one by one, place the squid into the mixture from Step 1. Set aside for a while to let the flavours blend, mixing from time to time.
- Before the squid cools, mix the veggies, squid, and sauce together in the bowl from Step 2. Serve cold. Sprinkle shichimi spice (Japanese 7 spice powder) on top to taste.
Fortunately, squid tentacles have beautiful white meat that is in fact very flavorsome. When deep-fried they make the perfect finger food to go with a cold beer. Squid: For this dish, I used all the tentacles and the "wings" or "enpera" えんぺら parts of the one pound of squid, which yielded small servings for two as you can see in the picture below. I cut off the "beaks" and any innards attached to the tentacles. Since this was a small squid, I did not divide the tentacles further.
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