Small Fried Squid

Hello everyone! Today I cooked for you all these delicious fried squids. This is one of the most popular dishes of Spanish cuisine. The secret for a soft result which keeps the natural flavour of squid is that it has to be fried for little time over a high fire. When the squid  is quite big, I always cut it making rings. On this occasion  I have used whole small squids, my son's favourite. For this recipe you will need whole fresh cleaned squids.  Your fishmonger can clean them for you. However you can use frozen, cleaned squid as well.

Ingredients:

(Serves 2)

500 g. fresh small squids
200 g plain wheat flour
300 ml. extra virgin olive oil
Salt

Difficulty and cooking time:

Easy
15 minutes

Method:

Clean the squids, removing guts and rinsing well with cold water (Keep the tentacles because they are very tasty) and salt to taste.

Coat the squid in flour, shaking off flour excess and place the battered squids on a dish.

Put the extra virgin olive oil in a frying pan over a high fire. When the oil is hot enough fry the squids until golden brown and crisp. It will take about a minute. (You can use an anti-spatter lid to avoid oil burns)

Using a straining spoon put the fried squid on a dish with kitchen paper. This will absorb the unnecessary amount of oil.

And our dish is ready. Serve hot with lemon.

I hope you like it!
See you soon,

María