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Monday, March 24, 2008

Pepper Salted Squid ala Tian Hong

My masterpiece.... First time try the same dish in Portland's 'Tian Hong', a very yummy dish with the price tag of around $16.00 +++. Raw material is only $2.50 max (squid, garlic and jalapenno) if you use calamari, add $3.00.... Easy to do and cheap... the result is also very rewarding...
Ingredients:
1 packed of squid or calamari (in US, calamari is already sliced, for squid you have to clean the squids, skin them then slice)
flour mix: 3 cup of flour 5 tbsp of corn starch, lots of pepper, sugar and salt with ratio of 3:2:1 in order, mix all of them in a medium clean plastic bag
2 jalapenno sliced (I prefer jalapenno because it's still crunchy after you sautee, while usual green chili is not, but since jalapenno is very rare in Asian countries, substitute jalapenno with green chili)
3 tbsp of garlic
seasoning: pepper, sugar, salt to taste (if you like saltish food, you add more salt)
How to make:
1. throw the sliced squid into the flour mix's plastic bag and shake the bag until all squid covered with flour
2. deep-fry the squid until golden color in high heat, and set aside
3. in a stir-fry pan, heat up oil to high heat and sautee garlic and sliced jalapenno until fragrant
4. put in fried squid and add more seasonings to taste, then pan-fried the squid until the seasonings are equally covered, then voilla...

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