Fried Calamari

Name: Fried Calamari
Yield: Serves 4 as an appetizer
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, milk; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 1 1/2 cups, all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, pepper; 1 pound, squid, bodies sliced crosswise ¾ inch thick, extra-long tentacles trimmed to match length of shorter ones; 2 quarts, vegetable oil for frying; , Lemon wedges

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2020

Appetizers

Italian

Fish & Seafood

SERVES4 as an appetizer

TIME50 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our fried calamari features tender, lightly springy squid encased in a crispy, lacy, golden-brown crust. Slicing the squid bodies into ¾-inch-thick rings prolonged tenderness during frying. Dipping the squid in milk helped just enough of th...

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