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

Squid is inexpensive, requires almost no prep, and cooks in minutes. So why aren't you frying it?

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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