How to Cook Grilled Squid

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 15 mins

Cooking time: 8 minutes

Ingredients needed to make Grilled Squid:

• 4 medium whole squid, rinsed and prepared with the wings retained
• 2-3 red chillies, seeds removed and sliced
• Zest and freshly squeezed out juice of 2 lemons
• 1 lemon, sliced into wedges
• Handful of fresh mint, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp fennel seeds
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• Extra virgin olive oil

Cooking instructions for Grilled Squid:

• Place one squid on top of your cutting board, upside down, with its wings laid flat across it.
• Insert a large knife under it leave it likewise.
• Move another sharp knife crosswise across the squid, as if you are trying to carve out slices, though the knife underneath it will inhibit from cutting through it straight away.
• Process rest of the squid in a similar fashion and set aside.
• Place the fennel seeds in a mortar and sprinkle a large pinch of seasonings into it.
• Pound it with pestle into a slightly, grainy powder.
• Heat up a grill over hot charcoal fire.
• Rub it on the surface of the squid as well as within the slashes and place it on top of the hot grill rack and sear for half a minute, before flipping it over to char sear the other side.
• Continue to grill the squid likewise, turning it over at regular intervals, until the flesh turns opaque as well as whitish and appears firm on touch.
• Add a splash of lemon juice in a medium bowl and drizzle thrice as much EVOO into it.
• Whisk them thoroughly until well combined and sprinkle the chili as well as lemon zest into it.
• Add a dash of seasonings into it and stir them well together until they blend thoroughly.
• Smother the squid with the above mixture and serve warm alongside lemon wedges.

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Last Updated on March 4, 2013 by