Salt And Pepper Squid Or Calamari With Cucumber Salad

Total Time: 26 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 500 g squid, cleaned hoods only
• 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 1 lebanese cucumber, sliced thinly (about 130 grams)
• 2 green onions, sliced thinly (also known as spring onions)
• 250 g cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1/3 cup roasted peanuts, chopped coarsely
• 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil

Recipe

• 1 cut squid hoods along one side and open out. using a small sharp knife, score inside of hoods in a diagonal pattern, without cutting all the way through. this will allow the squid to curl during cooking. cut each squid hood into eight pieces.
• 2 sprinkle squid with combined pepper, salt and lemon pepper seasoning.
• 3 heat oil in wok or large frying pan, stir-fry squid in batches until curled and just cooked through. serve squid with cucumber salad.
• 4 cucumber salad: combine cucumber, onion, tomato, nuts and mint in medium bowl. add combined vinegar and oil, toss to combine.