Buffalo Calamari
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
- 1 pound baby calamari - rinsed, dried, and sliced into rings
- vegetable oil for frying
- ½ cup diced tomatoes
- ¼ cup diced red onion
- ¼ cup diced celery
- ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese, or to taste
- ¼ cup blue cheese salad dressing, or to taste
- ¼ cup Buffalo wing sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®), or to taste
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Instructions
- Combine flour, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a resealable plastic bag and shake to combine. Add calamari and make sure all pieces are coated.
- Heat oil in a frying pan over medium to medium-high heat to 395 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- While oil heats, combine tomatoes, onion, and celery in a bowl. Set tomato relish aside.
- Shake excess flour from calamari and drop calamari into the hot oil in batches. Fry until golden brown, about 1 minute per batch. Drain on paper towels. Transfer cooked calamari to a serving plate.
- Top with crumbled blue cheese, blue cheese salad dressing, hot sauce, and a sprinkling of tomato relish.
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