Buffalo Calamari

Name: Buffalo Calamari recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Global
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

by Donna Obrien 1 year ago

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5 minutes

886.7 kcal

36.8 g carbs

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Description

A delicious take on everyone's two favorite appetizers - Buffalo wings and fried calamari! Fresh, homemade calamari drizzled with blue cheese and hot sauce, topped with a cooling tomato relish. Hard to give a serving size, as my daughter Evan and I finish a whole recipe between us, or I'll make a plate for myself (only) as an entree! The beauty is, you can adjust just about all of the ingredients to taste!

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

Directions

1. 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.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium to medium-high heat to 395 degrees F (200 degrees C).
3. While oil heats, combine tomatoes, onion, and celery in a bowl. Set tomato relish aside.
4. 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.
5. Top with crumbled blue cheese, blue cheese salad dressing, hot sauce, and a sprinkling of tomato relish.

Nutrition Facts

serving: 4 servings

calories: 886.7 kcal

carbohydrates: 36.8 g

protein: 22.5 g

saturated fat: 11.9 g

cholesterol: 239 mg

sodium: 1270 mg

fiber: 1.4 g

sugar: 1.7 g