Delicious and Flavorful Fried Squid with Fish Sauce for Home Meals

How to Prepare Fried Squid with Fish Sauce

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  Prepare the Ingredients

  Green onions should be trimmed at the root, washed clean, and cut into pieces about 1 finger length. For the onion, peel and wash it, cut it into wedges, and separate the layers. Next, peel 3 cloves of garlic, crush them, and chop finely.

  For the squid, remove the head, discard the eyes, teeth, and the ink sac, then peel off the skin, wash thoroughly with diluted salt water, and rinse with clean water, letting it drain. Separate the body and head, then cut them into bite-sized pieces.

  Effective Ways to Remove Squid Smell

  • Mix a little tapioca flour or cornstarch with some water, then knead it with the squid to remove the slime and reduce the smell, then rinse thoroughly with cold water.
  • Rub the squid with a mixture of salt, ginger, and white wine or massage it with lemon juice, then rinse with water.
  • Marinate the squid with 1 tablespoon of sugar for about 5 – 7 minutes, then rub it on the squid body, and rinse several times with water.
  • Blanch the squid in boiling water for a few seconds, then soak it in a bowl of ice water for about 2 – 3 minutes, then take it out and let it drain.

  See details: Effective Ways to Remove Squid Smell

  Note: Squid contains a lot of water, so you should cut it into larger pieces so that it does not shrink too much when frying!

  

  

  

  
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  Fry the squid

  You place a pan on the stove, add 150ml of cooking oil. Wait for the oil to heat up, then add 3 tablespoons of cornstarch, stirring well.

  Then, you use tongs to drop the squid into the pan to fry on high heat. When the squid is slightly golden, take it out onto a plate lined with paper to drain the oil.

  

  
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  Make fried squid with fish sauce

  You pour out some of the cooking oil from the pan into a bowl, leaving about 2 tablespoons of oil. Next, add 3 minced garlic cloves and sauté until fragrant.

  When the garlic is golden, add the onion and stir-fry evenly, season with 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 2 tablespoons of chili sauce, and 1/4 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate. Then, add 1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper and 1 tablespoon of sugar to the pan and stir well. After that, add the green onions and stir-fry evenly.

  Finally, add the squid and stir well until the squid is dry and evenly absorbed with the seasoning, then turn off the heat.

  

  

  

  
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  Final Product

  Now you have completed the delicious fried squid with fish sauce right at home. With the chewy squid meat, evenly absorbed spices combined with the fragrant aroma of onions and garlic, it has created a very savory fried dish that goes perfectly with rice.

  What are you waiting for? Let’s get started making it to treat your family!