BUFFALO CALAMARI

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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!

Provided by AmyD

Categories Seafood Shellfish Octopus and Squid

Time 35m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 12

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

Steps:

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 886.7 calories, Carbohydrate 36.8 g, Cholesterol 239 mg, Fat 72.9 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 22.5 g, SaturatedFat 11.9 g, Sodium 1270 mg, Sugar 1.7 g