Asian, Thai
quick-squid-with-red-chile-sauce-and-herbs

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Recipe

This is the recipe to make for people who are convinced that healthy food can’t be made quickly and inexpensively. In no time, the table will be overflowing with fresh herbs, lettuce, and quickly seared salty-sour squid. You can tell your guests to place all the ingredients in a piece of lettuce before dipping into the sweet chile sauce or, alternatively, make themselves a salad and use the sauce as dressing.

Yield : Serves 4 for lunch or as an appetizer

Ingredients

  • 1 pound cleaned squid, tubes cut into rings and tentacles cut in half lengthwise
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice (about ½ lime)
  • 2 green onions, minced
  • Pinch of salt
  • Heaping ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1 head butter lettuce, washed and dried, whole leaves picked off the stem
  • 2 cups fresh cilantro leaves
  • 1 cup fresh Thai or regular basil leaves
  • 1 carrot, grated or cut into fine julienne, or 1 cup bean sprouts
  • 1 cup Thai sweet chile sauce, such as Mae Ploy brand (see Notes)
  • 1 tablespoon high-heat vegetable oil

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the squid with the fish sauce, lime juice, green onions, salt, and pepper. Set aside while you heat a wok or large sauté pan over high heat. Decoratively assemble the lettuce, cilantro, Thai basil, carrots, and a bowl of chile sauce on a large platter.

Add the vegetable oil to the wok over high heat and, when it is hot, add the squid. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 to 3 minutes only, just until the squid ring edges curl up a bit and turn white. Transfer the squid to a bowl, leaving the liquid in the wok. Reduce the liquid down to a thick glaze (making sure to add any juices that accumulate at the bottom of the bowl the squid is resting in), about 5 minutes. Pour the glaze back over the squid and serve it on the platter with the accompaniments.

Notes

Thai sweet chile sauce is easy to find in the Asian foods aisle of any large supermarket.

Pairing: A riesling, such as Navarro Vineyards 2008, Mendocino, California, or a gewürztraminer.


© 2011 Becky Selengut
 

Nutritional Information

Nutrients per serving (% daily value)

228kcal (11%)
1339mg (56%)
21g
5g
6g (8%)
0g
1g (3%)
3g
1g
264mg (88%)
9g
21g
72mg
765mg
149mcg RAE (5%)
27mg (45%)
91mg (9%)
3mg (14%)
 

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