Spicy calamari salad

4 servings Prep: 10 mins, Cooking: 15 mins
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Chef Caro's new favourite "kick ass" recipe.

By Food24 March 12 2012
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Ingredients (9)

500 g calamari — tubes and tentacles
3 Tbs Cajun spice
1 tsp paprika — smoked
2 fresh chillies
1 saffron — pinch
4 garlic — cloves, grated
1 lettuce — Italian salad leaves
vegetable oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Method:

Place the calamari into a colander and run fresh water over it to get rid of any sliminess from being in packaging.
Shake it to remove as much water as possible.

Place all the spices, garlic and calamari in a bowl and marinade from 10 mins – 1 day. A few hours will do just fine.
   
Heat a pan until very hot, add some oil and pan-fry the calamari in batches until just cooked. +- 3-5 mins per batch.
   
Place it all back into the pan with the leaves and turn for literally 30 seconds until everything is mixed and coated and the leaves are starting to wilt. You don’t want them to shrink to nothingness.

Serve immediately.
   
TIP: I always cook the little heads for longer until they are starting to get crispy.

Reprinted
with permission of Chef Caro. To visit Chef Caro’s
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