25 minute Crispy Thai Squid Sweet and Sour Salad
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- (plus 30 mins marinating)
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- 1 carrot
- ½ red onion
- 50ml rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp Thai Taste palm sugar
- 50ml Thai Taste sweet chilli sauce
- 1 tbsp Thai Taste fish sauce
- The juice of ½ lime
- 400g squid rings
- 2 tbsp flour
- Salt and pepper
- Vegetable oil
- 10g Fresh Thai Holy basil
- 10g coriander leaves
- 10g mint leaves
Method
step 1
Cut the carrot and onion into wafer thin slices and place in a bowl.step 2
In a small pan, boil the rice vinegar with 50ml water and the palm sugar for 1 minute then pour over the onions and carrots and leave for 30 mins.step 3
Mix the sweet chilli sauce, fish sauce and lime juice together and set aside.step 4
Mix the flour, salt and pepper together on a plate and toss the squid rings in it.step 5
Fill a deep sided frying pan with oil about 2 cm deep and heat until a piece of squid sizzles immediately. Add half the squid and fry for 1-2 mins until golden brown and crispy. Drain on kitchen paper and fry the remaining squid.step 6
Pick the leaves from the stalks of the herbs.step 7
Drain the carrots and red onion and toss with the herbs.step 8
Arrange on 4 plates, top with the squid and drizzle with the sweet and sour sauce.
