Garlic chilli squid with rocket and lemon

Name: Garlic chilli squid with rocket and lemon
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400g squid tubes, cleaned; 2 tbsp olive oil; 3 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 red chilli, finely chopped; 1 lemon, squeezed and cut into wedges; 80g rocket; 3 tbsp fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped; 1 tsp ground black pepper

Tender squid seared hot and fast with garlic and chilli, piled on peppery rocket.

Time15 min
LevelMedium
Costabout £4.00 a head

2 servings

Ingredients

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400 gsquid tubescleaned
2 tbspolive oil
3garlic clovessliced
1red chillifinely chopped
1lemonsqueezed and cut into wedges
80 grocket
3 tbspfresh flat leaf parsleychopped
1 tspground black pepper

Method

1
Slit the squid tubes open and score the inside in a criss cross pattern. Cut into pieces and pat very dry.
2
Heat a frying pan until smoking hot. Add half the oil.
3
Cook the squid in two batches for 1 to 2 minutes, until curled and lightly browned. Any longer and it turns rubbery.
1 min 30 s
4
Lower the heat, add the rest of the oil, garlic and chilli. Cook for 30 seconds until fragrant.
5
Return all the squid, add the lemon juice, parsley and pepper, and toss.
6
Pile onto the rocket and serve with lemon wedges.

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