Name: Buffalo Calamari
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: All-purpose flour - 1 cup; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Ground black pepper - ¼ teaspoon; Cayenne pepper, or to taste - 1 pinch; Baby calamari - rinsed, dried, and sliced into rings - 1 pound; Vegetable oil for frying - 1 pound; Diced tomatoes - ½ 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 - ¼ cup

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30 min.

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Ingredients for - Buffalo Calamari

1. All-purpose flour - 1 cup

2. Salt - ½ teaspoon

3. Ground black pepper - ¼ teaspoon

4. Cayenne pepper, or to taste - 1 pinch

5. Baby calamari - rinsed, dried, and sliced into rings - 1 pound

6. Vegetable oil for frying - 1 pound

7. Diced tomatoes - ½ cup

8. Diced red onion - ¼ cup

9. Diced celery - ¼ cup

10. Crumbled blue cheese, or to taste - ¼ cup

11. Blue cheese salad dressing, or to taste - ¼ cup

12. Buffalo wing sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®), or to taste - ¼ cup

How to cook deliciously - Buffalo Calamari

1. Stage

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.

2. Stage

Heat oil in a frying pan over medium to medium-high heat to 395 degrees F (200 degrees C).

3. Stage

While oil heats, combine tomatoes, onion, and celery in a bowl. Set tomato relish aside.

4. Stage

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.

5. Stage

Top with crumbled blue cheese, blue cheese salad dressing, hot sauce, and a sprinkling of tomato relish.