Grilled calamari with herbs and crisp shallots

Melbourne restaurant Anchovy shares its recipe for grilled calamari - chef Thi Li describes it as a \"pimped out\" warm salad take on a barbecue staple.

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by gourmettraveller-1

Ingredients

600 whole southern calamari cleaned, cut lengthways into 3 pieces, tentacles separated

2 tbsp rice vinegar

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 garlic clove finely chopped

2 tbsp very thinly sliced sawtooth coriander (see note)

10 mint leaves torn

10 Thai basil leaves torn

10 Vietnamese mint leaves torn

2 kaffir lime leaves cut into julienne

3 pickled lotus stems cut into 1cm lengths, chopped (see note) (12gm)

1 spring onion thinly sliced diagonally

Deep-fried shallots

Vegetable oil for deep-frying

4 golden shallots halved and very thinly sliced

3 green Thai chillies (see note)

2 large garlic cloves crushed

2 tbsp lime juice

1 tbsp caster sugar

1 tbsp fish sauce

1 tsp coriander roots, cleaned (5-6)


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