What You’ll Need - Serves 2-3

  • 200g Medium Calamari Tubes (Cleaned)

  • 1 Lemon

  • 1 Tsp Dry Chili Flakes

  • 2 Garlic Cloves

  • Vegetable Oil

  • Salt & Pepper

Prep - 25 Minutes

  • Cut the calamari tubes open so they are a flat sheet and then cut these in half.

  • Make shallow crisscross cuts on the flat sheets of Calamari to help the marinade soak into them better.

  • Finely mince the garlic cloves using a grater or a garlic press.

  • Season with salt, pepper, chili flakes, garlic and combine.

  • Squeeze the juice of half the lemon over the calamari and drizzle enough vegetable oil to coat the calamari.

  • Allow to sit and marinade for 15 - 20 minutes.

Let’s Get Cooking - 5 Minutes

  • Heat a griddle pan (This can also be done on a Braai stand, just don’t cut the calamari in half as Braai stands have large openings where the calamari can fall through)

  • Place the the calamari sheets onto the griddle pan, don’t overcrowd the pan. Cook each side for 2-3 minutes until they are opaque (You can’t see through them anymore)

  • Drizzle additional lemon juice and some olive oil (optional) and serve.

  • We served the calamari with smokey beans in our image. You can find the bean recipe here.

Love,

V