Buffalo Calamari

Buffalo Calamari

A delicious take on everyone's two favorite appetizers - Buffalo wings and fried calamari! Fresh, homemade calamari drizzled with blue cheese and hot sauce, topped with a cooling tomato relish. Hard to give a serving size, as my daughter Evan and I finish a whole recipe between us, or I'll make a plate for myself (only) as an entree! The beauty is, you can adjust just about all of the ingredients to taste!

Preparation Time
30 mins
Cooking Time
5 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Calories
887 Calories

Recipe Instructions

Step 1
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.
Step 2
Heat oil in a frying pan over medium to medium-high heat to 395 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Step 3
While oil heats, combine tomatoes, onion, and celery in a bowl. Set tomato relish aside.
Step 4
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.
Step 5
Top with crumbled blue cheese, blue cheese salad dressing, hot sauce, and a sprinkling of tomato relish.
Buffalo Calamari

Ingredients

  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • vegetable oil for frying
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ¼ cup diced red onion
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
  • ¼ cup diced celery
  • ½ cup diced tomatoes
  • ¼ cup blue cheese salad dressing, or to taste
  • ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese, or to taste
  • 1 pound baby calamari - rinsed, dried, and sliced into rings
  • ¼ cup Buffalo wing sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®), or to taste

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