Avo Calamari Salad © Jenny Morris from Her Book More Rude F

Name: Avo Calamari Salad © Jenny Morris from Her Book More Rude F
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: olive oil or peanut oil, for shallow frying; 500 g baby calamari, tubes cleaned; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 6 whole spring onions, sliced; 1 red chili pepper, sliced; 200 g fresh bean sprouts; 2 large firm avocados, peeled and cut into blocks; 2 granny smith apples, skin on, cut into chunks; 2 tablespoons coriander, chopped; 2 tablespoons mint, chopped; 2 tablespoons basil, roughly torn; 3/4 cup fresh lime juice; 5 ml sesame oil

Submitted by Jenny Morris aka Gi

"a fresh easy to prepare salad of avocados and calamari with a deicius fresh lime dressing, makes a great starter or light lunch. wonderful fresh Asian flavours."

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Ready In:: 23mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

olive oil or peanut oil, for shallow frying
500 g baby calamari, tubes cleaned
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 garlic cloves, crushed
6 whole spring onions, sliced
1 red chili pepper, sliced
200 g fresh bean sprouts
2 large firm avocados, peeled and cut into blocks
2 granny smith apples, skin on, cut into chunks
2 tablespoons coriander, chopped
2 tablespoons mint, chopped
2 tablespoons basil, roughly torn
³⁄₄ cup fresh lime juice
5 ml sesame oil

directions

Slit the calamari tubes open and make shallow cuts in a diamond.
pattern across the inside flesh.
In a glass bowl, mix the calamari, brown sugar and fish sauce.
Heat enough oil to cover the bottom of a heavy based frypan and very.
quickly fry the calamari in small batches and set aside about 3-4 minutes, the dressing will finish off the cooking.
Toss the calamari together with all the remaining ingredients except.
the avocado which you can lightly mix in at the end.

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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Jenny Morris aka Gi

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Jenny Morris - AKA The Giggling Gourmet * - is one of SA's most-loved food personalities she is an author, magazine writer, radio and TV presenter, celebrity chef, teacher, caterer and culinary tour guide to Morroco, China and takes people from all over the world on her trips, she has had an ongoing love affair with food since she was a child. I grow a lot of my own fresh herbs and vegetables and fruit and have a wonderful cooking studiowhere I teach and run Corporate team builing. I love Asian cisine and cook it a lot, it is fresh and easy and healthy. I have developed my own range of herbs, spices and sauces. I do a lot of recipe development for produces and cook at food shows, I like to inform entertainingly and entertain informativly. Jenny lives with her family in Cape Town South Africa, she is in bussiness with her husband David who managers her Spices, books and appearances. Listen Live every Thursday 12h00 GMT at this link www.capetalk.co.za/onair/tunein/player.asp

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