The Squid rings were part of a 3 for £5 deal, so cost us £1.67 for the pack. So Sue cobbled this recipe together with ingredients we had in.
Ingredients:-
Squid rings
2 Small Onions diced
3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Tsp of Oregano
1 Cup of Rice
1 ½ Cup of Fish Stock
Dried Parsley & Basil
1 Squeeze of Lemon Juice
1 Tsp of Cayenne Pepper
A Glug of Fish Sauce
Frozen Peas
A Glug of Soy Sauce
1 Tsp of Ginger, minced
1 Tsp of Brown Sugar
Fresh Parsley
Salt & Pepper
Oil to fry
Method:-
(1) Gently fry the Squid rings for 3 minutes turning regularly.
(2) Season with Salt & Pepper.
(3) Remove from the pan and set aside, reserving the cooking juices.
(4) Add a little extra Oil to the pan and fry the Onion until translucent.
(5) Rinse the Rice in cold water and drain.
(6) Add to the Onions and stir for a few minutes.
(7) Add the reserved Squid juices and Fish Stock.
(8) Heat until simmering.
(9) Add the Garlic, Oregano, Basil, Cayenne Pepper, Soy Sauce, Ginger and Brown Sugar.
(10) Keep stirring gently until the liquid is absorbed.
(11) Add more water if required until the Rice is tender and a little sticky.
(12) Add the frozen Peas and stir in.
(13) Dress with chopped Parsley and a good squeeze of Lemon Juice.
This was remarkably tasty and the Squid was really tender.
A few days ago I commented that we don't like things going to waste. I think I doomed us.
We have been gifted two fridges, which is great as we don't have a freezer we've been able to use the freezer boxes to store left-overs when we cook too much and the odd “Special Offer” I come across in the supermarkets. But then..... One of the fridges went a little mad the other evening and froze everything. So if it want's to be a freezer that's cool ( Well colder then cool actually! ) but frozen Carrots, Celeriac, salad etc. is not a great gig when it thaws out. So we had to swap the fridges around, accept that one is now pretending to be a freezer and use up everything we could salvage this evening.