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Asian calamari with carrot dressing

By Abigail Donnelly
4
Easy
10 minutes
5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 T sunflower oil
  • 200 g calamari rings
  • 3 T soya sauce
  • 1 t brown sugar
  • 1 T fish sauce
  • 2 T lemon juice
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • ½ red chilli, finely sliced
  • 200 g pak choi, blanched and refreshed
  • ½ cup carrot juice
  • 2 T olive oil

Method

Heat the sunflower oil in a large pan and sauté the calamari in the oil over a very high heat for 1 minute until coloured. Add the soya sauce, brown sugar, fish sauce, 1 T lemon juice, garlic, chilli and pak choi and cook for a further minute. Take care not to overcook the calamari.

Combine the carrot juice, olive oil and remaining lemon juice and serve on the side.