How to Make Rhode Island-Style Fried Calamari

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Test cook Keith Dresser makes Julia showstopping Rhode Island-Style Fried Calamari.
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@halsaleh Жыл бұрын

I love how America’s Test kitchen recipes are really simple and on spot! Can’t get enough of them 😍

@Porkcfish Жыл бұрын

I've cooked probably 2,500 orders of calamari. Blanch your calamari for 60-90 seconds and plunge in ice water before breading. It will prevent it from turning into rubber bands.

@mddell58 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Interesting!

@BullShitThat Жыл бұрын

What are you blanching your raw calamari in?... boiling water??? I've made 1000s of orders myself, and I've never heard of your method

@jonkbaby Жыл бұрын

Blanch in frying oil?

@BullShitThat Жыл бұрын

@@jonkbaby Blanching raw calamari for 60-90 seconds in frying oil @300+, will yield fully cooked calamari. The ice bath won't save you, unless these calamari are colossal in size, this sounds like a bad idea

@Porkcfish Жыл бұрын

@@BullShitThat Yes, just lightly-salted water. Blanching the calamari makes it toothsome and prevents that rubbery-chewy texture if you over-fry. It also lets you use a more delicate batter if you want, like tempura, because you don't need to fry as long.

@carltoningram3773 Жыл бұрын

I recently had fried banana peppers for the first time and THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. so much better than fried pickles, has everything to do with the way they're shaped and get coated. So glad ATK has a defacto fried banana pepper recipe now!

@filmsarefriends1950 Жыл бұрын

As a Little Rhody native, it’s great to see RI getting the spotlight! Also they probably went with the word calamari because RI has a very large Italian population.

@patriciaaturner289 Жыл бұрын

Two friends of mine, brothers, had weird senses of humor that had our group in stitches most of the time. One day they played a prank outside their neighborhood McDonalds. They had a sleeve holder for fries which they had emptied. In it, they placed fried calamari pieces, arranged so that the fried tentacles draped over the sides. The younger brother would offer passing customers a taste of “a new menu item, McSquidlies,” and wait for the reactions.

@memorycelle Жыл бұрын

Ha! Creative and hilarious.

@scaram0uche Жыл бұрын

My dad was literally just talking about this version a few days ago! So glad to see an RI version!

@cookingsimplydelicious Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your recipe it looks so good and delicious, You're a fantastic cook!

@mikeschutz1883 Жыл бұрын

Rhode Island is my favorite style of calamari. My mouth is watering. Goes on next week's menu.

@TheWitchofCrows 6 ай бұрын

I tried this recipe. Never will I ever make it any other way. PERFECT! They were so delicious. Score another point for CooksCounty/ Americas Test Kitchen!

@wendyschnapa7582 Жыл бұрын

OMG! I had no idea that it is so easy to cook one of my favorite appetizers. Definitely will make these soon! THANK YOU!!!!!

@randallthomas5207 Жыл бұрын

They aren’t quite as quick or easy, if they don’t come precleaned.

@Reinolds_Recipes Жыл бұрын

Looking good, as always :) keep sharing!! I’m subscribed😀

@Omoloya1 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!

@MinhNguyen-mo5fp Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻 for sharing ❤

@dingydate Жыл бұрын

Thank's Guy's we catch a lot of calamari here in Queensland Aust, carn't wait to try your recipe. Cheers Aussie, Chris.

@chriholt Жыл бұрын

Never had heard of the RI version, but I love calamari, so I will have to give it a try!

@jeannemarie6747 Жыл бұрын

great to see Keith again

@nalagrey5061 Жыл бұрын

Can you come up with a genuine recipe for Howard Johnson fried clams. No one ever has clams that are as delicious as theirs were. Thanks for the consideration.

@mddell58 Жыл бұрын

I'm often using a FB page thats called 'Copycat Recipes'. Its amazing how some of the 'members' come up with EXACT, or 90% so very close to what people are asking for, etc. I haven't looked for what you're asking for, but, certainly worth it. ✅

@nalagrey5061 Жыл бұрын

@@mddell58 I'll ck it out. Greatly appreciate the resource!

@flybyairplane3528 Жыл бұрын

ATK,,Hello, KEITH,,ILL TRY THIS VERSION AS I do love calamari THANKS,,,,,🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@pennylehrer1306 Жыл бұрын

my mouth is watering!!

@TheWibbo Жыл бұрын

2 parts flour to 1 part cornmeal cranks the crispiness to eleven.

@janzebuski3559 Жыл бұрын

Added cornmeal is always good for the crunch but he kept saying they were going for a tender coating with this calamari dish.

@mddell58 Жыл бұрын

IF a person desires crisper version, ADD one tablespoon of cornstarch. 👍

@Prepping-for-Heaven Жыл бұрын

@@mddell58 That was my first thought, too! Cornmeal is really too hard for clams or calamari.

@MoTown2Go Жыл бұрын

@@mddell58 I wonder why Keith did not use cornstarch (or potato starch) blend. Maybe to keep things simple?

@annjannace6957 Жыл бұрын

@@Prepping-for-Heaven My fav pic of JESUS ....(just saying)...I use 1/2 flour 1/2 semolina flour salt, pepper, some paprika ,a little color, they come light & just right semi-crisp ....so good !

@monazaki7227 Жыл бұрын

Keith is a genius! My... it looks so delicious!

@sandrah7512 Жыл бұрын

Keith is great but here he's playing "test cook" as a cast member for the ATK TV show. His day job is Executive Food Editor for Cook's Illustrated. This recipe is the work of Cook's Illustrated Associate Editor Steve Dunn. That's Steve entering and working in the back kitchen beginning around 2:07.

@georgerobertson9476 Жыл бұрын

Thank you ATK, this by far the best calamari recipe I’ve made. Can I ask what oil you used. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@blueeyedbehr Жыл бұрын

i'm very glad keith is back! but can someone please tell the grocery stores in central missouri to PLEASE supply us with fresh squid?? i've been doing my damnedest!

@atrinka1 Жыл бұрын

I love Bocadillo de calamar or Spanish style Calamari Sandwich! This would be perfect!

@popsicle_907 Жыл бұрын

Oh yes indeed I remember it well from my few years of living in Madrid

@rickwallace2091 Жыл бұрын

Yea Keith!!!!

@barbaracholak5204 Жыл бұрын

ATK Greetings from California 😋 Salutations

@jeannecastellano7181 6 ай бұрын

Looks fabulous! I had Rhode Island calamari about 20 years ago and it was served with a heavenly watercress aioli. Do you have a recipe for it?

@killdracula526 Жыл бұрын

written ingredients and time for myself 1 tsp table salt + 1/2 cup milk 1 1/2 cups AP flour + 1 tsp baking powder + 1/2 tsp blk pepper 1 cup banana peppers 2 quarts vegetable oil at 350 f , fry for 3 minutes

@annjannace6957 Жыл бұрын

thought he said 1 tb baking powder?

@Janetcookscom 6 ай бұрын

Love that easy calarmi

@charlesviner1565 Жыл бұрын

Watching PBS ATK and this video at the same time 👍👍

@robinvarnadoe7434 Жыл бұрын

I first tried calamari in 1977 when I moved to Spain! So good.

@popsicle_907 Жыл бұрын

Lol! Me too..exactly! When in Madrid going 'tapas hopping' I was so squeamish at first st some of the unidentifiable foods, I saw what looked like onion rings. Haha..Not onion rings. Therein was my first experience with calamari. I came to love it!

@robinvarnadoe7434 Жыл бұрын

@@popsicle_907 when we ordered paella for the first time and they brought it out with the heads still on the shrimp my mom about died lol. Dad asked if they could remove the heads and bring it back to table, they did with no problem. We still laugh about that when we get paella anywhere.

@popsicle_907 Жыл бұрын

@@robinvarnadoe7434 HAHAHA, thank you for that! Yes, I was so intimidated by the food I found in Espana at first but soon came to love almost everything about the place. I was there shortly after Franco died so the country was still under the massively Catholic thumb of the dictator. I cannot imagine the changes since. Thank you again, Robin

@user-zq2tj5zp1u 6 ай бұрын

I love kala are All sea food e the way that was cooked ❤👍😀

@danielpaquette1597 Жыл бұрын

I love your content, I have a beginner question for you, How do you handle the oil after you are done with a batch? How do you store it? can you reuse it? How many times can you reuse it? How do you dispose of it when it is no longer useful? Thanks!

@festerofest4374 Жыл бұрын

This issue/challenge is why I don't do much deep frying. It stinks up the house... then what do you do with all that stinky leftover oil? Also, I'd make fried chicken more often if not for the same problem.

@lynneanderson4255 Жыл бұрын

@@festerofest4374- Depending on what you've fried (not fish), you can strain it using a strainer lined with cheesecloth and put it in a container and store it for reuse probably once more, maybe twice. Back in the day, people used to pour used grease in a can and store on the back of the stove for reuse. Today, just the thought of that practice makes most people turn green. 🤢 To dispose of oil, let it cool, pour it into a container that closes well that you were going to discard anyway, and throw out in trash. Please, please whatever you do don't pour it down the sink drain or flush it.

@sandrah7512 Жыл бұрын

Filter it, cool it down, store it in a cool place, even the fridge or freezer. For breaded applications like this, ATK has found you can reuse the oil about three more times before it starts to give off flavours. For "cleaner" foods like potato chips, the oil can be used about eight times. Be mindful of what food you fry in it and when - you wouldn't want to fry doughnuts in oil previously used for fish. When the oil is truly spent, how you dispose of it depends on whosever responsible for garbage and recycling in your area as this will vary from place to place. You may be able to dispose of the oil at a local restaurant with a waste cooking oil receptacle. ATK also uploaded a video over three years ago showing a method of "cleaning" cooking oil with cornstarch.

@conniecasale3593 Жыл бұрын

Love you 😍

@conniecasale3593 Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to make this call Amare

@lynnallen1315 Жыл бұрын

I love calamari but in rural East Texas, good luck finding it to cook at home.

@randallthomas5207 Жыл бұрын

Check the frozen fish section at your grocery store. It comes frozen.

@lynnallen1315 Жыл бұрын

Believe me, finding jumbo shrimp is a miracle in my grocer's freezer cases although we can generally get crawfish tail meat and gator tail nuggets. Calamari, not so much.

@randallthomas5207 Жыл бұрын

I was in starving student mode, when all of a sudden my favorite cheap protein, went from being squid, to calamari, and the small ones went from $3.49 for a 2.5-kilo brick to $12.95, an the individual quick frozen steaks, went from $2.99 per 2.5-kilos to $10.99.

@talbotcolleen Жыл бұрын

Missing the link for the calamari recipe. Although it's a relatively easy recipe, I love reading the whole recipe on their website.

@sandrah7512 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, you can see where it was supposed to go in the text under the video. Unfortunately, adding links to comments tends to get both the link and the comment deleted so you have to find them on your own until ATK fixes the missing link issue (if they do).

@lynnwillard3414 Жыл бұрын

Growing up in Connecticut on the RI border, I've eaten this dish many times. Your version is missing the best part which is the garlic butter sauce!

@keetrandling4530 Жыл бұрын

Not sure about the banana peppers (which I usually like) in this dish, but definitely LEMON instead of marinara sauce. Maybe a light thin horseradish sauce...

@CoffeeattheBeach Жыл бұрын

FYI- I’m from RI and we don’t coat and fry the banana peppers with the calamari. You put the banana peppers in a sauté with some butter and almost make a quick pepper butter sauce that you pour OVER the calamari.

@scaram0uche Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@debradowling800 Жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome. Butter on fried mmmmm.

@pearlricks1654 Ай бұрын

That sounds good too

@judygovotsos7916 Жыл бұрын

Couldn't find tge recipe without joining. Why don't you have the recipe printed with the program?

@LipstickOCD Жыл бұрын

Right!!! The only way i can find their recipes is online and hope they have the one I'm looking for. It's ridiculous

@katnip6289 Жыл бұрын

I like fried clam strips!

@ENLfoodVlog Жыл бұрын

Wow! Looks so yummy my friend! I support u .. thanks for sharing 👏( I cook this as well on my channel btw)

@QuietStormX Жыл бұрын

I've never tried that or tasted it... ;-)

@thebigchimpanski4783 Жыл бұрын

Mmmmmmmmm

@patrickmurray4418 Жыл бұрын

Chee! Excellent recipe! ❤️😬🤙🏾

@aserioussalamander9475 Жыл бұрын

This channel has a 90s vibe to it

@DRIVEFROMHOME4K 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@stooge81 Жыл бұрын

Make extra so you can toss them with your friends afterwards! Growing up, we called this "Squid Game".

@dianeschuller Жыл бұрын

I didn't know it was so easy to do. I'm going to send my husband to go buy some squid. Guess what we're having tonight?!

@mddell58 Жыл бұрын

The most difficult, time consuming part is cleaning, & dealing with the dye, etc.

@dlordtemplar Жыл бұрын

Is nobody going to talk about him touching the hot frying oil with his bare hands? Holy moly

@Rhodeygirl Жыл бұрын

Alot of chefs have calluses after years of cooking. Don't do this at home. 😳

@sandrah7512 Жыл бұрын

Does he? He touches the calamari fresh out of the oil (they're probably pretty hot too) but I don't think he actually touches the oil. The ATK test cooks have said before - it may seem counterintuitive, but getting as close to the oil before adding the food is actually safer than dropping it from a height which is more likely to cause it to splash than getting close.

@user-bo1rj2xu2s Жыл бұрын

Need red dipping sauce.

@patdavey2690 2 ай бұрын

Rhody here. This is accurate.

@s.peters2866 Жыл бұрын

Where's the garlic oil? I'm a native Rhode islander

@deonarinearjune9642 Жыл бұрын

Hello

@PhreshSpice Жыл бұрын

Any substitute for milk due to dairy allergies?

@sandrah7512 Жыл бұрын

Coconut milk? ATK has used it in a couple of their vegan deep frying recipes. EDIT: Maybe thin the coconut milk with some water as Cook's Illustrated Associate Editor Steve Dunn, who developed this recipe found that thicker liquids (he also tried buttermilk in his trials) held too much dredge.

@PhreshSpice Жыл бұрын

@@sandrah7512 I'll try it out!! Thanks for the help!

@antc.4457 Жыл бұрын

Try cold beer

@brandonlasvegas Жыл бұрын

😎

@carlottaeland Жыл бұрын

Love using Sweet Baby Rays Spicy BBQ Sauce to dip calamari in.

@efuller3333 Жыл бұрын

How about a redo with an air fryer?

@Succubusisis Жыл бұрын

I'm going to need y'all to make a supplement video with the air fryer. I bought your book, but you're not making any more content for it!

@misstee101 7 ай бұрын

Gluten-free flour is good too, I suppose

@DoughboyGod Жыл бұрын

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

@morrismonet3554 Жыл бұрын

Tentacles rule!

@sheilaathay2034 Жыл бұрын

Where's the aioli sauce 🤔 🤣

@weege001 Жыл бұрын

im a calamari snob... its difficult to find good dishes consistently

@popsicle_907 Жыл бұрын

That must be hard. I guess I am easy to please. F

@user-bo1rj2xu2s Жыл бұрын

I am too. But, I love even mediocre calamari.

@sheryl7837 Жыл бұрын

We love fried calamari but I’ll leave the banana peppers out. Thanks for the great technique!

@jayanthiwijekoon4154 8 ай бұрын

Efcharito

@joycebrown2483 Жыл бұрын

Yuk yuk 😜

@LipstickOCD Жыл бұрын

I love calamari. Peppers, not much 🤣

@vidaurreta Жыл бұрын

Keith Undressed (in my dreams)!

@alwaysbrokendown Жыл бұрын

Looks delicious but it's alot of oil to waste just on a small amount of ingredients

@sandrah7512 Жыл бұрын

You can reuse it. Filter it, cool it down, store it in a cool place, even the fridge or freezer. For breaded applications like this, ATK has found you can reuse the oil about three more times before it starts to give off flavours. For "cleaner" foods like potato chips, the oil can be used about eight times. Be mindful of what food you fry in it and when - you wouldn't want to fry doughnuts in oil previously used for fish. When the oil is truly spent, how you dispose of it depends on whosever responsible for garbage and recycling in your area as this will vary from place to place. You may be able to dispose of the oil at a local restaurant with a waste cooking oil receptacle. ATK also uploaded a video over three years ago showing a method of "cleaning" cooking oil with cornstarch.

@suewong2732 Жыл бұрын

I shallow fried it with 1 pint of oil - came out great😊

@BrendanPNW Жыл бұрын

You don't take the wings off because it's unneeded extra work but then trim the tentacles because they are too long? Just leave the long tentacles and enjoy.

@charlespaluha1247 Жыл бұрын

You had me until you put The banana peppers in there😢😮

@howiseeit 6 ай бұрын

Seasoned the milk but didn’t tell us how 😭

@edgarsmittenheighnjenkson9226 Жыл бұрын

You killed Squidward, you Basturd!

@timfarrell2211 6 ай бұрын

Does Julia laugh at everything?

@toniam.2080 2 ай бұрын

Geez Tim would you rather she be rude and mean like you?

@timfarrell2211 2 ай бұрын

@@toniam.2080 Not at all. Nervous laughs are so childish and unnecessary is all. Why is that rude?

@rebeccaenlow7395 Жыл бұрын

Fried calamari is like chewing on rubber bands with coating.

@suewong2732 Жыл бұрын

Only when it’s overcooked - if u fry total of 3 minutes the squid is very tender😊

@richardengelhardt582 Жыл бұрын

If you must bread squid, use a light tempura style coating. But squid is better uncoated and quick fried with garlic and black pepper, or with chili and fermented black beans, or some other way traditional to Mediterranean or Southeast Asian countries where eating squid is a long-standing culinary tradition. There is no reason to bread and deep fry all seafood.

@suewong2732 Жыл бұрын

It’s good though 😊

@uog293 Жыл бұрын

pork bum!!!! the real calamari

@marilynsnider8183 Жыл бұрын

I never cared for squid.

@sheryl7837 Жыл бұрын

Just curious. Have you actually tried it or no? ☺️

@mddell58 Жыл бұрын

I never did either..... UNTIL, I had some that was prepared & cooked properly. 👍 😃

@johnlord8337 Жыл бұрын

All those peeps who said, "eat more squid - its sustainable !" ... make them eat squid 1 meal/7/365 and lets see how fast those dinks and dupes will stop eating squid ! Just like other peeps saying "Eat Bugs !" (while they are eating their roast beef or veggie burgers) - make them eat their own bugs and worms ... and see how fast they crawl back under their rocks !

@renef4189 9 ай бұрын

Waste full trimming why not just cook it. Geez wasted it just to make it look good. Smh

@JavierFernandez01 Жыл бұрын

when calamari is round like that... ive heard it's "intestines".. after the small intestine... and is actually pork.

@morrismonet3554 Жыл бұрын

Do you believe everything you hear?

@user-bo1rj2xu2s Жыл бұрын

Are you smoking the funny stuff, Javier??

@joelnelson1174 Жыл бұрын

This American Life did a whole episode debunking this rumor.

@JavierFernandez01 Жыл бұрын

You guys know about mt oysters, right???

@ryansmiley5495 Жыл бұрын

Stop eating food smarter than your friends

@marykimberlyhayes Жыл бұрын

No kidding! Once you learn how smart Squid are, you'll never eat it again! Squid are smarter than both of these 2 people put together!

@GOURGELI Жыл бұрын

calamari= καλαμάρι and it's Greek word not Italian

@morrismonet3554 Жыл бұрын

It's Italian too, fool.

@GOURGELI Жыл бұрын

@@morrismonet3554 when you are uneducated only such an answer can you give.

@sannalebensch.7664 Жыл бұрын

What a pompous, vain, average chef he is... 🙄

@countrycluckers7644 Жыл бұрын

Calamari...one of the grossest things I ever put in my mouth! 🤢🤢🤮 Now the fried pepper rings, those sound interestingly good!

@ronaldyeater3322 6 ай бұрын

Thats not RI Calamari🦧, we dry ut thoroughly, rings are 1/4" tops, we do add banana or cherry pepper rings and the brine, serve with marinara or rach dressing 👊