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Rhode Island Calamari

Recipe courtesy Guy Fieri

Show: The Next Food Network StarEpisode: Giada Elimination

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (17)

  • Cook Time:

    25 min

  • Level:

    Intermediate

  • Yield:

    4 servings

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Times:

Prep
45 min
Inactive Prep
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Cook
25 min
Total:
1 hr 10 min
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Ingredients

  • 4 cups canola oil
  • 4 ounces olive oil
  • 4 ounces butter
  • 1 cup sliced pepperoncini
  • 1/2 cup chopped red onion
  • 1/4 cup minced garlic
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 1/4 cup clam juice
  • 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1 round loaf sourdough bread
  • 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon seasoning salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
  • 12 ounces calamari, tubes and tentacles, cut in 1/4-inch thick
  • 3 ounces diced Roma tomatoes
  • 3 ounces chopped scallions

Directions

Heat canola oil in a deep pot to 350 degrees F.

In a skillet over high heat, combine olive oil, butter, pepperoncini and onion. Saute until lightly caramelized, then add garlic and cook until tender. Deglaze with white wine and cook until slightly reduced. Add the clam juice, red pepper, and lower heat to a simmer.

Core out bread and lightly toast the bread bowl. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, mix cornstarch, flour, seasoning salt and cayenne. Toss calamari in flour and shake off excess.

Fry calamari in oil until golden brown and crispy. Toss fried calamari with the sauce and pour into the toasted bread bowl. Garnish with Roma tomatoes and scallions.

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Comments & Reviews

  • recipe Rhode Island Calamari
    SUSAN somerville, MA 01-13-2008

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    Tomatoes?

    Rated: 1 stars out of 5
    This may be a perfectly good recipe, but it isn't Rhode Island calamari. A good Rhode Island calamari is a combination oil,... garlic and hot peppers. I am perfecting my own recipe at home based on versions I have eaten here in New England.Read more
  • recipe Rhode Island Calamari
    linda gainesville, FL 12-25-2007

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    really yummy calamari

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    this recipe is just wonderful a great mix of everything. The second time I made it I added chopped marinated artichoke... hearts. Now it's even better!!!Read more
  • recipe Rhode Island Calamari
    Susan Portsmouth, VA 08-12-2007

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    Not RI calamari

    Rated: 1 stars out of 5
    I'm a native RIer and have been eating calamari in RI for 35+ years, long before it was chic. I have never had it this way in... any restaurant in RI that I've ever eaten in. Recipe sounds intriguing, but it is not calamari RI-style. RI-style is lightly fried in a seasoned flour batter and served with banana pepper rings, mild or hot depending on personal preferences. Pepperoncini have been substituted in a pinch. Marinara sauce hit the menus in the 90's, but plain and simple is the real RI-style.Read more
  • recipe Rhode Island Calamari
    David Denver, CO 01-31-2007

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    tasty treat

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    add green olives
  • recipe Rhode Island Calamari
    Martin Porter Corners, NY 06-03-2006

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    hmmm

    Rated: 4 stars out of 5
    tasted great when i cooked it but I mmade a couple of changes, somehow it didn't seem right the way it was.
  • recipe Rhode Island Calamari
    Jennifer Framingham, MA 05-06-2006

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    Yummy

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    We saw Guy make it on the "Next Food Network Star" and since my 10yr. old daughter loves calimari, we decided to to try it. ... It's a great appetizer.Read more
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