Friday, November 02, 2012

Squid in Black Sauce



Ingredients:
400gm of squid, cleaned
1 stalk of spring onion, separate the white and green portion. Cut into 2" length
5 slices of ginger
half onion, peeled and diced
1 tbsp of chopped garlic
12 dried chilies, soaked in hot water to dehydrate
1 tbsp of chinese cooking wine
4 tbsp of olive oil

Sauce:

1 tbsp of oyster sauce
1 tbsp of light soy sauce
1/2 tsp of dark soy sauce
dashes of white pepper powder

Steps:
1. Cut the squid body into rings. Marinate the squids with chinese cooking wine for 5 minutes.
2. Heat up oil in a wok. Saute onion, chili and ginger till fragrant. Add garlic.
3. Stir in the white portion of spring onions and then the sauce and fry for about 1 min.
4. Stir in squids (squids should not be cooked for more than 3secs or else you will get rubbery squids
5. Cook till the sauce is thickening. Add green portion of spring onion. Dish out and serve hot with steamed rice.

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