Mountain View Flash Fried Calamari Salad
Breading for Calamari:
• 3 cups seasoned flour breading EXAMPLE: Dixie Fryä
• 1 tsp coarse black pepper
Toss spinach with sesame ginger dressing and portion onto each plate with a romaine leaf as pictured. Bread 1.5 lbs calamari tubes and tentacles. May be purchased frozen (thaw before breading); Shake off excess breading with a colander. Fry in large pan with ½ inch oil for approximately 20 seconds. Portion fried calamari on salads. Add matchstick carrots and Mandarin oranges as a garnish
Salad & Garnish:
• 2 lbs fresh stem less spinach
• 1 cup matchstick carrots
• ¼ cup Mandarin oranges
• 4 oz. Litehouseä fat free sesame ginger dressing
Garnish:
• romaine leaf
• lemon wedges
• 2 oz wasabi aioli
Signature Wasabi Aioli
• 2 tbsp wasabi powder
• 3 tbsp water
• 1 each lemons and zest use juiced and fine chop zest
• 1 tbsp bunch parsley fine chopped
• 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 3 cups mayo
• Salt to taste
• White pepper to taste
Mix wasabi powder with water to form a paste. Zest lemons and fine chop, add juice lemons removing any seeds. Add Dijon mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper. Add mayo, chopped parsley and water to thin down if necessary.
