Buffalo Calamari

Name: Buffalo Calamari
Total time: 35
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste; 1 pound baby calamari - rinsed, dried, and sliced into rings; vegetable oil for frying; ½ cup diced tomatoes; ¼ cup diced red onion; ¼ cup diced celery; ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese, or to taste; ¼ cup blue cheese salad dressing, or to taste; ¼ cup Buffalo wing sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®), or to taste

Recipe by AmyD from allrecipes.com

Dinner 35 Mins.

Ingredients

4 servings

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1 cup all-purpose flour
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½ teaspoon salt
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¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
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1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
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1 pound baby calamari - rinsed, dried, and sliced into rings
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vegetable oil for frying

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½ cup diced tomatoes
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¼ cup diced red onion
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¼ cup diced celery
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¼ cup crumbled blue cheese, or to taste
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¼ cup blue cheese salad dressing, or to taste
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¼ cup Buffalo wing sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®), or to taste

Instructions

Combine flour, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a resealable plastic bag and shake to combine. Add calamari and make sure all pieces are coated.
Heat oil in a frying pan over medium to medium-high heat to 395 degrees F (200 degrees C).
While oil heats, combine tomatoes, onion, and celery in a bowl. Set tomato relish aside.
Shake excess flour from calamari and drop calamari into the hot oil in batches. Fry until golden brown, about 1 minute per batch. Drain on paper towels. Transfer cooked calamari to a serving plate.
Top with crumbled blue cheese, blue cheese salad dressing, hot sauce, and a sprinkling of tomato relish.