Recipes

Finger food: prawn wontons and salt & pepper squid

Apr 04 08:31pm
edfingerfood
Prep Time Cook Time Serves
5 mins for both 5 mins for both 4
Ingredients
  • Prawn Wontons
  • 12 large green king prawns
  • 12 wonton wrappers
  • 2 Tbsp plum sauce
  • Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
  • Salt and Pepper Squid
  • 600g small squid OR calamari, cleaned
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 3 eggwhites
  • 1/2 cup plain flour
  • 1/2 cup cornflour
  • 2 Tbsp Szechuan seasoning
  • 1 Tbsp cracked black peppercorns
  • 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
  • 2 tsp salt
  • Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
  • 2 lemons, cut into wedges, to serve

'Fast' Ed whipped up this fabulous finger food at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show in 2008. Now you can try his recipes!

Here's how:

Prawn wontons

1 Peel prawns leaving tails on. Spread each wonton wrapper with plum sauce and wrap each prawn.

2 Fill a heavy-based pan to one-third with oil. When oil is hot, fry wontons for 3-4 minutes or till crisp. Serve with Salt and Pepper squid.

Salt and pepper squid

1 Cut squid into small pieces and lightly score the inside with a sharp knife.

2 Put milk and eggwhites in a medium mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Put flours, Szechuan, peppercorns, chilli flakes and salt on a sheet of baking paper and toss to combine.

3 Dip prepared squid into milk mixture, then toss in the flour mixture. Shake off the excess.

4 Fill a medium heavy-based pan to one-third with vegetable oil. When the oil is hot, add the squid and fry for 3-4 minutes or until crisp and golden.

5 To serve, cut squares of greaseproof or suitable paper and roll to form cones. Use the cones to serve Salt and pepper squid and lemon wedges, and the Prawn wontons.

9 Comments Report Abuse
1. undisclosedrecipiente - Apr 06 10:51am
I do not eat squid
2. tanias5 - Apr 06 12:05pm
tell someone who cares
3. joannabkirk - Apr 06 12:34pm
I cannot find Ed's recipe for the marinade that he made for the cutlets he cooked on the new BBQ. Can you help please?
4. stephen_lawton - Apr 07 10:19am
Yes, I too am looking for the lamb cutlets recipe.
5. janeronp - Apr 07 10:43am
Same as above, looking for the lamb cutlets receipe
6. janeronp - Apr 07 10:44am
Same as above, looking for the lamb cutlets receipe
7. kimp24uk - Apr 08 12:16pm
The link is on the BHG main page
8. briansymons@y7mail.com - May 06 10:09pm
Is Szechuan seasoning the same as Szechuan Pepper?

Thanks,
Brian
9. juan.smith74 - Aug 31 02:57pm
My partner and i love fast ed he is a very good cook and teacher. He is one of the only cooks on tv that explains the preporation as well as the cooking prosess of a meal, he makes it easy for anyone to do. And to the first person if you dont like squid then dont click on this resipe again.
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