Ginger beer basted calamari

SERVES: 4 TIME TO MAKE: Less than 45 minutes

This is a low fat dish with a lovely flavour. The bean sprouts have a fabulous vitamin C and fibre content.

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INGREDIENTS

Main ingredients

8 calamari steaks

Basting sauce

2 cups PnP ginger beer
2 cloves PnP garlic cloves, chopped
1 John West chilli paste, seeded and chopped
60 ml light soy sauce
2 star anise

For serving

1 PnP red chilli, sliced
1 bunch rocket, watercress and mizuna salad
1 bunch coriander leaf
1 packet PnP bean sprouts

METHOD

Boil all the basting sauce ingredients to reduce by three quarters.
Score and season calamari steaks and baste with sauce.
Cook on the braai over very hot coals until slightly charred and just cooked through.
Serve tossed in chilli, with rocket, coriander and bean sprout salad.

More good ideas

Toss calamari with PnP baby Asian leaf salad, cucumber and bean sprouts.
Use basting sauce as a dipping sauce for spring rolls.