Grilled Squid Salad

5.0(31)

by Mark Bittman

Easy, Quick, Seafood, Appetizer

Servings

4 servings

Total time

20 min

Calories / serving

432 kcal

Ingredients (7)

serves

2 pounds cleaned squid, bodies left whole (tentacles optional), rinsed and driedsquid
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oilextra-virgin-olive-oil
2 or 3 lemonslemon
1 teaspoon minced garlicgarlic
Salt and pepper to tastesalt-and-pepper
6 cups arugula or mesclunarugula
3 or 4 shallots, thinly sliced (optional)shallot

Instructions (3 steps)

01Start a charcoal or gas grill; fire should be quite hot, with rack no more than 4 inches from heat source. If using wood skewers, soak them thoroughly in water.
02Toss squid with 2 tablespoons oil, juice of 1 lemon, garlic, salt and pepper. Let sit while grill heats, tossing occasionally. Skewer squid on parallel skewers to facilitate turning. When fire is hot, grill squid until nicely browned, turning once. Total cooking time will be about 5 minutes.
03Toss greens with remaining olive oil, juice of 1 or 2 lemons (to taste), salt, pepper and shallots. Top with squid, drizzle all with a little more lemon juice and serve.

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