Bocadillo de Calamares

Name: Bocadillo de Calamares
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 400g squid, cut into rings; Plain flour, for coating; 1 egg, beaten (optional); 2 crusty Spanish baguettes; Alioli or mayonnaise (optional); Lemon; Olive oil, for frying

Bocadillo de calamares/boh-kah-DEE-yoh deh kah-lah-MAH-res/

Also known as: Calamari Sandwich, Madrid Squid Sandwich, Bocata de Calamares

About this dish

A crusty baguette stuffed with crisp battered squid rings, sometimes with a smear of alioli.

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Ingredients

🦑400g squid, cut into rings

🌾Plain flour, for coating

🥚1 egg, beaten (optional)

🥖2 crusty Spanish baguettes

🧄Alioli or mayonnaise (optional)

🍋Lemon

🫒Olive oil, for frying

Method

Serves 2

Season the squid rings and coat in flour (dipping in egg first if you like a thicker batter).

Fry in hot olive oil for 1–2 minutes until golden.

Drain and sprinkle with salt.

Split the baguettes and spread with alioli if using.

Fill generously with the hot squid and squeeze over lemon.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

The squid sandwich is a Madrid institution, eaten at bars around the Plaza Mayor, despite the city being far from the sea.

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