08/09/2026
🧄🍋 GARLIC-BUTTER SQUID WITH LEMON & HERB RICE
Tender squid, plenty of garlic and fresh lemon—this easy dinner delivers big flavour without a long list of fancy ingredients!
Serves 4
Ingredients
Lemon and herb rice
* 1½ cups long-grain rice, rinsed
* 560 mL water
* ½ teaspoon sea salt
* Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
* 2 spring onions, thinly sliced
* ¼ cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
Garlic-butter squid
* 600 g cleaned squid tubes and tentacles
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 60 g unsalted butter
* 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice
* ¼ cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
* ½ teaspoon sea salt
* ¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper
* Lemon wedges and a simple green salad, to serve
Method
1. Place the rice, water and salt in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, cover and reduce the heat to low.
2. Cook for 12 minutes without lifting the lid. Remove from the heat and stand, covered, for 10 minutes.
3. Fluff the rice with a fork, then stir through the lemon zest, spring onion and parsley.
4. Meanwhile, slice the squid tubes into 1 cm rings. Leave smaller tentacles whole and halve larger ones. Pat everything thoroughly dry.
5. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over high heat.
6. Cook the squid in small batches for 1–2 minutes, turning once, until opaque and thoroughly cooked. Transfer each batch to a clean plate.
7. Reduce the heat to medium. Add the butter and garlic to the pan and cook for about 30 seconds, without allowing the garlic to burn.
8. Return the squid to the pan. Add the lemon juice, parsley, salt and pepper, then toss for 30 seconds until evenly coated.
9. Serve immediately with the lemon and herb rice, green salad and lemon wedges.
Food-safety tip: Keep raw squid refrigerated at 5°C or colder and use separate utensils for raw and cooked seafood. Refrigerate leftover squid and rice promptly—don’t leave cooked rice sitting at room temperature.
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