Fried squid

Ojingeo twigim 오징어 튀김

As I mentioned, I made fried squid dish. The poor squid got caught by a Korean fisherman somewhere in the ocean in Korea and got handled mercilessly by someone and dried and came to Canada with my friend. And it had taken photo by me and posted, then got cooked!

What else can I do? It’s delicious. My friend, a Buddhist will give me a dirty look if she sees this.
“Ooh, you are cruel!” One day she said: “How can people eat someone else’s flesh!”

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Fried squid recipe:

  1. Cut a dried squid into bite size with scissors and soak it in cold water for 1 hour
  2. Beat 1 egg white until it foams and add ½ cup of starch powder, ½ cup of flour, ½ ts of salt, and ½ cup of cold water and mix it to make batter
  3. Drain the squid and dry it with paper towel and add 2 tbs of starch powder and mix it
  4. Pour vegetable oil in a pan and dip each piece of squid into the batter and fry it twice

*Serve with sauce (Mix 1 tbs of soy sauce and 1 tbs of vinegar)

Fried sweet potato

  1. Slice sweet potato diagonally about ½ inch thick
  2. Dip the piece of sweet potato into the batter and fry it

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Posted Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 at 8:17 am.
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40 Comments:

  1. Lawan France joined 6/13
    Posted August 23rd, 2013 at 3:38 am | # |

    I mad it today so yummy I lover your cook

  2. sl100048 Singapore joined 6/11
    Posted July 7th, 2011 at 4:53 am | # |

    Dear Maangchi,
    I am Korean living and working in Singapore..
    Last week, my 3 kids craved for the Korean street food.. As such while I was looking through your website, I found the perfect menu!! This was it. The fried squids and sweet potato were so tasty and it perfectly matched well with the dok bok ki – dipping the fries into the sauce!!
    And guess what! I have created my own version of Kim bari (glass noodle wrapped with seaweed then fried) which was also awesome! Thanks for sharing so many useful & delicious menu. JY

  3. Lyn147 Malaysia joined 1/10
    Posted July 29th, 2010 at 4:27 am | # |

    Hi! I made Japchae for dinner last night and Kimchee chigae the night before. Tonight it is Doenjang chigae. We do eat alot of Korean food in my house although we are chinese. All these dishes I learnt from your site. Thanks again for being there as a point of reference and inspiration each time I have to cook dinner. I’d like to add one more dish to my repertoire – Squash patties (saw that in a korean drama). Can I use the batter for Fried squid dish to make squash/zuccchini patties? If not, can you let me know how it is done? Thanks.

    • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08
      Posted July 29th, 2010 at 8:29 pm | # |

      I don’t know what Squash patties. Anyway, as long as you can cook many Korean dishes, why don’t you experiment! : ) I think you can make it.

      • sugarpunch joined 5/11
        Posted November 3rd, 2011 at 2:24 am | # |

        Hi Maangchi! Maybe Lyn147 meant squash pancakes… Lyn147, the recipe you want might be here: https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/hobakjeon

        Thanks Maangchi for these delicious recipes! I made the Pajeon pancakes and my dad stuffed them into his mouth during supper, and he spared me and my mum only 1 pancake to share!! He absolutely LOVES squid. I will try this recipe… but double, or maybe triple the portion. haha

  4. AliciaMarieLivs Columbus, OH joined 2/10
    Posted April 1st, 2010 at 5:40 pm | # |

    haha I was going to make my squid like this and I have sweet potatoes I was going to fry too; so funny that I come to see if Maangchi has a recipe similar to what I’m thinking and its EXACTLY what I had in mind! Lol thanks Maangchi(yet again)!!

    • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08
      Posted April 1st, 2010 at 6:55 pm | # |

      yeah, cool, isn’t it? I read your mind! lol

  5. Felix
    Posted December 26th, 2009 at 12:31 pm | # |

    hehehehe~ i love squid too! dried or fresh~
    but I though 오징어튀김 was made with fresh squid..or am i wrong????

    • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08
      Posted December 27th, 2009 at 11:07 am | # |

      You can make it with either one. Using dried squid gives better taste.

  6. Jim Chi
    Posted December 14th, 2009 at 1:41 am | # |

    You are wonderful Maangchi. SOmetimes I get ojingeo from a Korean store that is prepared whole and is steamed I think. it is very moist and not fried. Do you have a video showing how to make this?

    • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08
      Posted December 14th, 2009 at 6:38 pm | # |

      yes, I know how to make it. Your request “Stuffed Steamed squid” recipe will be posted in the future. Thank you!

  7. kim75
    Posted September 8th, 2009 at 6:05 am | # |

    Hi Maangchi

    I have lot of dry squid from my country and don’t know what to cook. Thanks for fried squid recipes but could you please tell me what starch powder is ? I only see in the store like all purpose flour, bread flour, cake flour, or corn starch, tapioca starch, wheat starch,….

    Thanks in advance.

    • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08
      Posted September 8th, 2009 at 7:26 am | # |

      I like to use potato starch powder, but sweet potato or corn starch powder will be ok, too.

      • kim75
        Posted September 18th, 2009 at 8:33 pm | # |

        Thanks Maangchi

        kim

  8. tanya
    Posted August 11th, 2009 at 11:25 pm | # |

    Hi Maangchi,can i use instead of squid,dried wild baby pollack?
    thanx

    • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08
      Posted August 12th, 2009 at 9:22 am | # |

      You can try, but I can’t give you a good answer because I’ve never used dried wild baby pollack in this recipe. Do an experiment and let us know the result.

  9. miriam
    Posted July 22nd, 2009 at 9:42 am | # |

    hiii Maangchi can i make this with fresh squid? i just can’t find them dry

    • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08
      Posted July 22nd, 2009 at 10:56 am | # |

      yes, you can, but dry it completely with paper towel before frying it, Otherwise, the hot oil will splash.

  10. Jenn in Georgia
    Posted July 19th, 2009 at 6:26 pm | # |

    Thank you so much for this recipe! My husband and I just moved to Georgia and I can’t find any fresh Korean food. I have been crazy fried squid but all I could find was frozen dried squid. Yay, now I can use it to make what I have been craving!

    Thank you! I am also going to try the Korean veggie pancakes. Do you ever add kimchi to them to make them spicier?

    • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08
      Posted July 20th, 2009 at 6:04 am | # |

      haha, I absolutely understand your craving for this dish. When you make kimchi jeon, add chopped kimchi and use less vegetables. I use only chopped kimchi and a little bit of either chopped onion or green onion.

    • Chinarica traveling around the world joined 5/09
      Posted February 13th, 2012 at 5:45 pm | # |

      i know this is an old comment, but there are so many markets in Ga. we even have Korea town in Atlanta.

  11. Joanne
    Posted June 25th, 2009 at 3:17 am | # |

    Dear Maagnchi,

    I heard about a korean dessert, named matang. The main ingredient is sweet pototes. As I am not familiar with Korean word, would appreciate if you can show me the photo and briefly explain how is matang make?

    Your reply is much appreciated. Thank you.

    • Maangchi New York City joined 8/08
      Posted June 25th, 2009 at 7:34 am | # |

      yes, matang is made with Korean sweet potatoes sliced, fried, and coated in sticky sugar syrup.

  12. avril
    Posted May 15th, 2009 at 4:07 am | # |

    Dear Maangchi,
    I love your video. You instructions are clear and easy to learn.
    Thank you for sharing.

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