Seafood Made Simple: How to rustle up calamari with Vietnamese chilli sauce

"The balance of sweet, salty and sour makes it utterly addictively for dipping and dunking. You can also serve this sauce with stir-fried vegetables or noodle dishes."

Calamari with Vietnamese Chili Sauce prepared by Aishling Moore. Picture Chani Anderson.

When fresh squid is available, Calamari is my favourite way to eat and prepare this cephalopod.

To avoid a rubbery end product, squid cookery needs to happen one of two ways; very quickly or very slowly.