Main ingredients 🥩
SquidButterSugarPeanut butterSeasoned salt
Ttukdak Hyung's Butter-Grilled Squid
An addictive movie theater-style snack made by simmering squid with butter and peanut butter, adding the sweetness of sugar, and reducing until the sauce coats the squid.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those who miss the sweet and savory peanut butter squid taste from movie theaters or rest stops
- ⭐ Those who want to whip up an ultra-simple beer snack in 10 minutes without fire, just mixing and stir-frying
- ⭐ Those looking for a sweet and tender squid snack that kids love
Ingredients needed 🛒2 servings
- Thinly sliced squid 2 cups
- Butter 2 tbsp (about 30g)
- Sugar 1.5 tbsp
- Peanut butter 1 tbsp
- Seasoned salt 1~2 pinches
Recipe 🍳
- Cut the squid into thin, long strips for easy eating.
- Place the prepared squid strips, butter, sugar, peanut butter, and seasoned salt all at once into a pan.
- Over medium-low heat, melt the butter and peanut butter while mixing the squid and seasonings well.
- When the moisture from the squid and the seasonings start to bubble and reduce, stir continuously to prevent burning.
- Cook until the liquid has completely evaporated and the squid becomes sticky and coated, turning a brownish color, then remove from heat.
- Thinly slice the squid and place in a pan.
- Add butter, sugar, peanut butter, and seasoned salt, then toss over low heat.
- Simmer until the liquid is completely gone and the squid is coated.
Cooking tips 💡
- Use smooth creamy peanut butter rather than crunchy type for an even coating without lumps on the squid.
- Cooking over high heat will quickly burn the sugar and peanut butter, so it's important to simmer over gentle heat while stirring.
- For a chewier texture, use semi-dried squid instead of fresh squid.
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