Seared Calamari Salad with Mint - Andrew Zimmern

Ingredients

• 1 pound squid, cleaned, dried, with the pen ‘bone’ discarded
• 1 Cucumber, thinly sliced
• 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 Carrot, thinly sliced, blanched if you like for color, texture preference
• Yellow and red cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 large handful of fresh mint leaves
• 3 radishes, thinly sliced
• 3 tablespoons grapeseed or canola oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 to 2 teaspoons Colatura di Alici (Italian fish sauce made from anchovies)
• 1 Calabrian chile pepper or other hot chile thinly sliced
• Honey, start with a few teaspoons and adjust to taste
• 6 tablespoons olive oil