Taiwanese Fried Squid w/ Sweet Chili Sauce

Ingredients: Squid/Marinade: - 1 kg squid (cleaned) - 1 tbsp soy sauce - 1 tsp sugar - 1 tsp salt - 1 tbsp five spice powder - 1 tbsp white pepper - 4 cloves garlic (grated) - 1 tbsp shaoxing cooking wine or mirin - 1/4 cup sweet potato flour/rice flour - Sweet potato flour (for breading) Finishing: - Basil - Bird's eye chili - Mix of (1tsp five spice powder, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp white pepper and 1/2 tsp sugar) - Chili powder (optional) Sweet chili sauce: - 1/2 cup sugar - 1/4 cup rice vinegar - 6 birds eye chili, - 4 tbsp fish sauce - 1/4 cup red pepper flakes - 8 garlic cloves INSTRUCTIONS: - Combine squid, soy sauce, sugar, salt, five spice powder, white pepper, garlic, mirin, rice flour/sweet potato flour. Mix and let marinate for at least two hours. - To make sweet chili sauce, chop garlic and chili w food processor (u can also do it by hand) add into saucepan with vinegar, fish sauce, water and sugar. bring to a simmer and add in cornstarch slurry to thicken. - Dredge marinated squid in sweet potato flour and fry at 165C until golden brown. - Fry Basil leaves until it turns into a dark green color. Set aside. - Combine fried squid, fried basil leaves, chili and five spice mix. Toss until squid is well-coated. - Serve fried squid and enjoy ❤️