nicnat
Well-Known Member
I love octopus, cooked pretty much any way and as sashimi. I order it when it's available on menus while in mexico (huatulco has some great restaurants, had some of my best octopussy there) , as an appy here in greek restaurants and in the sushi joints.
at home, I buy the packages of frozen cleaned baby octopus, very cheap and tasty, I thaw it, drop it boiling water (with some salt and oregano in it) for a minute or 2, then into some ice water to stop the cooking, then I marinate it in some olive oil, lemon juice, crushed garlic, salt, pepper and oregano for an hour or so, then onto the grill (gas bbq here) for a few minutes , this is a great appy.
anyhow, so I have a couple of 3 lb blocks of larger fresh frozen cleaned octopus (head off) to deal with. from looking at a few methods I'm thinking the 1st one I'll try is the simplest one, boil it for 40 minutes or so, let stand for 30min-hr, then basically do what I do with the baby octopus with what we will eat that night and vac pac and freeze the rest (not sure if this is a good idea) or this way looks pretty good too https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-t...rst, thaw the octopus in,and return to a boil. So I'm looking for recommendations from anyone who preps and cooks octopus and also anyones favorite octopus recipes.
cheers nicnat
at home, I buy the packages of frozen cleaned baby octopus, very cheap and tasty, I thaw it, drop it boiling water (with some salt and oregano in it) for a minute or 2, then into some ice water to stop the cooking, then I marinate it in some olive oil, lemon juice, crushed garlic, salt, pepper and oregano for an hour or so, then onto the grill (gas bbq here) for a few minutes , this is a great appy.
anyhow, so I have a couple of 3 lb blocks of larger fresh frozen cleaned octopus (head off) to deal with. from looking at a few methods I'm thinking the 1st one I'll try is the simplest one, boil it for 40 minutes or so, let stand for 30min-hr, then basically do what I do with the baby octopus with what we will eat that night and vac pac and freeze the rest (not sure if this is a good idea) or this way looks pretty good too https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-t...rst, thaw the octopus in,and return to a boil. So I'm looking for recommendations from anyone who preps and cooks octopus and also anyones favorite octopus recipes.
cheers nicnat