Octopus Recipes

"I love octopus, but I couldn’t decide how to prepare it. For this reason I tried 3 different ways."

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Ingredients: pepper, coriander seeds...

"Can be cooked indoors on a grill plate or barbequed. Quick and simple to prepare and cook"

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Ingredients: baby octopus, lemons...

"I have always liked Greek pickled octopus but didn't realise it was easy to make. I got this recipe from a class I attended at the Sydney Fish Market Cooking School. If you can't find a pre bashed octopus you can do this using a wooden rolling pin and belting the octopus about 30-40 times (advice from the fishmonger) I suggest doing it outdoors!"

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Ingredients: octopus, lemon thyme...

"This is a very simple recipe, and very common here in Portugal, you will find it in most of the restaurants. I always enjoy having it at home, you can girll or B.Q it how ever way you like it best. I enjoy it both ways, you may serve it with boiled new potatoes (which is whats most common ) or with a black-eye pea salad. Nice crusty bread is a must..."

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Ingredients: octopus, olive oil, onions...

"This came to me from friends of ours in Volos, at the foot of Mount Pelion in east central Greece. It could be served as meze (appetiser) or as the main dish, either way, there is no simpler dish to prepare. It is a bit like Evelyn's version, but even simpler. One difference is that personally I do not remove the suckers and membrane before serving...."

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Ingredients: octopus, olive oil, red wine...

"This recipe is adapted from the wonderful "Cuisine of the Water Gods" which is sadly out of print. It's hands down my favorite octopus recipe. It seems like a lot of work the first time you make it, but trust me, this will blow your mind. Even the most squeamish folks I know love it."

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Ingredients: cilantro, cilantro leaves...

"Baby bok choy comes in a variety of sizes, so the amount you use will really depend on what is available. Serving size will depend on whether you make this as a side or main dish. Red pepper sauce: go towards flavorful rather than simply merely HOT. Rice vinegar is NOT sushi vinegar, the latter has sugar. As with most of my recipes, ingredient..."

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Ingredients: red pepper sauce, Italian spices...

"From the 2004 Food & Wine calendar. The recipe notes say to team it with a glass of Orlando St Helga Riesling...but in my opinion it would go great with an icy cold glass of retsina :) The servings are based on an entree size."

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Ingredients: baby octopus, fresh mint...

"A simple, summer salad."

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Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, octopus...

"This can be served as a salad without grilling, but I highly suggest the grilling bring to an other level of goodness. The 8 tentacles and the body to which they're attached are edible. A note about octopus: Octopus loses a lot of its volume during cooking, so expect the finished dish will be quite less than the original quantity. If the octopus..."

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Ingredients: dried oregano, dried parsley...

"This is something special. You can also make it out of squid, but octopus or cuttlefish is much better. Although it is only a risotto, it is a heavy meal which requires red wine to support it. It is also better to use frozen octopus because it is softer than fresh."

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Ingredients: pepper, octopus, passata...