How To Cook Octopus At Home
Cooking your octopus grilling.
How to cook octopus at home. Add enough water to a large stockpot to fill it at least 2 3 high. Cooking octopus until tender. Heat the stockpot over high heat until a rolling boil develops.
One of the most popular not to mention delicious ways to prepare an octopus is to throw those tentacles on. There are several ways to to do this some faster and some slower. Bring the stock to a boil.
In most cases octopus needs to be cooked until tender no matter what the final cooking method will be. To tenderize octopus cook it until tender. If the octopus still has the head and beak attached cut off the head if the octopus is large and remove the beak situated amid the legs by popping it out the other side.
How to serve charred octopus. Cooking time will vary depending on size. Add all the tentacles and body.
Though roasting an octopus to tender perfection takes some extra time and labor in the end it will be well. Even if you ultimately plan to grill or sear the octopus you first need to cook it to tenderize it sufficiently. Serve it as a starter with a simple yogurt sauce.
For another low and slow.