How To Cook Octopus Legs
Octopuses live in the ocean close to coral reefs shores or deep water.
How to cook octopus legs. These pre cooked octopus legs are perfect and delicious straight from the pack. Boil some salted water with some herbs bay leaves coriander seeds few cloves of whole garlic and dip the octopus in a few times to let the tentacles curl up the spanish do this to tenderise but i do it so the tentacles are nice an neat. Remove from heat and cool for 30 minutes.
Octopus is a popular food in asia and the mediterranean region where you can find it on the menu at many restaurants and prepared. The octopus is a larger cephalopod cousin of the squid with most of the meat in its eight tentacles. Remove from liquid and let cool.
Reduce the heat to a simmer and leave to slowly cook for around one hour until tender. Octopus is a mollusc that has eight legs octo eight. You should only turn the pieces once and do so during the middle of the cooking process.
Bring water back to a boil reduce heat to low cover and simmer until octopus is fork tender 45 to 60 minutes. Dip tentacles into the boiling water 3 times holding them in the boiling water 2 to 3 seconds each time until the tentacles curl up. In both cases you want to work over high heat with the oil in your skillet nearly smoking or directly over the hot coals on a grill.
Add octopus cover with a lid and bring back to the boil. Add octopus pieces and cook until well browned and crisp about 3 minutes. For the best result start with the boiling or poaching method above allowing the octopus to cook slowly and cool down before searing in a pan.
Place the octopus pieces on the grill and cook for roughly 4 to 5 minutes or until spotted with brown. Heat a tablespoon or two of vegetable oil in a skillet over high heat until shimmering. Add your whole tentacles to an oiled pan for about 8 minutes per side or pre slice your tentacles into thinner pieces and cook for 2 minutes per side for a perfect finish.