As a yearly tradition, my mum hosts a lunch for her tennis group and this time round I offered to cook all the food. I made lots of different 'salad-y' dishes including octopus salad and a trio of desserts to finish.
Octopus can be a tricky thing to cook as it can easily become super chewy and hard to eat. My dad taught me the trick to perfectly tender octopus and mentioned that the most common mistake was to boil it, big no no! On to the recipe.
OCTOPUS SALAD
- 1 kg of octopus
- 1-2 tomatoes, diced
- A large onion, finely diced
- Large bunch of coriander, chopped
- Salt & pepper
- Olive oil
- Lemon juice
1. To clean the octopus, scrub with lots of salt and wash throughouly.
2. In a large saucepan, add in a little oil and the whole octopus, (only chop it up once cooked). Stir around for a couple of minutes, lower the heat and cover to cook.
3. Check the octopus every 5 to 10 minutes stirring it around as it releases it's own juices and pricking it with a skewer. Once tender after about 20-30 minutes, the octopus is cooked.
4. Once cooled, chop the octopus into fine slices.
5. In a large bowl, combine the octopus slices, diced tomatoes, diced onion and chopped coriander. Season with salt, pepper, olive oil and lemon juice.
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