Welcome to my blog! I create this blog mainly to document my food, to share cooking ideas/tips, and to preserve my not yet-written family recipes. I prefer to cook using fresh ingredients and/or what are available. I enjoy experimenting in the kitchen, creating meals. I cook with my senses so I hope this blog will help me record what I cook/create. I am a practicing family nurse practitioner, a photographer and I live to eat. Please join me in my culinary journey!
Friday, April 15, 2016
Cooked Baby Octopus
Honestly I don't think I really knew how to cook octopus until last November when I was on Maui. A friend gave me a little octopus and a few small eels he captured while out diving. I braised all of them together for about half an hour and I noticed how tender the octopus turned out. Since then I learned that 1/2 hour is the key to cook the octopus. Recently I purchased some baby octopus at an Asian Market (in Cambridge, Massachusetts). These were already cleaned with the mouth pieces removed. Once home I rubbed them with some vinegar and salt and then rinse them in cold water to give them a thorough cleaning. I then put them in a pot with just enough water to submerge them and gently boil them for about 30 minutes. The result yields very tender octopus. Although don't be surprised to see that the octopus shrinks by about half after cooking. You can use these cooked and tender octopus in many dishes. Or you can just eat them with your favorite dipping sauce. They make a great snack or treat!
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