Grilled Octopus

Name: Grilled Octopus
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 27 min
Yield: 4 serving
Ingredients: 2 octopus; 6 cups water; 1 onion; 4 lices lemon; 1 Tablespoon peppercorns; 1 teaspoon sea salt; 1 cup fresh herbs; 2 bay leaves; 1 cup olive oil; 2 Tablespoons lemon juice; 4 cloves garlic; 1/2 cup herbs; 1 Jalapeño; 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper

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Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings
4
Calories
660 kcal
Course
Main Course, Appetizer
Cuisine
Mediterranean, American

Grilled Octopus

Quade Maldonado

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Grilled Octopus is a Mediterranean delicacy, and today we're making this phenomenal Octopus recipe step by step with video. Tender and loaded with flavor, you'll fall in love with this delicious family recipe!

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Ingredients

Servings

Octopus

2 octopus small-medium size, or your choice
6 cups water
1 onion cut in hlaf
4 lices lemon
1 Tablespoon peppercorns
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup fresh herbs combo of your choice
2 bay leaves

Marinade

1 cup olive oil Mina Moroccan Olive oil is our favorite
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
4 cloves garlic minced
1/2 cup herbs minced: combo of oregano, thyme, dill parsley and rosemary
1 Jalapeño minced, or any type of chillies
1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper

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Notes

You can use any size octopus for this recipe, we used baby octopus here. The cooking time is the only variable to consider.
Make sure to have your fishmonger clean up the heads for you.
If buying frozen octopus , defrost it well at first.
Boiling the octopus makes it tender and cooked through so you don't need to worry about it while grilling.
Make sure it's cooking on a gentle simmer.
Avoid over boiling the octopus as it becomes dry and tasteless
The marinade we used here is purely a Mediterranean one, a family recipe ❤️ However you can swap ingredients and make it your own!
Let the octopus soak up the marinade for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
Make sure not to discard the marinade as it will be used to brush the octopus with.
An indoor grill or outdoor grill can be used for the recipe.
It's much easier than you think! Plus you can customize the taste and flavors, and you're guaranteed tender octopus as you control cooking! Octopus is one of the pricey items on the menu, so make it at home and impress your family and friends!
There's no perfect size, while we prefer baby to medium size octopus, I know some prefer the large size. As mentioned above, cooking time is the only factor to consider, not the size.
The main goal is to make it tender by breaking down the tissue collagen in the muscle into soft gelatin.
Baby octopus will require 45 mins-1 hour of boiling time. Medium sized octopus needs 1 hour-75 minutes, while larger octopus may need between 1 hour and half to 2 hours. You'll know as you feel how tender the meat is. Make sure the water is on a gentle simmer.
You can boil the octopus a day in advance, and have it marinate in the fridge. Another option is to cook the octopus and freeze it without marinade, then defrost it and marinate it for a day before grilling.