Vietnamese cuisine: Gỏi bạch tuộc, cold octopus and mango salad, the recipe.
Today I prepared a nice salad almost like I manage to make in Vietnam.

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Ingredients

– 1 octopus;
– 1 green/yellow mango;
– 1 cucumber;
– Coriander leaves: finely chopped
– 1 lemon: juice squeezed out
– 1 red onion
– 2 cloves garlic, minced
– 2 fresh chili peppers, minced;
– Olive oil;
– Satay;
– Fish sauce;
– Tay Ninh shrimp salt (this salt is purchased in Vietnam);
– Korean chili powder;
– Ginger;
– Sugar.

Preparation

Prepare the mango and cucumber: wash, cut into pieces, then immerse in ice water to make the cucumber and mango crispy.
Remove the intestine and the tooth of the octopus and wash it.
Next, boil the octopus for 12-15 minutes, add a few slices of ginger and salt, then remove the octopus and place it on a plate. When the octopus has cooled, cut it into small pieces.

Put a pan on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil, when the oil is hot, add all the red onions and garlic and fry until fragrant.
Then add: 70ml water, 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 1.5 teaspoons Tay Ninh shrimp salt (add fish sauce if you don't have shrimp salt), 1.5 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon Korean chili powder (if you eat less chili, you can add less), 1 teaspoon satay, 1/2 teaspoon MSG and 2 tablespoons lemon juice.

Reduce the heat to low, then stir with chopsticks to bring the mixture to a boil; cook for another 1-2 minutes on low heat, then turn off the heat and let it cool.
Now add the chopped octopus, mango, cucumber, coriander and chopped fresh chili pepper; mix well and leave everything to marinate for 15 minutes to absorb the spices and then put on a plate to enjoy (you can put it in the refrigerator to make the salad more crunchy and delicious).

This is the dish ready to be enjoyed:

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