Grilled octopus with fried rice, the recipe.
I have tasted grilled octopus several times (in Spain, Greece and Italy) and I like it very much. Using all the experience and some advice online I found the perfect recipe for my tastes that I describe here. The dish is accompanied by fried rice prepared by my wife who I will ask to write the preparation.
Ingredients
– a nice octopus (fresh or frozen);
– half an onion;
For the marinade:
– oil;
– lemon;
– garlic;
– chili pepper;
– white wine;
– soy sauce;
– salt;
– pepper;
– sweet paprika.
Preparation
First you need to boil the octopus: in a nice pot full of water add half an onion (and some other flavors if you like) and boil for about half an hour for every half a kilogram of weight.
Once the octopus is cooked (you can test its softness with a fork and possibly let it cook a little longer) remove it from the water and let it cool.
When it is lukewarm we cut it into smaller pieces for the marinade, leaving the tentacles whole.
Now, in a container (I recently bought some plastic bags with an airtight seal, very useful for marinades), add the ingredients for the marinade (all of them) and the chicken.
I leave them to infuse for a couple of hours outside the fridge to let the flavors absorb well.
Now all you need is a nice grill (or if you're lucky, a barbecue), bring it to temperature and place the octopus on it for a few minutes just to make it crispy and little more.
We plate with fried rice (or any other side dish you like) and we are ready to enjoy a dish with excellent flavor!
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It is considered one of the most intelligent invertebrates; for example, it has been demonstrated that the common octopus has the ability to learn if subjected to association learning tests and by observing others of its species, an ability that had only been demonstrated in some mammals. This last evidence is quite surprising, since, being the octopus a strongly solitary animal, such behavior, typical of animals with social relationships, would seem inexplicable.
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