The term “octopus” is another name for what is commonly known as the “eight-tentacled fish,” a common ingredient in seafood dishes that many families often buy to make soup. However, octopus can be used to make many other delicious dishes, it all depends on whether or not you know how to cook them.
Octopus Recipe: Leek Stir-fried Octopus
Octopus is often stir-fried with leeks, making a crunchy and tasty home-style dish.
Ingredients Needed
Suitable amount of octopus, suitable amount of leeks, a little bit of very fresh flavoring, a little salt, a little vegetable oil.
Cooking Method
1. Clean the octopus and place it in boiling water to cook, then remove and cool it in cold water before slicing it.
2. Wash the leeks and cut them into sections, slice the green onion and ginger for later use.
3. Heat oil in a wok, add green onion and ginger to stir-fry and release their fragrance, then add the octopus to stir-fry.
4. Add the leeks, stir-fry, then add very fresh flavoring and salt for seasoning before serving.
Octopus Recipe: Red Wine Octopus
A beautiful woman and a good wine, red wine octopus is also excellent, light and refreshing, with a faint scent of wine wafting through.
Ingredients Needed
A suitable amount of small octopuses, a suitable amount of red wine, red and yellow sweet peppers, a suitable amount of sweet bean sauce, soy sauce, sweet peppers, ginger threads, garlic slices.
Cooking Method
1. Clean the small octopuses, wash the red and yellow sweet peppers and cut them into strips.
2. Heat oil in a wok, stir-fry the ginger threads to release their fragrance, then add the small octopuses and stir-fry for 1 minute before adding sweet bean sauce.
3. Add soy sauce and red wine, stir-fry for 2 minutes, then add the red and yellow peppers and stir-fry for 5 minutes.
4. Season with salt, stir-fry evenly, and serve.
Octopus Recipe: Cold Tossed Octopus
I've had too much cold mixed vegetables, but I still couldn't resist making this cold mixed octopus, which is crisp and tender after being tossed.
Ingredients Needed
300 grams of octopus, a small half of each of green, red, and yellow peppers, ginger and garlic minced, rice wine, pepper powder, salt, soy sauce, tomato sauce, cooking oil, aged vinegar, sugar, sesame oil.
Cooking Method
1. Clean the octopus and cut it into strips, mix with rice wine, salt, minced ginger and garlic, and pepper powder and marinate for half an hour.
2. Boil water in a pot, blanch the octopus for 15 seconds, drain, and arrange on a plate.
3. Heat a little oil in a wok, stir-fry the minced ginger and garlic until fragrant, then add the chopped peppers and stir-fry evenly. Add a little water and bring to a boil.
4. Then add soy sauce, Agel, sugar, vinegar, and sesame oil, stir-fry evenly, and pour over the octopus.
Tips
The octopus should be blanched until it curls and turns white. When cleaning, pay attention to removing the ink and sand.
Octopus Recipe: Braised Octopus
Ingredients Needed
300 grams of pork belly, 300 grams of octopus, 200 grams of broad beans, an appropriate amount of green onion and ginger, oil, salt, soy sauce, star anise, cooking wine, sweet bean sauce, dark soy sauce.
Cooking Method
1. Cut the pork belly into chunks and blanch in boiling water. Clean the octopus and cut into sections.
2. Heat oil in a wok, stir-fry the star anise to release its fragrance, then add the pork belly and stir-fry along with the green onion and ginger until the meat changes color.
3. Add cooking wine, dark soy sauce, soy sauce, and sugar, then add enough water to cover the meat. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 10 minutes over medium-low heat.
4. Then add the octopus and simmer for 10 minutes, add the broad beans and cook until they are soft.
Tips
The broad beans must be cooked thoroughly before serving once added to the pot.