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Grilled Octopus

Turkish · Dinner

Grilled Octopus

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Cleaned octopus boiled with bay and grape vinegar until tender, rested with garlic, then grilled and dressed with lemon and oregano.

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  • Dairy-free
  • Turkish
  • Dinner
Prep
15 min
Cook
45 min
Serves
2 servings
Level
Medium

Method5 steps

  1. Step 1: Put cleaned octopus (1 kg medium) in a pot with enough water to cover it, the three bay leaves and grape vinegar. Bring to a boil and cook about 30 minutes as the source guide, continuing until octopus is tender.

    Boil octopus · 30 minUses 1 kg medium octopus, cleaned; fresh or frozen · 2 tbsp vinegar of grapes · 3 bay leaf · Enough water to cover the cleaned octopus for boiling

  2. Step 2: Lift out cooked octopus, discarding boiling liquid and bay leaves. Rinse in clean water and drain. Put in a bowl, drizzle with part of the single 1/4 cup oil supply, add minced garlic and allow to cool/rest about 30 minutes before grilling. Reserve the rest of the oil for the final drizzle.

    Cooked octopus rest before grilling · 30 minUses Boiled tender octopus · Clean water for rinsing the boiled octopus · Some of the single 1/4 cup olive-oil supply; reserve remainder for serving · 2 garlic cloves (minced)

  3. Step 3: Preheat a gas grill to medium-high.

  4. Step 4: Cut apart the tentacles and grill 4–5 minutes per side until charred and hot.

    Grill first side, then repeat4–5minutes on second side · 5 minUses Tender octopus after garlic and oil rest

  5. Step 5: Put grilled octopus in a serving bowl. Drizzle with the remaining oil from the same 1/4 cup supply and the lemon juice. Season with listed dried oregano (1/2 tbsp), salt (1/2 teaspoon) and black pepper (1/2 teaspoon), and garnish with optional parsley. Serve.

    Uses Grilled tender octopus · Remaining oil from the same single 1/4 cup supply · Juice of 1 lemon · 1/2 tbsp dried oregano · 1/2 teaspoon salt · 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper · Fresh parsley for garnish, optional

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