Greek Grilled Baby Octopus Salad Recipes

GRILLED OCTOPUS, GREEK STYLE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and blanch the octopus for 90 seconds. Remove the octopus and let it drain on a colander.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 300°F. Line the bottom of a brazier, a Dutch oven or other large, ovenproof pot with the herbs and bay leaves. Lay the octopus on the nest of herbs, cover the pot and cook in the oven until tender, which will be somewhere between 90 minutes for small octopus to 4 hours for a really gigantic one. Two hours is about normal.
• When the octopus is tender, cut it into chunks. Leave small octopi whole. Mix the olive oil, lemon juice, oregano and chile and marinate the octopus in this for at least 1 hour, and as much as a day or two.
• To finish, get your grill blazing hot. Make sure the grill grates are clean. Grill the octopus over high heat until you get a little bit of charring here and there; they're already cooked, so you are just adding flavor. Drizzle your grilled octopus with really good olive oil, grind some black pepper over them and serve with a wedge of lemon -- and a shot of ouzo.

GREEK GRILLED BABY OCTOPUS SALAD

Steps:

• Place potato slices in a saucepan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Boil for 2 minutes and drain thoroughly.
• Heat olive oil in a pan, add garlic and potatoes and saute until potatoes are light golden.
• Char-grill or BBQ the octopus until opaque. (Don't over cook as the octopus will continue to cook after it is removed from the heat).
• Combine warm octopus and potatoes with lemon juice, olives, rocket and herbs.
• Serve warm with lemon wedges.

GRILLED BABY OCTOPUS

Steps:

• Boil octopus in salted water until cooked through (check inside with a paring knife), 15 to 20 minutes. To a metal bowl add oil, oregano, pepper flakes, garlic, lemon juice, parsley, salt and pepper, then add octopus and toss.
• Preheat a grill to high heat.
• Place octopus on the grill for 3 to 4 minutes, then transfer back to bowl and back to grill. Repeat this step a few times. Finally, put octopus back in bowl and add balsamic vinegar. Toss well, then serve over baby greens.

GRILLED BABY OCTOPUS WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a plastic bag or container with a tight-fitting lid, place the octopus, olive oil, lemon juice and zest, salt, pepper, oregano, cloves, and garlic.
• Massage the marinade into the octopus and put it in the fridge for 24 hours to marinade. Massage it periodically during the marinating phase.
• Fire up the grill. If you have a gas or charcoal grill, it is vital that you add some kind of wood smoke . Without it, the dish becomes far less interesting.
• While the grill is heating, skewer the little octopi. It's a good thing if some of the herbs or garlic from the marinade sticks to the octopus, but it's not essential.
• Grill over the smoky fire, covered, for 3 minutes.
• Turn them over and grill for 3 minutes more.
• Serve while still hot with lemon wedges on the side. Enjoy.

GRILLED OCTOPUS SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of cold water to a boil. Add the octopus, bay leaf, the quartered yellow onions and salt. Simmer for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. The octopus is ready when a skewer easily pierces and goes through a tentacle.
• Remove the octopus from the pot and let it cool down.
• Chop the red onions in 12 pieces each. Cut the octopus in 1 inch pieces.
• On a barbecue set to medium, grill the octopus just enough to leave grill marks.
• Place red onions in a plate. Put the grilled octopus atop the onions, drizzle the olive oil and the white balsamic vinegar over the onion and the grilled octopus.
• Serve as an appetizer or a salad,.

BABY OCTOPUS SALAD

Steps:

• Rinse octopuses under cold water, then cover with water by 2 inches in a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot. Bring to a boil with bay leaf, then reduce heat and simmer, covered, until octopuses are tender (tentacles can easily be pierced with a fork), about 45 minutes.
• Transfer octopuses to a colander with tongs, then discard cooking liquid and bay leaf. When cool enough to handle, cut off and discard heads and halve octopuses lengthwise. Cool to room temperature.
• Whisk together oil, lemon juice, sea salt, pepper, and oregano. Toss octopuses with dressing and marinate, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes at room temperature.

GREEK BBQ BABY OCTOPUS

Steps:

• Place the octopus and garlic in a pot with water and bring to boil.
• Add baking soda and simmer for 40 minutes.
• To prepare the marinade;.
• In a bowl add 300ml of olive oil, juice of one lemon and lime, salt.
• and pepper.
• When the octopus is tender rinse it in cold water.
• Place in the.
• marinade and leave overnight.
• The following day, grill on a hot plate until lightly coloured.
• Flambé cognac in a fry pan, add the butter and slowly melt, whisking.
• constantly.
• Add a touch of cream and worcestershire sauce and whisk.
• till they are all combined.
• Finish with shallots.
• Serve on a bed of rice with the cognac sauce poured all over.