Let's Make Grilled Baby Octopus

Do they require any cleaning?

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Do they require any cleaning?

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The package said that they were pre cleaned, but feel free to wash them again. I did thaw them in water so they got another rinse out of it. With larger octopus, you lop off the heads just above the ball and eyes and remove the webbing from between the tentacles. I left the baby octopus whole. I was actually hoping for smaller baby octopus, but the Asian mart had slightly larger ones, about three inches across.

Normally I go with more traditional flavors, using fresh thyme, rosemary, coriander seeds, salt and pepper, finishing with some olive oil, lime and parsley. Again, I wanted to go with Asian flavors with this batch.

I've only had luck with octopus using an old polish long smoke and soak method. It's very involved and really not worth the effort even though its probably the best tasting food I've ever had.

Piqued...

Nah, I'll pass on the snot rockets.

Well any day now Degas


I did some recently. Not sous vide but I kept them in a pot for about 3 hours at 185-190 and finished them up in a cast iron. Didn't feel like lighting the pit

I havent done the octopus in plastic but I don't see any harm in cooking in plastic bags. You've probably eaten a lot of food out of plastic bags

with sous vide, you are not getting the plastic at a high enough temperature to affect it or at least if you are using food grade bags

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