Octopus salad
Dear Özlem lady sent a perfect recipe and shared all the details of making octopus salad with us. Since he hasn't sent a photo of the recipe yet, I'm posting it with a temporary photo. Ms. Ozlem, thank you for your work...
Since I live in a place by the sea in the Aegean Region, I can easily reach the octopus and even catch it myself if I can. That's why I want to share with you all the processes of the octopus from the sea until it comes to the table. In big cities, it is possible to reach octopus in fish markets.
I usually just wash the octopus in sea water after catching it and put it in the freezer. Freezing without washing with tap water is an important trick in my opinion. When I make an octopus salad, I take it out of the freezer and thaw it (I defrost the octopus at room temperature)
Ingredients for Octopus Salad Recipe
- 1 octopus
- 2 full tablespoons of cumin
- fresh onion
- pickled gherkins
- lemon olive oil
How to Make Octopus Salad Recipe?
- I wash the octopus by cutting off its head. (There is a slimy liquid on the octopus, and this liquid disappears after boiling.) If there are people who find their head delicious, that is, they say that they will not waste their head, they can boil it with their head, too.
- The octopus is boiled in a pressure cooker (depending on its size) in an average of 20-30 minutes.
- After I put the octopus in the pot, I add 2 full tablespoons of cumin and enough water to cover it by a few fingers and cook it on medium heat. After the air comes out, I open the pot I took off the fire and clean the octopus.
- It is also very easy to clean when I cook it this way. The skin comes off easily, even by itself. (The criterion to understand that it is cleaned is that the legs are smooth and white). Then I add olive oil and lemon. There is no need to add salt, because the octopus's own salt is sufficient.
- It is useful to mix the salad with lemon and olive oil at least a few hours before serving. Because it assimilates octopus oil and lemon well.
I don't know if I wrote everything in detail, but I wanted to describe it according to someone who doesn't know. I hope you will like it.
ENJOY YOUR MEAL….
Ms. Özlem, you have used simple and descriptive expressions in a way that everyone can understand. I would like to eat this salad from your hands one day. With my love...
I will make this salad for the first time, I think it is very clear and understandable. Thanks.
If it is fresh, if it is small, the type that is cooked in coal with suction cups for half an hour and a special sauce is poured on it is insatiable, but it makes it a master.
Cook it in white wine instead of water (even the cheapest, quality doesn't matter). While cooking, throw a peeled onion without chopping a head in it, it smells.
Thank you for your hard work
It doesn't cook in half an hour, let it cook in a pressure cooker for 2 hours on low heat. At least 1 hour and 15 minutes even if beaten
it would be nice if they did it in the basement,
those who find it disgusting are not used to it, Imam Shafii” from the sea
You explained very clearly. Thank you.
Thank you, I'm going to make it right away, you gave a nice recipe.
Another octopus that I caught while fishing will be prepared according to the recipe and this love will take its place at the corner of our table.
I would like to say that. I think those who comment on an insect for a shrimp and a disgusting creature for an Octopus are also experiencing different emotions that they can experience in life.
Thank you very much, but if I want something from you, can I fry the octopus like squid?
I will be glad if you send it
thank you very much, as someone who doesn't know how to do it, thank you very much, tomorrow the first name will be to go and buy a frozen octopus.
Really, the recipe is very good. Good luck to you. I made octopus for the first time and it tasted amazing.
I ate it yesterday for the first time.
I liked the recipe very much. Apart from what I did, I learned about the cumin thing from you. I like it more with peeled tomato pepper and plenty of parsley capers.
I tried it, wallla was superrr, everyone liked it too…
this octopus salad is a bidet with pickled cucumbers….olives with pepper…. What if we add a little black pepper???
It's not disgusting at all, Ms. Canan. It would be wrong to talk about a taste and product that you do not know and have not tried. Octopus is a wonderfully delicious seafood product and its taste is wonderful. Both its salad and stew varieties are perfect. It was strange that you made a biased comment… The recipe was very good, by the way, Özlem Hn. thanks…
I'm sorry, I didn't eat octopus in my life, I never eat it well Iyyy iyrenc according to me, enjoy the food
Ms. Canan, I'm sorry, but I know people like you who ask, "Is this edible"?
You explained it very well, thank you.
There are a few things I would like to add to this. A few tips: If we add a little vinegar to the water while boiling, the octopus will be softer, and if we fry the octopus in a pan with soy sauce for a while before adding it to the salad, it will taste great ;)
Health for your effort…
Good luck with your spirit. Your explanation is very clear and understandable.