1/15/2023 0 Comments Grilled octopus![]() and you’ll see why! Tenderising an octopus is wrapped in mystery with a hundred different housewife tales on the best way octopus hanging out to dry on a clothes line or local fisherman throwing an octopus against the rocks (first time I saw that I thought “man, that guy is seriously angry at that octopus”). The methods of cooking octopus range from stews to mezedes to fine dining pieces of food-art. Throughout Cyprus and the Greek islands octopus is served in a multitude of ways it is a ubiquitous aquatic creature featured on most Greek tables at one time or another. ![]() ![]() This grilled octopus recipe is all about creating a wonderful charred, smoky, crispy exterior doused in the holy trinity of Hellenic cooking garlic, lemons and olive oil enveloping a soft meaty interior. If you want to watch how I braise my octopus – or read up on how to do that check out this post which also includes another video recipe to show the slow braise and cleaning the octopus (preparing octopus). Grilled Octopus, baked octopus, octopus stew, however you want to cook it I always start the same with a slow braise to tenderise the octopus then cool it and from there you can pretty much do what you want with it! Grilled Octopus – how to cook octopus and importantly how to cook octopus so it is tender seems to be cloaked in mystery – but it’s easier than you think.
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