How to Boil a Whole Raw Octopus!
How to Boil a Whole Raw Octopus!

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There are different kinds of octopus, but I 'm not sure if this is a madako type. I' m a Hakotade native, which is prominent for squid, so I 'm not too sure about octopus varieties. This is a photo of the suckers.

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The ingredients needed to make How to Boil a Whole Raw Octopus!:
  1. Take 1 Raw octopus
  2. Get 200 ml Salt
  3. Take 1 Bancha green tea (optional)

How to boil octopus, step by step. There are many types and sizes of octopus, and this can make the cooking process a bit more. Let's make fried and simmered octopus. Cooked octopus tastes a lot better than it appears.

Steps to make How to Boil a Whole Raw Octopus!:
  1. There are different kinds of octopus, but I'm not sure if this is a madako type… I'm a Hakotade native, which is prominent for squid, so I'm not too sure about octopus varieties.
  2. This is a photo of the suckers. Unnecessary?
  3. If you buy an octopus from a fishmonger, the insides of the head, the eyes and the beak will most likely be removed.
  4. Place the octopus on a sieve, add lots of salt and rub in with both hands to clean. Enjoy the feeling of the suckers sticking to your hands!
  5. Apparently fishermen put an octopus in a plastic bag with salt, and spin it for 45 minutes in a washing machine. Think of emulating that as you rub that beast very, very well.
  6. When it's no longer slimy, rinse well in water.
  7. I heard that the octopus becomes tender if you bash with a daikon radish so I tried it out, but there wasn't a lot of difference between an un-bashed tentacle. In any case, the octopus did becomes somewhat tender.
  8. A sushi chef told me that if you boil octopus with bancha green tea, it adds color, the skin doesn't peel off easily, and that the texture of the flesh is improved, so I tried out the tip.
  9. The key to making the legs roll up nicely is to submerge in the boiling water tentacle first, take out, putting back in, and repeating several times.
  10. When the tentacles have rolled up cutely, put the whole thing in the boiling water.
  11. You can adjust the boiling time, but if you boil it for too long it will become tough. I boiled a 1.2 kg octopus for about 5 minutes.
  12. Take it out when it's boiled, place in a sieve and cool under running water.
  13. Cool down quickly in ice water, until it's no longer warm when you touch it.
  14. Chop off the tentacles one by one.
  15. The head. The mouth is cute!
  16. After a 5 minute boil, the texture is like this. I think it's perfect for sashimi or carpaccio.
  17. As long as you rub it very well with salt until it's no longer slimy, I think it's hard to screw up.
  18. Enjoy as sashimi and carpaccio, and use the rest in simmered dishes and enjoy!

The boiled octopus can be stored in the freezer but we recommend enjoying it as soon as possible. You should also try our Takoyaki Octopus Tempura! When you are in a hurry to thaw the frozen octopus, submerge it in. Octopus may seem like the sort of thing you only order while out at a fancy restaurant, but the truth is, you can cook this impressive sea creature at. Though the octopus head meat is flavorful, and can definitely be included, you'll want to remove the beak and ink sac before cooking and serving.

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