Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, grilled octopus. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil, squeeze lemon over top, sprinkle with parsley, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cut octopus into large serving pieces, brush it with half the olive oil, and sprinkle it with salt and pepper. Grill it quickly until outside browns but. Grilled Octopus Wherever you find octopus, you find grilled octopus, though it is most closely associated with Greece, where it is prepared wonderfully.

Grilled octopus is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Grilled octopus is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have grilled octopus using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Grilled octopus:

1. Prepare 1 large octopus
2. Prepare Olive oil
3. Take Fresh parsley
4. Make ready Juice of 1 lemon + lemon to serve
5. Prepare Salad of your choice, I used delicious tiger tomatoes
6. Take Salt to taste for salad (the octopus doesn't need it)

First, you need to pre-cook the octopus by simmering it so that it becomes tender. You can do this a day in advance and allow the octopus to marinate in the refrigerator with some olive oil, salt, pepper, and lemon for more flavor. You can do this the day before. Grilled octopus, made at home, can it get any better?

Steps to make Grilled octopus:

1. Wash octopus. Chop off the tentacles. Save the head and body to make a lovely stock for any fish recipe. Bring a pot of water to the boil. Gently dip the tentacles into and out of the water 3-4 times. then leave in and simmer on low for 15 mins. Switch off and leave them in the water for at least 30 mins
2. After 30 mins, transfer to a plate. Make a dressing of olive oil, parsley and lemon. Drizzle all over the octopus and leave to marinate for an hour in the fridge
3. Heat up a griddle pan. When nice and hot, at least medium to high heat, cook for 4-5 minutes each side, no more. Serve with salad and lemon 😄😄😄😄

You can do this the day before. Grilled octopus, made at home, can it get any better? Ordering octopus at a restaurant could be pricey. I don't mind paying for a nicely cooked octopus, but at times, let's say often times is could be undercooked and chewy. For me, the smoky flavor of a charcoal or wood grill is what gives grilled octopus its unique flavor, but you can use a gas.

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