Octopus in a pot
Octopus in a pot

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, octopus in a pot. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Octopuses just love small enclosed spaces where they can crawl in and put only their eyes out to watch the surroundings. Visit and subscribe to my channel. Octopus (polipo or polpo in Italian) is delightful when it is cooked properly—tender and buttery soft—and it is wonderful in summer seafood salads such as octopus and potato salad (insalata di polpo e But it can be devilish to cook, going from tender to rubbery and back as it sits in the pot.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook octopus in a pot using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Octopus in a pot:
  1. Make ready 1 octopus (fresh or froszen up to 2 kilos)
  2. Get 150 ml dry white wine
  3. Prepare fresh oregano
  4. Take 1 pinch dried oregano
  5. Prepare 4 tablespoons olive oil
  6. Get 4 teblespoons red wine vinegar

Octopus can be an intimidating ingredient to work with at first, but in spite of its appearance, this seafood delicacy is fairly simple to cook. The best cooking methods involve slowly cooking the meat until it becomes. This Octopus was hiding in a pot the whole time. It means "octopus pot" in Japanese.

Instructions to make Octopus in a pot:
  1. Wash the octopus thoroughly, cut out the tooth and eyes, and wash the stomach of the octapus thoroughly by turning the inside out. (If you use a frozen octopus, defrost thoroughly by living in the fridge in a strainer covered with cling film, over night. Place the strainer in a plate to hold the water from defrosting).
  2. After washing, put it as is in a large pot and turn the heat on, on high. The octopus will discard the water leave on high until this water is absorbed completely.
  3. Add the wine, lower the heat on low (for stove with 1-9 put it on 4). Cook for 2 hours at least until the octopus is soft all the way through.
  4. Ten minutes before turning of the heat add the fresh oregano.
  5. Turn off the heat, sprinkle with olive oil and vinegar, add the dried oregano, leave it for 3o minutes to cool down and serve.

Is it known as anything else? The condition causes the left ventricle to distort and enlarge, resembling a traditional Japanese pot used to catch octopuses. Place octopus in a pressure cooker and add just enough water to cover. (Be sure to keep water level below pressure cooker's maximum fill line.) Check octopus for tenderness by sliding a paring knife into the thickest part of one of its tentacles; it should slide in easily with little resistance. Place the octopus in a large pot covered with any braising liquid, from water to red wine. Alternatively, place the octopus in a dry pot and allow the fish to cook in its own juices.

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