How To Cook Octopus Easy Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 whole octopus
• 1 handful parsley

  the tails
• 1 lemon

  the peel
• 5 cloves garlic

  unpeeled
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 2 bay leaves

Instructions

• 1 Clean and rinse the octopus (remove the eyes and the beak)
• 2 Put the octopus in a large pot
• 3 Add the parsley tails, olive oil, black pepper, garlic cloves, bay leaves and,
  shave one lemon and add in the peel
• 4 Put the pot on the stove and cover it with a lid
• 5 Cook at low-medium heat for 40-50 minutes (until the meat is soft)
• 6 Turn off the heat and let the octopus cool down in its own juices
• 7 Cut the tentacles of the octopus
• 8 Heat a skillet with some olive oil
• 9 Add in some crushed garlic cloves
• 10 Sear the tentacles for 2-3 minutes then turn sides and cook for another 2-3
  medium on high heat
• 11 Serve with pleasure

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