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Grilled Octopus with Olive Oil and Lemon
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Grilled Octopus with Olive Oil and Lemon

Grilled octopus – a classic Mediterranean appetizer with olive oil, garlic and lemon

⏱ 1 hr 15 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Bring Water to a boil in a large pot and cook the octopus 45 minutes, until a fork goes in easily.
    StoveLarge pot
  2. 2
    Remove the octopus, let cool slightly and cut into pieces.
    KnifeCutting board
  3. 3
    In a bowl, mix the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, smoked paprika, salt and black pepper.
    Bowl
  4. 4
    Rub the mixture over the octopus and marinate 30 minutes.
  5. 5
    Heat a grill pan over high heat until it smokes and sear the octopus in it 3–4 minutes on each side, until there are clear grill marks.
    StoveGrill pan
  6. 6
    Sprinkle with the parsley and serve.
340calories
38 gprotein
8 gcarbs
16 gfat
● protein 46%● carbs 10%● fat 44%

Per serving (290 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Grill pan · Also works: Cast-iron pan (No grill marks) · Charcoal grill (Outdoors) · Broiler (Broiler)
  • Large pot · Also works: Pot (Cook in two batches)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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