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Grilled Octopus

Name: Grilled Octopus
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 1 octopus whole; Water; 5 tbsp olive oil; 3 tbsp lemon juice

A whole octopus boiled until tender, cooled, rested in a mixture of olive oil, lemon, garlic and spices, and grilled on a hot grill a few minutes on each side.

⏱ 1 hr 35 min

⚖ Pareve 🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

1
Bring Water to a boil in a large pot and cook the octopus 45–60 minutes, until a fork goes in easily.
StoveLarge pot
2
Remove the octopus and let cool.
3
In a bowl, mix the olive oil and lemon juice.
Bowl
4
Rub the mixture over the octopus and marinate 30 minutes.
5
Grill the octopus on a very hot grill, 3–4 minutes on each side.
Charcoal grill
6
Cut the octopus into pieces and serve.
KnifeCutting board

172calories

4 gprotein

1 gcarbs

17 gfat

● protein 9%● carbs 3%● fat 89%

Per serving (53 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

Octopus: 82 kcal per 100 g · More about Octopus →
Water: 1 cup = 240 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Water →
Olive oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 884 kcal per 100 g · More about Olive oil →
Lemon juice: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 15 g · 21 kcal per 100 g · More about Lemon juice →

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

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)
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)
Charcoal grill · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Gas grill (No smoky flavor) · Grill pan (Indoors, no smoke) · Broiler (Broiler)

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⚙️ What you can change

Possible additions: garlic · Oregano · salt · black pepper · Parsley · Lemon slices · Smoked paprika
Cooking time (minutes): 45–60
Marinating in the mixture (minutes): 30
Grilling per side (minutes): 3–4

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