So when I took my trip to ABC Seafood (post still pending), I picked up two pounds of frozen baby octopus. I had no fucking clue what to do with them so I played it safe and made tacos. "Let me get this straight. You buy an Asian ingredient and rather than expand your horizons and make some weird Asian dish you put it in fucking tacos? Figures." Kiss my ass, douche. While I recognize I should have made some Asian shit, I don't have the base for it in my house already so fuck it. In any case, here is a basic recipe for cooking baby octopus and after that you can do whatever the hell you want. Let's begin:
Here is the frozen block of baby octopus. I removed it from the package and submerged it in cold water for a few hours to defrost it. I just like this picture!
If you got ripped off, you need to clean out the heads and remove the beaks. If you got the good shit, it has already been done for you. At first I thought I would cook these like squid but I was totally wrong. Put your shit in a big pot and fill with water so the octopus are barely submerged. A bunch of nasty crap is going to come out of the little buggers and you want them to be cooked down in it. Bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for about 45 minutes.
Drain them in a colander. Once again, I just liked this picture. For the record I totally gave one of these to my daughter.
In a small bowl grind 1/2tsp salt, 1tsp pepper, 3 minced cloves of garlic, 1tbl New Mexico chili powder, and 1tsp cumin. You can use a mortar and pestle but I just used the backside of a ladle. Then slowly whisk in EVOO until you have a nice little sauce/paste.
Toss the octopus with the sauce and put them on some
fried corn tortillas. Top with cilantro. So basically these tasted like every other fucking thing I make. They just had a different consistency. Next time I will definitely try to branch out and try something new. Eat it.
Here is the frozen block of baby octopus. I removed it from the package and submerged it in cold water for a few hours to defrost it. I just like this picture!
If you got ripped off, you need to clean out the heads and remove the beaks. If you got the good shit, it has already been done for you. At first I thought I would cook these like squid but I was totally wrong. Put your shit in a big pot and fill with water so the octopus are barely submerged. A bunch of nasty crap is going to come out of the little buggers and you want them to be cooked down in it. Bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for about 45 minutes.
Drain them in a colander. Once again, I just liked this picture. For the record I totally gave one of these to my daughter.
In a small bowl grind 1/2tsp salt, 1tsp pepper, 3 minced cloves of garlic, 1tbl New Mexico chili powder, and 1tsp cumin. You can use a mortar and pestle but I just used the backside of a ladle. Then slowly whisk in EVOO until you have a nice little sauce/paste.
Toss the octopus with the sauce and put them on some fried corn tortillas. Top with cilantro. So basically these tasted like every other fucking thing I make. They just had a different consistency. Next time I will definitely try to branch out and try something new. Eat it.
17 comments:
I loves you but that? Is gross.
Um....eww.
My godson would love that shit. I once saw that sick little fucker knock back a dozen baby octopi off an all you can eat buffet.
Nasty.
Maybe if you deep fried them after the boiling, though . . .
I once had a calamari steak served to me in a restaurant. It was a big hunk of white slimy octopi. inedible REALLY...this lookd somewhat edible except I really think a little crunchy coating would help. You eat it.....
Those taco's are straight out of Bizarre Foods with Andew Zimmern. He would probably love that shit. Personally, I puked in my mouth a little. Thanks!
I feel bad for the little octupi, as tasty as they are. I love eating them, does that make me a bad person? Considering they are smarter than dogs? Oh poop.
grandmaw used to fix us "brains and eggs" when we were little and i thought that was weird.....
Eh, I'll have to pass on these.
You people are a bunch of sissies! Except for Andrew...
Do you ever eat your corn tortillas without frying them? just curious. I would have made an octopus cocktail with those.
Never. If you don't fry them they taste like shit and break really easily.
Octopus Cocktail? Like instead of the salt before a tequila shot? For the record people who use salt and lime with tequila are total fucking sissies. Or like an oyster shooter?
I've tried octopus cooked a few different ways...just don't care for it. I could totally do this with some crawfish, though. As for the corn tortillas, maybe I'm just a bit spoiled, but there are about 5 tortillerias close by, and I can get them fresh and hot from the cooker. They don't crumble or crack when steamed until they're a day or two old, so I don't usually fry them. They're even good eaten hot with just a bit of butter.
=^..^=
Does this taste better than it looks?
I should keep my eye out for a place like that around here.
This actually tasted pretty damn good.
Love the iced chock-o-block full of those little babies.
In my book, baby anything is good. They don't make 'em cute and tender for nothing, right?
I am all over this recipe. Thanks, man.
My vote: Not Gross/More tentacles the better!
Hell yeah!
Tako tacos! I love these. I made some with ceviche and corn tortillas, I didn't cook my own.
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