Spanish Octopus - Spanish-Style Braised Octopus Recipe

Learn how to make Spanish Octopus! Go to foodwishes.blo... for the ingredient amounts, extra information, and many, many more video recipes! I hope you enjoy this Spanish-Style Braised Octopus recipe!

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Check out the recipe: www.allrecipes.com/Recipe/259483/Spanish-Octopus/

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I just tried this, it was fantastic. My wife who is very picky about food also said it was one of the best things I've made. Thank you for demystifying the cooking process. I let it boil a tad too long, so the end of the tentacles were slightly overdone, but the thicker parts were perfect.

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At first, I was just kinda 'meh' about this, but decided to watch it anyway. You've turned my mind on octopus and now I want to make this. Side note, really shouldn't be watching your videos at 12:44 am. I don't need to be hungry right now.

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same! I started watching like I'm never going to make this, now I am wondering where I can buy octopus! Rest of the ingredients are really simple too

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This is worth making because octopus is usually expensive in fancy restaurants

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This is such an approachable octopus recipe! I’ve always been scared to try to cook octopus but this looks so good and so easy! Thanks chef John!

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Octopus is amazing. How we usually cook it in Spain is just in Salted Water, and then once its ready we just slice it and serve it with Pimenton and Olive Oil, sometime potatoes as well, and it tastes amazing. Great vid btw

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The tricks to make the octopus tender are only used for fresh octopus. If the octopus is frozen and the thawed you dont need any tricks, in fact freezing fresh octopus before cooking it is the simplest trick you can use.

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Growing up in Southern California, with my grandfather working at a great seafood restaurant, we had and loved octopus. He also made the best deep fried calamari sandwiches on seeded buns. I'd love to see you make those. He would also make abalone steaks, tenderized and lightly fried. Ahhhh, the memories!

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Just came back from the Galicia region in Spain where this is a speciality. Was wanting to make it back home and...boom...Chef John hits me up.

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I just got done with the peach crisp and I find out I have to go buy some octopus!

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This was fabulous and it is evan better than my favourite restaurant for Octapus, just delicious.

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had octopus in Barcelona twice, and I want more! This looks so good! Its hard to get hold of octop in Norway .... :(

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7:30 - There it is...

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**cooks in spanish**

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Mmmm.... I'm watching this at the breakfast table and it still looks yummy! 😀

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Ok, I don´t wanna be that guy, but I guess this time I have to. Chef, I know this is YOUR TAKE, but let me tell you a couple of tips. 1. you need the skin. In order for the skin not to brake, like yours, you have to boil water (UNSALTED WATER), and sumerge the octopus 3 times, for only 5 seconds each, and then let it cool down for 5 minutes in between dives. The tentacle will curl (that´s what she said), but the skin will stay firm. Then you can continue with your cooking/ tenderizing method of not boiling it in full water. 2. Olive oil SHOULDN´T get charcoiled because it becomes very bitter and toxic. Always serve extra virgin olive oil uncooked. 3. In spanish cousin, serving that style of octupus (pulpo a la gallega) with that much water on the plate, will get you arrested jajajajaa. Also, sprinkling some Kosher salt on top of it at the end will give you pleasant dreams! I´m sure it tasted good, but just given you a couples of good tips from my old spanish gradmother that might help improve your flavor. Cheers.

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And, if he use an spanish octopus in the western USA, most probably the animal was frozen before being exported, making mechanic tenderezitation (beating or hammering it) unneccesary, if you use a fresh octopus you have to tenderize it.

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Tried this method with frozen octopus, it turned-out very tender! Thanks, Chef John!

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That is very useful method and traditional in fishing villages.

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Even chef John can't make this dish look yummy.

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I love the reflection of the ceiling on the top of the pot. Looks kind of like an ornate coffered ceiling.. :0)

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Grilled Octopus is one of my favorite dishes ever. Looks like you nailed this one. I'll give it a go as soon as I can find a proper tentacle.

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Well: this is sooo easy. And it looks like a perfect recipe to me. Can't wait to try this out! What I know already is that you're absolutely right about all that fuzz about chewy and rubber-like squid or octopus: It will be still soft if you cook or fry it for just a few minutes. Then they will turn chewy if you've been cooking them too long to keep this stage. (They are beeing served even raw in sushi or as sashimi. Just be sure to have best quality for that.) But if you keep cooking them for 45min or even 1 hour, they will turn soft again. So if your squid or octopus turned out rubber-like and chewy and your recipe allows you this option: throw 'em back into your pot or pan. With the sauce. And keep cooking it quite a bit longer. And you'll find it as soft and tender as wished for. Thanks again for this wonderful recipe!

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>And add some Italian parsley Me as a Spaniard: "TRIGGERED"

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Great video. I'm Spanish but never knew how to cook it. Thanks for your clip.

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Chinese waiter to customer..."How was your octopus"... Customer "It was Rubbery..." Waiter "oh thank you very much"

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My go to octopus recipe, thanks chef Jhon

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I think the octopus wud say the same

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I found many Octopus but none of them spoke spanish.

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Suction cups are the best part. :) Thinking of adding some Spanish chorizo when I try this.

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I can't eat octopus. They're so elegant, mysterious and smart. And it looks kinda gross on a plate. But I watched it anyway.

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Great recipe, made this with braising steak and red wine, added potatoes. Simple & Delicious. Thank you

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You made another epic dish. You also included the cayenne.

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never had octopus before

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If done right, it can be very delicious. Just don't ever eat that octopus crap from a Chinese buffet.

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man this makes me salivating all the way to the end . Yummmmm ... Thumb up :)

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I tried octopus once never liked it but yours looks like it would taste good

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Gordon Cowell yes it was and it had a really fowel taste

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The RedNeckThug20 You mean foul? Maybe it wasnt cooked well, nicely cooked and fresh octopus should be tender and sweet.

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Octopus is one of the animals I refuse to eat because I think they are more intelligent than my roommate.

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laughed my head off... really enjoyed this.. I worked at a fresh seafood market in Portland Oregon from 17-21 years old.. Learned to truly love GOOD seafood.. and octopus is so surprising.. kind of a fishy clean taste that has a very nice texture.. loved it. We used to make it as an h'orderve with a piece of horse chestnut and a piece of octopus wrapped up in a piece of bacon.. oh yum.. dip that in a kind of wasabi paste sauce.. super delish.. dip in sesame seeds for effect. With a fancy tooth pic and all. These were broiled after the bacon was added to the steamed cooked octopus and the canned (hum) water chestnuts.. soooo good.

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can you make an North Indian Style meat Baryani? I love Indian food!

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JACK ATTACK *Biryani And actually it's a South Indian ( Hyderabad ) dish.

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@Prasenjeet Saha Biryani is originally Persian if anything, and while Hyderabad has an unique Biryani it certainly is not the only Biryani in India. There are two unique Biryanis in North India - one from Lucknow and one from Delhi.

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