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baby octopus recipes :: FRIED OCTOPUS WITH GREMOLATA

Fried baby octopus recipes merged with gremolata are so damn elegant course of the meal; your heart will crave this crispy dish on every weekend brunch! With its savory brown exterior and juicy, luscious tender interior, this octopus dish would take no time to get its place on your favorite dish list!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 16 minutes
Course Seafood
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6 servings
Calories 118 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Medium Large • Octopus
  • 2 NOS • Bay Leaves
  • 1/2 Cup • Dry White Wine
  • • Water
  • 1/2 Cup • All-purpose Flour
  • 3 tbsp • Corn Starch
  • • Salt
  • • Pepper
  • For frying • Vegetable Oil

GREMOLATA TO SERVE:

  • 1/4 Cup • Fresh Parsley Leaves
  • 1 lemon • Lemon Zest
  • 2 NOS • Garlic Cloves

CHICKPEA PUREE: (OPTIONAL)

  • 1 Can • Chickpeas
  • 1 lemon • Lemon juice
  • • Salt
  • • Pepper
  • 3-4 tbsp • Olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Take a heavy bottom stock pot and keep the octopus in it and pour the bay leaves and water.
  • Pour 1 cup of water and boil it.
  • Cover it up, and reduce heat, simmer and cook it until the octopus is tenderized, at least for 45 minutes.
  • Alternatively, Chop together the gremolata ingredients and add them in a small bowl, while the octopus is braising.
  • Rinse canned chickpeas and drain them. Add them in a food processor or blender and olive oil, salt, lemon, and pepper.
  • Give it several pulses until you get a smooth mixture.
  • Take out the octopus from the heat in the pot and keep it in a covered container to cool down and reach room temperature.
  • Take out the octopus from water and use paper towels, dry it out by patting.
  • Chop its tentacles into 2-inch pieces. Chop up the rings out of the head portion.
  • Mix the cornstarch and flour and then sprinkle some salt and pepper in a plastic bag.
  • Take a deep frying pan and heat an inch of oil to 375 degrees F.
  • Use paper towels and line a paper plate.
  • Keep some pieces of octopus in the bag at a time and shake it to coat up with the flour mixture.
  • Once the oil gets heated, fry the octopus pieces until they take golden brown colour. It will take about 1 or 2 minutes.
  • Get a slotted spoon to shift the octopus pieces to the paper plate to drain and end up frying the left-over of the octopus in a similar way.
  • While the octopus is still warm, serve it on a bed of the chickpea puree along with gremolata.

Notes

Take a deep frying pan and heat an inch of oil to 375 degrees F.
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