Chinese Octopus Recipe Fried With Garlic
Today we would like to share a Chinese octopus recipe that is fried with garlic for you. Before our recipe, we should know more about octopus. Octopus is a kind of mollusk, evolved from the class mollusk. The body is generally small, eight tentacles are long and thin. Octopus is rich in protein, minerals, and other nutritional elements, and also rich in anti-fatigue, anti-aging can prolong human life, and other important health factors – natural taurine.
Octopus
There are many ways to cook octopus. Like the fried octopus, grilled octopus, braised octopus. It is hard to say that which cooking method is best for cooking octopus. But if you like the fried style, our recipe will help you to cook the best octopus recipe for your family. It is a very good octopus appetizer when the octopus is fried with garlic (also called leeks). We use the frozen octopus for this recipe that we have already unfrozen before we cook. But if you can buy the fresh octopus, we recommend you buy the fresh one which will have a better taste.
We provide a detailed guide for you below. But if you want to watch all the processes of cooking octopus, you can watch our video below.
How To Make Chinese Octopus Recipe
Step 1: Prepare Ingredients
Firstly, we should prepare ingredients for this food. Cut 1 bunch of garlic sprouts, save them for later. Then cut 1 red pepper, save it for later. Cut 6 slices of ginger. Then shred 3 slices of ginger, save them for later.
Prepare Ingredients
Step 2: Wash Octopus
Second, we should wash octopus for this food. Don’t forget to unfreeze them if you use the frozen octopus. Firstly, we should turn the head of the octopus out. Then remove the viscera. If it still has teeth, we should also remove them. After that, add 1 tablespoon salt to scrub the octopus. It can help us to clean the mucus from the octopus. Then use the water to wash them twice. Then save them for later. Preparing octopus is not difficult to work after you try it once.
Wash Octopus
Step 3: Cut Octopus
Next, we should cut octopus. Firstly, separate the head and the feet. Then cut the head into 2 pieces. After that, according to the side of the 8 feet of octopus, cut it into 4 pieces. Then save them for later.
Cut Octopus
We don’t recommend you to cook whole octopus. If the octopus is bigger, we recommend you cut octopus legs into smaller pieces.
Step 4: Blanch Octopus
Next, we should blanch octopus. Firstly, add 3 slices of ginger, 1 teaspoon white vinegar into the pan. Then add enough water into the pan. Use the big fire to boil them. After the water has boiled, add the octopus into the pan and blanch them for 30 seconds. Then put them into the cold water to wash. Then save them for later.
Blanch Octopus
For octopus fine dining, it is very important to blanch octopus. After blanching, the fishlike smell is removed from the octopus.
Step 5: Fried Chinese Octopus With Garlic
Now we can start to fry Chinese octopus with garlic. Firstly, add 1 tablespoon peanut oil into the pan. Use the big fire to heat it. Then add the shredded ginger, stir fry until fragrant. Then add octopus into the pan. Stir fry it for 2 minutes. Then add 1/4 teaspoon light soy sauce, 1/4 teaspoon oyster sauce, 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar, 1/8 teaspoon salt into the pan. Stir them evenly. Then add the garlic sprouts and red pepper into the pan. Stir fry until the garlic sprouts are tender.
Fried Chinese Octopus With Garlic
Then we got the delicious Chinese stir fry octopus. After you tasted it, you would find that the meat of octopus is very tender and smooth. Hope you can try it at home.
Chinese Octopus Recipe Fried With Garlic
FAQ About Octopus Recipe
How To Prepare Octopus?
The suck is already cleaned if the octopus is fresh. But if you should make sure that when you buy it from the market. Then we should turn the head of the octopus out and remove the viscera. If it still has teeth, we should also remove them. We also have the video explanation in step 2.
Cooked vs Raw Octopus?
We don’t recommend everyone eat raw octopus. But if the octopus is very fresh, it can be a choice if you like it. The cooked octopus is the safest way to eat an octopus.
Do You Need To Boil Octopus Before Frying?
Yes. But we called it blanching(Chinese name is 焯水 Chao Shui). In Chinese cooking, blanching is a cooking process in which preliminarily processed ingredients are heated in a pot of boiling water until medium or well done and removed for further cooking or seasoning. It is an indispensable process in cooking, especially in cold dishes. It plays a key role in the color, aroma, taste, and especially color of dishes. Blanching has a wide range of applications, most vegetables and meat raw materials with the smell of fish smell need blanching. In this recipe, we only blanch octopus for 30 seconds that is how we tenderized octopus.
This Chinese octopus recipe is very easy for you. It only takes 15 minutes to do it. You can use our octopus recipe to make a good dish for your family. We think the best way to cook octopus is by making the octopus meat to be tender and smooth. Just Keep this secret when you cook any octopus food. If you have any problem with this recipe, please let me know on the comment.
Fried Octopus With Garlic
Equipment(affiliate link)
Ingredients(affiliate link)
- 1 bunch of leeks (garlic sprouts)
- 1 chili peppers (red pepper, fresh chili peppers will be better)
- 6 slices of ginger
- 500 g octopus
- 1 tablespoon salt (wash octopus)
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar (blanch octopus)
- ¼ teaspoon light soy sauce
- ¼ teaspoon oyster sauce
- ½ teaspoon white vinegar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Firstly, we should prepare ingredients for this food. Cut 1 bunch of garlic sprouts, save them for later. Then cut 1 red pepper, save it for later. Cut 6 slices of ginger. Then shred 3 slices of ginger, save them for later.
- Second, we should wash octopus for this food. Firstly, we should turn the head of the octopus out. Then remove the viscera. If it still has teeth, we should aslo remove them. After that, add 1 tablespoon salt to scrub the octopus. It can help us to clean the mucus from the octopus. Then use the water to wash them twice. Save them for later.
- Next, we should cut octopus. Firstly, separate the head and the feet. Then cut the head into 2 pieces. After that, according to the side of the 8 feet of octopus, cut it into 4 pieces. Then save them for later.
- Next, we should blanch octopus. Firstly, add 3 slices of ginger, 1 teaspoon white vinegar into the pan. Then add enough water into the pan. Use the big fire to boil them. After the water has boiled, add the octopus into the pan and blanch them for 30 seconds. Then put them into the cold water to wash. Then save them for later.
- Now we can start to fry Chinese octopus with garlic. Firstly, add 1 tablespoon peanut oil into the pan. Use the big fire to heat it. Then add the shredded ginger, stir fry until fragrant. Then add octopus into the pan. Stir fry it for 2 minutes. Then add 1/4 teaspoon light soy sauce, 1/4 teaspoon oyster sauce, 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar, 1/8 teaspoon salt into the pan. Stir them evenly. Then add the garlic sprouts and red pepper into the pan. Stir fry until the garlic sprouts are tender. Then we got the delicious Chinese stir fry octopus.
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