Grilled Baby Octopus With A Sweet Chilli Dressing Recipe

Grilled Baby Octopus with a Sweet Chilli Dressing

From huxter 14 years ago

In Australia ,the majority of us live not very far from the coast so fresh fish is always available ,and Thai cooking and flavours are very popular

1 kg baby octopus shopping list
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil shopping list
2 cloves garlic crushed shopping list
2 tbsp finely chopped cilantro --we call it coriander in Australia and eat tons of it straight from the garden. shopping list
2 tbsp fresh squeezed lime juice shopping list
2 tbsp Nam Pla ---Thai fish sauce (the smelly one !) shopping list
SWEET CHILLI DRESSING shopping list
1 small red chilli ,finely chopped shopping list
1/4 cup fresh lime juice . shopping list
2 tbsp palm sugar --brown sugar will do . shopping list
1 tbsp fish sauce .-Nam Pla again shopping list
2 tbsp finely chopped cilantro shopping list
1 tbsp commercial sweet chilli sauce from any Asian shop . shopping list

Hopefully you were able to buy ready prepared octopus and so ypou don't need to wash ,clean ,head and gut the fish .Make sure the hard beak is removed from the body as well .
In a non-metallic bowl ,combine oil ,garlic ,coriander ,fish sauce ,chilli and lime juice .Add the octopus and stir to combine
Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours to incorporate the flavours .
To make your sweet chilli dressing combine the other ingredients in a jar and shake well .
Heat your grill to high .
Remove the octopus and drain a little to avoid flare-ups .
Drizzle your grill with a little olive oil ,then grill the octopus ,turning often and basting with reserved matinade to keep moist .
Being youn small octopus ,they will cook in 3 to 4 minutes , any more and they will be over-cooked and tough .
Serve straight away with the dressing and some more cilantro and slivers of red onion maybe .Wedges of limes as well is a good garnish

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urbanideas ate it and said...
YUM! I love octopus, I actually just added an octopus recipe here. I will certainly try this recipe.
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hungerhealer 14 years ago
Great recipe ..!! Bravo
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mrgresch 14 years ago
I was looking forward to a recipe for a kangaroo tail on the barby! G'day mate!
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reds 14 years ago
HUXTER,
THANKS FOR FRIENDING ME. THIS RECIPE LOOKS GREAT.
WELL I'LL HAVE TO TRY IT.
REDS
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Reviewed by 7 people

YUM! I love octopus, I actually just added an octopus recipe here. I will certainly try this recipe.

urbanideas in Sussex loved it

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