Baby octopus

caliking · February 2015

Part of the bounty from the Asian supermarket visit over the weekend. Made a marinade of light soy, sugar, ginger, cilantro, garlic, lime juice, toasted sesame seeds, sesame oil, and Thai seasoning paste (ginger, cilantro, lemon grass, chile).

Left the little guys in the marinade overnight, and soaked some skewers as well. Fired up the LBGE to ~400°F raised direct. Put the marinade on the grid to thicken, and grilled the octopi until the tentacles curled and they had a little char on them.

Plated with some seaweed salad, and salmon roe (the rice turned out kinda stickier than I intended it to be).

Not my best plating effort, but it was tasty . The octopi were tender and the reduced marinade tasted great as a dipping sauce of sorts. I'll probably do this again. Might go ahead and buy 2 packs next time.

Thanks for looking !

DMW · February 2015

OK, how much would I have to pay you to make that for Salado?

Frogmats?

Legume · February 2015

Living on the edge, love it. The first time I tried grilled baby octopus was when my 16 yo son ordered it at a restaurant - he made me feel less than adventurous, it was good.

caliking · February 2015

@DMW - hmmm... might actually consider that. And yep, that's a frogmat. I was worried the little critters would stick to the grid.

@Legume - Thanks!

hapster · February 2015

They look awesome...

I haven't done them in a while, now I need to pick up a pound or two

THEBuckeye · February 2015

Does Dizzy make an Octopi rub?

Chubbs · February 2015

GATraveller · February 2015

Oh yea buddy......that's strong.

Mattman3969 · February 2015

Dayum nice Cali!!

NDG · February 2015

Awesome. No need to massage ursula before grilling?

Jeepster47 · February 2015

Damn, this thread sure blows the "Buba and his Beer" image associated with grilling out of the water. They look good ...

buzd504 · February 2015

I love octopus and salmon roe (though I've never had them together). That looks killer.

blind99 · February 2015

awesome looking meal! how was the consistency? I haven't cooked them because I'm afraid I'll just turn them into chewy little rubber bands

NPHuskerFL · February 2015

Dude!

Angus1978 · February 2015

Woot...thanks for the idea!

nolaegghead · February 2015

That's "octicide". Meat is murder. Tasty, tasty murder.

Looks delicious, Cali!

caliking · February 2015

Thanks, everyone.

@hapster - now that you mention it, i do remember you cooking octopus before. i wish i had remembered that so i could have got some ideas. Most of the recipes on the interwebs are for Greek-style recipes. I only picked up half a pound because I had never cooked it before, but I'll likely pick up more the next time.

caliking · February 2015

@NDG - no massage, but i did play with them a bit

@buzd504 - this was a hodge podge sort of plate... somewhere between Japan and Thailand. Next time, I think i would do something differently with the roe - maybe some lime, nanami togarashi, and radish to make a simple salad on the side. Or just garnish the rice with some of the roe to salt it. I actually thought the octopus with the rice was great by itself.

caliking · February 2015

@blind99 - I watched this cook like a hawk. No walking away. Filled my sippy cup with scotch before heading out to the egg so I wouldn't have to refill. Took maybe 5-7 minutes per side. Pulled them shortly after the tentacles curled and the sugar and soy in the marinade just started caramelizing. The consistency was somewhere between calamari and scallops, but not chewy or rubbery.

Angus1978 · March 2015

@caliking my cook went well too. Thanks for the idea!!

henapple · March 2015

Baby octopus

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