Char-Grilled Octopus

Name: Char-Grilled Octopus
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 1kg octopus, cleaned; 1 lemon, juiced; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp dried oregano; 2 cloves garlic, minced; sea salt and cracked pepper to taste; rocket and lemon to serve

Tender grilled octopus with lemon, oregano and olive oil — a Modern Australian favourite. Boiling the octopus low and slow until fully tender before it ever touches the grill stops it turning rubbery, since the grill is only there to add char, not to cook it through.

Total time

85 min

Prep

80 min

Cook

5 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Australian

Ingredients

1kgoctopus, cleaned

1lemon, juiced

4 tbspolive oil

1 tspdried oregano

2 clovesgarlic, minced

sea salt and cracked pepperto taste

rocket and lemonto serve

Instructions

Boil octopus in salted water for 45 minutes until tender. Cool.

Cut into pieces.

Marinate with lemon, olive oil, oregano and garlic 30 minutes.

Grill over very high heat 2-3 minutes per side until charred.

Serve over rocket with lemon.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

128

Protein

0.3g

Fat

13.7g

Carbs

2.3g

Fiber

0.7g

Sodium

1mg

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