Polvo à Lagareiro

Name: Polvo à Lagareiro
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Portuguese
Ingredients: 1.2kg octopus, cleaned; 600g baby potatoes; 8 cloves garlic, unpeeled; 150ml good olive oil; sea salt to taste; parsley to serve

Portuguese octopus roasted in the oven with olive oil, garlic and smashed potatoes — crispy, tender and deeply satisfying.

Total time

80 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

70 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Portuguese

Ingredients

1.2kgoctopus, cleaned

600gbaby potatoes

8 clovesgarlic, unpeeled

150mlgood olive oil

sea saltto taste

parsleyto serve

Instructions

Boil octopus 45 minutes until tender. Cool and cut into pieces.

Boil potatoes until just cooked. Drain and smash gently.

Arrange octopus and potatoes in a roasting pan. Add garlic cloves.

Drizzle generously with olive oil. Season with sea salt.

Roast at 220°C for 20–25 minutes until edges are crispy. Scatter parsley.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

124

Protein

3.4g

Fat

0.2g

Carbs

27.5g

Fiber

3.4g

Sodium

10mg

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