How to cook boiled octopus

Octopus is a kind of seafood. It is also called octopus. Octopus also has another name called cuttlefish. When the octopus encounters danger, it will spit out ink to escape. Octopus can be boiled or grilled, but the most common way is to boil it. There are many ways to boil octopus, and each method produces a different taste. Let’s learn together with the editor below.

Quickly scoop the octopus into cold water and soak it. This step is critical and must be cooked quickly so that the cooked octopus will be crispy and tender.

The octopus is called "octotendinae" because it has eight tentacles on its head, which are connected by membranes of different lengths. There are two rows of sessile suction cups on the tentacles. The suction cups are without stalks. Sometimes it sprays black ink to help it escape.

Octopus has an amazing ability to change color. It can change the color of its skin at any time to make it consistent with the surrounding environment. Some people have seen that even if the octopus was injured, it still had the ability to change color.

1. Wash the octopus, separate its claws, wash them, drain and set aside.

2. Chop the onion, ginger, garlic and other major seasonings, put them into the pot, add appropriate amount of water and boil the water.

3. Add octopus, salt, light soy sauce, cooking wine and pepper, stir well and cook over high heat for 5 minutes.

4. You can add some lettuce or green vegetable leaves, sprinkle with green onions after cooking for one minute and turn off the heat.

Octopus, also known as octopus, eight-band octopus, sitting octopus, stone dweller, stone sucker, tide-watching, and dead cow, is called "TAKO" in Taiwanese, which comes from the Japanese word "たこ (�octopus)". It belongs to the order Octopoda, class Cephalopoda, phylum Mollusca. It is the general name for cephalopod mollusks in the order Octopoda, but strictly speaking it only refers to animals of the genus Octopus.

Because it has eight arms on its head, which are connected by membranes of different lengths, and have two rows of sessile suction cups on the arms, it is called "eight-armed species". Sometimes it can spray black ink to help it escape.