Comments on: Spanish Style, Octopus Tapa

By: ed

ed — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:26:56 +0000

Canned octopus is a great little alternative ingredient on homemade pizza. Try it with feta cheese and black olives!

By: Tara

Tara — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:50:42 +0000

This recipe came out great- The only thing I did different was I put the contents of the can in a bowl (oil and all) and chopped up a clove of garlic and let it sit like that in the fridge overnight. But when you put everything in the frying pan, make sure to strain the oil because the garlic chunks will burn in the frying pan! Add them back in at near the end if you really want to use them :)

By: Hot Needle

Hot Needle — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:02:52 +0000

I have had a can of octopus in the cupboard since Christmas and wondered what to do with it. Well, after reading all these positive comments (except poor old Jonas – always easy to be rude anonymosly behind a computer LOL) I’m trying this out tonight. Thanks for the good idea :-)

By: Richa

Richa — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:29:51 +0000

Great and simple recipe! Very tasty.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:01:31 +0000

This is a cool recipe… Canned Octopus from Goya (and other companies) can come with garlic oil, tomato-infused, and also cuttlefish (small squid) in their own ink, which is actually really great with some whole wheat angel-hair pasta….

This is also really great as not many places have fresh octopus!

Good recipe!!!

By: Christina A Sadiki

Christina A Sadiki — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:48:51 +0000

my 7 year old son has been begging for me to make octopus for him and really didn’t know how to prepare octopus but thanks for this easy dish. he really loves it!

By: Marichelle

Marichelle — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:36:55 +0000

lovely blog! Can’t wait to try this one. Luckily my local grocery store stocks the entire Goya line =) -Marichelle

By: don hekkala

don hekkala — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:52:44 +0000

to me canned octopus is, well the dog food of octopus. i can’t see anything good coming from it.

By: We Are Never Full

We Are Never Full — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:12:41 +0000

I love this dish in Spain. For many, octopus seems like an acquired taste, but it’s so meaty, I really think anyone can dig it. Jose Andres is my favorite… I have a strange crush on him. The only thing I’m wondering about this recipe is the ‘juice’ around the octopus in this dish. It’s hard to tell but I assume it’s the olive oil from the can? Many times in Spain the dish is just a simple grilled/ala plancha octopus sprinkled with paprika. YUM.

I made octopus once and Pablo is right, it’s often either difficult to get or a bit expensive and cooking it takes awhile. I actually have a can of Goya octopus in my cabinet right now and was figuring out what to do with this. You’ve made me think that maybe me wants THIS.

Lovely blog.

Amy @ http://www.weareneverfull.com

By: Pablo

Pablo — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:25:26 +0000

I´m a Spanish guy and I know how fresh octopus tastes. But I find this remix great, because it´s just not easy (or affordable) to find fresh octopus in a lot of countries. Anyway: try to find the frozen one first.

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:42:50 +0000

Wow… that is sort of harsh. Honestly I haven’t seen frozen octopus around anywhere, let alone fresh. I am definitely game for fresh octopus, it is just not that easy to come by.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:58:57 +0000

You can transfer that to any assortment of pretty dishes and it’ll still look like crap. C’mon, it doesn’t take much to buy some fresh octopus and make any number of fine dishes.