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Portuguese Octopus Salad
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Prep time: 15mins
Cook time: 1hr
Serves or Makes: 4
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ingredients
- 2 kg octopus
- 1 tabelspoons salt
- 1 large onion
- 1 bunch parsley
- 1 onion
- 125 ml olive oil
- 250 ml red wine vinegar
- pinch salt
Method
Step 1
Fill a large stock pot with 2 litres of water [or enough to cover the octopus].
Step 2
Add 1 large onion and salt to the water and bring to a boil.
Step 3
Meanwhile, rinse the octopus under cold running water.
Step 4
Carefully lower the octopus into the boiling water.
Step 5
Let cook until tender—about one hour depending on the size of your octopus.
Step 6
Drain the octopus and discard boiled onion.
Step 7
Place on a cutting board and cut into bite size pieces.
Step 8
Prepare the molho verde.
Step 9
Finely chop onion and parsley and add to a bowl.
Step 10
Add vinegar and olive oil to bowl and stir.
Step 11
Serve with corn bread and olives. If you have left over molho verde, warm a can of chick peas or black eyed peas and drizzle with the vinaigrette .