Portuguese octopus recipes

This is a favorite around our house. Serves

This is a very popular Portuguese seafood dish. The octopus is precooked until it is tender. It is then grilled giving it a smoky crust, and served in a fragrant sauce of parsley and garlic. Traditionally octopus was wrapped in a sackcloth and then beaten with a stick to tenderise the flesh before grilling. Others

Try this amazing traditional Azorean Portuguese Octopus stew recipe (Polvo Guisado) made with red wine, potatoes and seasoned to perfection. Being married to a Portuguese, actually an Azorean, I was first introduced to Octopus stew during the Christmas holidays. My husband’s all time favorite traditional Portuguese dish. I have to admit I’m not an Octopus fan but the way this stew is prepared is absolutely delicious and hits the spot. One of my favorite things about this stew is the…

As we approach the beginning of lent in Greece, starting this Clean Monday the 14th, I thought I would share with you this delicious recipe. Now if …

During Lent, it is customary for our family to eat fish or seafood on Fridays. Since we already had the octopus prepped and ready, I planned to cook it for Friday night's dinner. This time, we used our trusty Presto Pressure Cooker. It was a wedding gift from my mother, and to be honest with you, I only started using it on a weekly basis when Mom came to stay with us. The Pressure Cooker is amazing. You can cook meals in literally minutes with this volcanic device. Now we are comfortable…

Polpo alla Luciana is an Italian octopus stew recipe, slowly cooked with tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, chili peppers, capers, olives and parsley. All ingredients that give the dish an intense, unique and unmistakable flavor.The recipe belongs to the Neapolitan culinary tradition, when in ancient times the fishermen of the Santa Lucia district, called "Luciani" (hence the name), cooked the freshly caught polipetti in seawater.The soft texture of the octopus blends with the sauce…

Hello again, Here’s the Portuguese Octopus Stew recipe illustrated on the Portuguese Cook’s Octopus Stew part 1. It’s a 2 part short video clips on this wonderful traditional rec…

Portuguese foods are definitely delicious, and they will surely please your stomach. The ingredient that the locals use to make their delicacies are

Octopus is delicious when cooked properly but can go from tender to rubbery as it sits in the pot. Let us help you how to cook it right.

A scrumptious Portuguese octopus salad that you will find irresistible! To make it tender be sure to use the scare technique and throw in a cork for good measure.