Korean Stir-Fried Octopus (낙지볶음)

Korean stir fried octopus, usually served with rice, and very popular in Korean restaurants. Sometimes served with pork belly.

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Melt the frozen octopus in running water

Step 2

Rub the octopus with salt and wash all the murky water away

Step 3

Prep the sauce (3tb chili powder, 1tb gochujang, 1tb minced garlic, 1tb sake, 6tb, soy sauce, 2tb sugar, dash of msg)

Step 4

(optional) if you want to add vegetables, eg like zucchini, stir-fry first with sauce until veggies are somewhat cooked

Step 5

Stirfry octopus in sauce with onion. Don't cook too long as octopus can get hard and not tasty - you're going for medium rare for the octopus. Onion doesnt taste good either when overcooked so cooking at similar timing makes sense

Step 6

When finished add sprinkles of cut up spring onion and a dash of sesame oil