Ensalada de Pulpo

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Ensalada de Pulpo

Ensalada de Pulpo

Ensalada de Pulpo is a Puerto Rican-style octopus salad with onions, peppers, and olives. It's usually served with tostones.
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Puerto Rican
Servings 4 Servings
Calories 310 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Deep Pot

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large octopus 4-5 lbs.
  • 3/4 c. onions
  • 1 can pitted black olives*
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 tbsp parsley
  • 4-6 stalks celery
  • juice of 3-4 lemons
  • olive oil
  • adobo

Instructions
 

  • In a big deep pot, place the octopus*, add lots of water to cover it completely, and add salt
  • Cook the octopus on medium heat for approximately 1 3/4 hours or tender
  • When it's done, place it in a deep bowl to cool
  • After it cools down, clean (this means take out the eyes etc.), cut in small pieces and place the pieces in a bowl
  • Add the diced celery, the juice of the lemons, the pitted olives sliced in half, the minced garlic, (a pilonazos), the diced onion, and the chopped parsley
  • Sprinkle everything with olive oil and adobo(just a little bit)

Video

Notes

Tips
Serve on a lettuce leaf with crackers on the side or white rice
Try using purple onions for more flavor
Save time and buy the canned *octopus. You may need to adjust the recipe according to the amount of canned octopus
You can also use Manzanilla olives instead
Keyword ensalada, octopus, pulpo, seafood
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