Name: Chili Octopus
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: A pack Hairtail; A small stack Chop peppers; A pinch shallot; 2 petals garlic; 1 ginger; 2 tablespoons oil; 1 spoon Soy sauce; A pinch salt; A pinch black pepper powder; 3 spoons Cooking Wine

Chili Octopus

by Meimeijia's Kitchen

5.0 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Hard

Time

30m

Serving

The youngsters who grew up on the beach like all kinds of seafood the most. Shrimp, shells, snails, and all kinds of marine fish are almost always welcome. After returning to my hometown in Hunan, it is rare to encounter seafood of good quality, which gives me a headache. The seafood in the vegetable market and supermarket is frozen hard, especially shrimp and hairtail. The ice on it is actually more planted than the product itself. After buying it a few times, it always feels that the taste is not right, so I rarely eat it.
I came across the East China Sea octopus section by chance, and told me intimately during the express delivery: this is a frozen seafood product, you have to get it early, it feels warm immediately. I went home to taste the delicious food at noon. The packaging was very strong. When I got home, the ice had not melted. The bones were fat and very fresh. After I made it, I couldn’t wait to taste a piece. Only one bite made me impressed. The meat is fresh and tender. There is no fishy smell. I haven't eaten such a delicious hairtail for a long time.

Chili Octopus

1. All the ingredients are ready

2. Cut the octopus into sections, cut two cuts diagonally on top, add minced ginger, minced garlic, and cooking wine, marinate for half an hour, mince green onion, ginger and garlic

3. Heat up a frying pan, sauté the minced ginger and garlic

4. Put the hairtail section into the pot

5. Turn to low heat and fry the hairtail until golden on both sides

6. Add black pepper, light soy sauce, salt and a little water to make a sauce and pour it into the pot

7. Chop chili and sprinkle on top, cover the pot, and simmer until the juice is collected

8. Sprinkle with chopped green onion and serve

9. Savoury and eat while it's hot

Tips:
1. In fact, it is not necessary to use cooking wine to marinate, this kind of hairtail has no fishy smell. It can be cooked directly.
2. The meat of the octopus is very fresh and tender. When frying, the fire is low throughout the whole process, and the frying is slow. Don't overdo it, so as not to break the meat.
3. At the end, the juice does not need to be too dry, a little bit of juice is more delicious.
4. The sea fish itself is a bit salty, and light soy sauce is added when braising, so salt must be added as appropriate.