{"id":7721,"date":"2020-05-08t13:43:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-08t13:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/?p=7721"},"modified":"2020-05-08t17:57:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08t17:57:51","slug":"octopus-tacos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/octopus-tacos\/","title":{"rendered":"octopus tacos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>serves 4<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1- 4# octopus (we use frozen spanish octopus)<\/li>\n<li>8-12 corn or flour tortillas<\/li>\n<li>2 avocados, sliced approximately 1\/4&#8243; thick<\/li>\n<li>1 jalape\u00f1o, sliced very thin<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup white onion sliced<\/li>\n<li>cilantro, finely chopped for garnish<\/li>\n<li>lime wedges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>mike&#8217;s pico de gallo<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 tomatoes, cored and cut into 1\/4 inch dice<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 c finely chopped white onion<\/li>\n<li>2 t fresh cilantro leaves, chopped fine<\/li>\n<li>2 t fresh lime juice<\/li>\n<li>1 t rice wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste<\/li>\n<li>1 t finely chopped jalape\u00f1o pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>toss all ingredients into a bowl and mix together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>mike&#8217;s off season salsa:<\/strong> when tomatoes aren&#8217;t in season i replace them with 2 cups of jarred salsa (use your favorite, we like pace) &amp; add 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes cut in quarters. then add all the rest of the above ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>bring large pot of water to boil. rinse fresh (or thawed) octopus and dip in boiling water 4 times while holding the head. this breaks down the proteins and makes it more tender. place in pot, cover and simmer for 50 minutes. place on cutting board and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/b_7nodldxsg\/?igshid=1f92ku1ihzl8d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">remove the head. remove the beak<\/a>\u00a0and the muscle around it which is on the underside at the top where the legs meet (it will be about the size of a chick pea). the head is tougher than the legs but can be saved and used, sliced thinly, in a\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/octopus-salad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">salad<\/a>. slice legs in halves.<\/p>\n<p>warm tortillas (quickly in a pan on the stove or wrapped in paper towels and warmed in microwave). assemble tacos with octopus, avocado, jalape\u00f1o, onion &amp; cilantro. serve with pico de gallo or salsa and lime wedges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>serves 4 1- 4# octopus (we use frozen spanish octopus) 8-12 corn or flour tortillas 2 avocados, sliced approximately 1\/4&#8243; thick 1 jalape\u00f1o, sliced very thin 1\/2 cup white onion sliced cilantro, finely chopped for garnish lime wedges mike&#8217;s pico de gallo 3 tomatoes, cored and cut into 1\/4 inch dice 1\/4 c finely chopped<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/octopus-tacos\/\">+ read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[79,477],"class_list":["post-7721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-octopus","tag-tacos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7721","targethints":{"allow":["get"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}