STEP 1/16
1. First, rub the octopus with thick salt and rinse it cleanly with water. If there is anything dirty left, sprinkle flour, rub it gently, and rinse it several times with water. Just washing it clean like this made my octopus legs cringe.
2. Boil it in boiling water for 3 seconds
3. Take it out quickly and soak it in cold water.
STEP 2/16
I didn't show you the details of the octopus on TV, but the octopus has internal organs in its head, so you have to split your head and take it out with your hands. It's disgusting, but I can't help it... You can buy the trimmed ones.
STEP 3/16
I didn't show this on TV, but if you flip your leg, there's a tooth in the middle. If you make a cross with a knife and squeeze it with your hand, your teeth will come out.
STEP 4/16
Cut it into large pieces, much larger than the size that is good to eat.
The tip I found here, I wondered why I had to prepare it first, but if I cut it and blanched it, I would lose delicious water, and it could be a little cumbersome to pick up the blanched octopus quickly. Teacher Sumi, smart!
STEP 5/16
I used garaetteok on TV, but I thought tteokbokki rice cake, which is similar in thickness to octopus, would be better (the ingredient at home was tteokbokki rice cake)..) I used tteokbokki rice cake. I think it was a great move to use tteokbokki tteok
Put it in cold water.
STEP 6/16
And make the sauce in advance. Let it ripen while we prepare the vegetables...
STEP 7/16
I didn't have red pepper, so I used jalapeno. Slice the peppers sideways, cut the carrots flat and long, and shred the onions into big pieces.
STEP 8/16
Cut the green onion as long as it's tteokbokki and cut the whole garlic in half.
STEP 9/16
Add a handful of ground garlic to the chopped octopus. I've never seen this much garlic in stir-fried octopus, but Chef Yeo Kyung-rae told me that the pungent taste of garlic gives me a savory taste, so I stuck to this. As expected... You'll know when you eat it, but it's different from just the spicy pepper.
STEP 10/16
And I'll put the sauce I made in the octopus
STEP 11/16
Add only onions, carrots, and peppers and mix them together.
STEP 12/16
It's really red, right? Su-mi says it's as red as a poppy flower, but I don't know because I've never seen a poppy flower before
STEP 13/16
On a heated frying pan, put octopus and vegetables mixed "without oil." At this time, Sumi said that there is no need to put oil because water comes from vegetables, but because the pan is heated, the water does not come out from the beginning. So I poured half a cup of water.
STEP 14/16
After pouring water, I rummaged a few times and put in the whole garlic and tteokbokki rice cake. Since the tteokbokki rice cake eats up the water, I poured 1/2 cup more water.
STEP 15/16
But the water disappears quickly. It's Sumi's style of stir-fried octopus recipe. Then I'll put in the green onions and turn it off.
STEP 16/16
Add sesame oil, mix well, and sprinkle sesame seeds to finish.
I think the point of Sumi's ST stir-fried octopus is its light and spicy taste of garlic.