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Korean Spicy Stir-fried Small Octopus

Small octopus (Jukumi), starting its season in March, has various cooking methods but stir-frying is probably the best way to cook it. Just the sight of chewy octopus simmering in spicy gochujang sauce gives us a good appetite. Small octopus is also good for decreasing cholesterol and relieving fatigue. Keep your family’s appetite and health with small octopus in season!

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Recipe

PRE TIME: 30 min

COOKING TIME: 30 min

TOTAL TIME: 1 hr

2 SERVING

Ingredients:

10 Pieces Small octopus
1/2 Large Onion
1/4 Large Carrot
1/2 Large Green onion
1 Large Hot green chili
1 Large Red chili
3.5 Oz. Thin noodle
1 Tbsp Rice wine
A bit of salt
1 Tbsp Sesame oil
A bit of sesame seed
Some vegetable oil
Sauce:
3 Tbsp Gochujang
2 Tbsp Red pepper powder
2 Tbsp Soy sauce
1 Tbsp Cooking wine
1 Tbsp Minced garlic
1 Tbsp Sugar
1 Tbsp Oligosaccharide
1 Tbsp Ginger juice
A bit of pepper

Directions:

Turn the head of a small octopus inside out and remove the ink sack and other organs. Rub with salt and flour and wash in clean running water.

Put rice wine and salt in boiling water and parboil the squid for about 10 seconds. Cut some of the larger ones into bite-sized pieces. (Parboiling prevents the squid from getting watery and keeps its tender texture. Also, adding rice wine removes the fishiness.)

Boil some water in a pot and add thin noodles. When the water boils, add a half cup of cold water and repeat this procedure 2-3 times. Wash the noodle in cold running water to remove excess starch. Make small balls of noodles and leave them on a strainer to remove water.

Cut the onion into thick strips and carrots into bite-sized pieces. Cut spring onion, cheongyang pepper, and red chili pepper sideways. Mix all the ingredients for the spicy sauce in a bowl.

Put some oil on a heated pan and add onion and spring onion. When the spring onion starts making a nice aroma, add the spicy sauce, stir-fry for a few seconds, and add octopus, carrot, and peppers. Make sure to keep this procedure concise and quick. Add sesame seeds and sesame oil at the very end.

Enjoy the stir-fried octopus with thin noodles. Also, try making fried rice by stirring in rice, seaweed flakes, bean sprouts, perilla leaves, and cheese to leftover octopus.