Galician Style Octopus

This tasty dish is easy to prepare if you don't mind cleaning octopus. The meal was also inexpensive. I spent $3.29 on the baby octopus and 98-cents on a bag of potatoes (but only used four).

The octopus tastes very fishy, so if you prefer milder seafood this may not be the dish for you.

Also, the baby octopus cooks very quickly, only about 15 minutes. The recipe calls for a bigger octopus, hence the longer cooking time, so keep that in mind when you're purchasing the food.

Here is what you'll need for meal:

3/4 to 1 lb. of frozen octopus, thawed and cleaned *

Extra virgin olive oil

Coarse salt

paprika

cilantro

* For directions on cleaning octopus check out this site: http://tiny.cc/4T9Ds

1. Clean the octopus and wash it under cold water.

2. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Submerge octopus in water; remove immediately. Repeat this process two more times, bringing water to a boil and submerging octopus each time. This process is important for tenderizing the meat.

3. Return water to a boil. Add octopus to the pot, reduce heat and simmer 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on the size, or until tender. Drain and cool. (if you use baby octopus cooking time will be much shorter, about 15 minutes)

4. Rinse octopus to remove any loose skin. Cut body and tentacles into bite-size pieces and place on a serving platter. Drizzle with oil. Sprinkle salt, paprika and cilantro on top and stir.

Serve with potatoes.