Delicious protein salad!

Young octopus salad with egg and fresh cucumbers

Young octopuses in oil and natural were discovered by me not so long ago. Followed by sea mixes, cocktails, squids. In the stage, of course, diets and in attempts to diversify nutrition. And also replenish protein in a diet with a low calorie content, this is when chicken breasts and green peas are no longer very enticing. Digressing from the topic, I want to note that I am not a very experienced dieter, there was no need, but I can say for sure that if you “shut your mouth” and count calories, this cannot but bring positive results. Reading a variety of information on this subject has led not only to counting calories, but also to trying to eat a balanced diet. Namely, observe the ratio of carbohydrates, proteins and fats (50/30/20). Hence the increased interest in marine reptiles, to which I must admit I was not indifferent before. Of course, to reduce calories, it is better to take natural reptiles, and not in oil. But one of the producers produces octopuses in oil so tasty that it is unrealistic to resist.

It is better to take young octopuses in oil, and season the salad with the same oil, you will not miss. If this happened, and you took natural ones, then it is better to fill with extra virgin olive oil. It is good if it is infused with your favorite seasonings.

If you cook cucumbers out of season and buy them in a supermarket, then in my opinion it is better to prefer a smooth, but firm cucumber to a wonderful pimply, but already soft cucumber. Should I peel it in a salad? This is a personal preference of everyone, I confess that I do not.

Preparation Time:10 minutes

Cooking time:15 minutes

Total time: 25 minutes

Dish: Salads with fish

Cuisine: Russian

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: 169 kcal | Carbohydrates: 3 g | Proteins: 16 g | Fat: 10 g

Ingredients

• 430 grams young octopuses boiled is better in oil. I have natural
• 6 pcs egg
• 100 grams cucumber fresh. one medium
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

All recipes for octopus salads have been used more than once for cooking. They refer to salad recipes. Also pay attention to the recipes of salads with sturgeon collected from us.

Salad with shrimps and asparagus

Boil the asparagus in salted water, dry and cut into pieces. For dressing, combine octopus filling, cream, mayonnaise, paprika, lemon juice, add salt, white pepper and sugar, mix. Shrimp, asparagus, octopus and chopped. You will need: boiled peeled shrimp - 200 g, asparagus - 250 g, canned octopus - 100 g, chopped dill - 1 teaspoon, octopus dressing - 2 tbsp. spoons, thick cream - 3 tbsp. spoons, mayonnaise - 1 tbsp. spoon, ground paprika - 1/2 teaspoon, juice.

Boil the octopus for 5-10 minutes, cut the larger ones in half, and leave the smaller ones whole. Cut the eggs into slices, combine with shrimp and mussels. Cucumbers and onions cut into small cubes Combine the prepared ingredients, salt and pepper. When serving fat. You will need: octopuses - 200 g, ground red pepper, salt to taste, mayonnaise - 2 cups, onion - 2 heads, boiled peeled shrimp - 200 g, pickled mussels - 200 g, pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs., boiled eggs - 4 PCS.

Seafood salad

Cut the octopus meat into small pieces and fry with 1 tablespoon of oil over medium heat for 15 minutes. Rinse the mussel. Bring water to a boil, pour in the wine and put the mussels in it. Boil until shells open. Take out the pulp. Required: octopus or cuttlefish - 200 g, mussels - 400 g, shrimp - 400 g, olive oil - 6 tbsp. spoons, white wine - 2 tbsp. spoons, garlic - 1 clove, chopped parsley root - 2 tbsp. spoons, leeks - 1 stalk, lemon juice - 2 tbsp. spoons, salt and black pepper.

Octopus ragout

Cut the octopus into slices, fry together with chopped vegetables, then simmer with the addition of spices, wine and broth until tender. Roll out puff pastry and bake until golden brown. When serving on a stew, put. You will need: octopus - 200 g, tomatoes - 2 pcs., onion - 1/2 head, garlic - 2 cloves, wine - 2 tbsp. spoons, fish broth - 1 cup, puff pastry - 50 g, spices - to taste, olives - 10 g, green lettuce, parsley

Fry the mussels in oil. Grate the eggs, finely chop the octopus, chop the onion. Lubricating each layer with mayonnaise, place the ingredients in glasses in the following order: shrimp, onion, eggs, mussels, octopus. When serving, decorate the salad with lime slices. You will need: vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons, onion - 1 head, canned octopus - 200 g, boiled eggs - 6 pcs., boiled mussels - 200 g, boiled peeled shrimps - 200 g, mayonnaise - 1 cup

Octopus in red wine on cheese pancakes

Fry the prepared octopus in vegetable oil, add randomly chopped carrots, tomatoes, sweet peppers, fry everything together. Pour in the wine, put the spices and simmer for 10-15 minutes until the wine evaporates. On a heated frying pan. You will need: octopus - 100 g, tomatoes - 1 pc., carrots - 1 pc., sweet pepper - 1 pc., fortified red wine - 100 g, parmesan cheese - 100 g, vegetable oil, spices - to taste, salad, shrimp

Octopus with lemon

Put the octopuses in boiling salted water, add pepper, finely chopped carrots and parsley, cook for 5 minutes. Put the chilled octopuses on a plate, place thin slices of lemon around. You can add a little salt. Serve with You will need: frozen octopus - 400 g, lemon - 1 pc., carrots - 2 pcs., parsley root - 2 pcs., allspice - to taste

Potato salad with seafood

Rinse potatoes, cook in their skins or bake in foil. Peel the finished potatoes and cut into slices (from one potato you should get 8 slices). Rinse lettuce leaves in cold running water, spread on a towel to drink. Required: potatoes - 4 pcs., Seafood in oil (a mixture of shrimp, octopus, squid) - 150 g, green salad (lettuce or iceberg) - 1 bunch, salt - to taste

Salad Sea Pearl

Boil fish and seafood in salted water. Cut into large pieces, marinate in a mixture of mustard and lemon juice. When everything cools down, add rice, grated (large) cucumber and cheese. Dress the salad with mayonnaise. Spread caviar in portions on plates or. Required: We will need: shrimp, squid, mussels, octopus, halibut fillet, crab meat - in equal amounts, boiled rice - 200 g (or less, to taste), mayonnaise, lemon juice - 1 tablespoon, mustard - 1 st.l., fresh cucumber, Tilsiter cheese - 100 g,.

Octopus salad

Marinate the octopus in 4 tablespoons of olive oil and finely chopped garlic for 2 hours in the refrigerator. Fry the marinated octopus in a dry, well-heated pan for 2-3 minutes. Meanwhile, cut the pepper into thin strips and cook for. You will need: Octopuses-500 gr, Sweet green pepper-1 pc, Garlic-2 cloves, Olive oil-6 tbsp, Chili sauce-1 tbsp, Lemon or lime juice-2 tbsp, Salt, pepper to taste

Octopus Salad Ingredients:

• 400 gr. octopuses;
• greenery;
• 4 chicken eggs;
• 200 gr. crab sticks;
• 1 tbsp mayonnaise;
• cucumber -1 pc.;
• salt;
• cheese - optional.

Recently, I have been using seafood more and more while cooking.

Dishes with octopus, mussels, etc., are suitable for both a festive evening and a family dinner. And today I would like to tell you a simple octopus salad recipe. Of course, not only salad can be prepared from octopus. You can experiment with casseroles, etc.

But for myself, I chose the simplest option, since there is absolutely not enough time for “gourmet” dishes. I think you are familiar with this problem: you want something tasty with a minimum of resources and time for cooking. Let's cook!

1. Wash and dip the octopuses in boiling water for 1 minute. Next, clean the octopuses and put them back into the boiling water. Simmer for 20-30 minutes until the octopus is soft.

2. Boil the eggs, peel and chop. Place in a separate container.
3. Grind the crab sticks and add to the eggs.
4. Finely chop a fresh cucumber and add to the salad.

5. Cool the octopuses and finely chop, add to the salad.
6. Mix everything thoroughly, salt, add mayonnaise.
7. Decorate the salad, it's ready! For decoration, I chose a small octopus, parmesan cheese and greens. It turned out an original sea salad, very tasty!

Salad with octopus- one of the few salads that has its own unique and piquant taste. Such a salad is prepared with vegetables and can be decorated with olives and herbs, as you like. To prepare a salad, you may need different products that should be prepared in advance.

Restaurants often have such an unusual salad on the menu. Seafood dishes are becoming more and more popular. This salad can be called exotic, which has a peculiar taste. Many restaurant visitors prefer to order such a salad with vegetables. The dish is often prepared for the holidays and for various celebrations.

In Europe, the dish is considered traditional for a festive feast. Such a dish is prepared in haste and for cooking you will need a small set of different products. At home, you can cook such a salad with the addition of greens.

Octopus salad will be even more flavorful if you add basil or parsley leaves to it.

How to cook salad with octopus - 7 varieties

The dish is prepared from octopus, which should be pre-cooked. Seafood should be mild in taste. Greens will give the dish freshness and brightness, often you can’t do without greens.

Ingredients:

• Lettuce leaves - 200 gr.;
• Cucumber - 1 pc.;
• Boiled egg - 1 pc.;
• Octopus - 300 gr.;
• Olive oil - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• Greens to taste.

Cooking:

First, chop the lettuce and cucumber. The boiled egg should also be cut into small pieces and pour everything into a deep bowl. Octopus should be cooked for at least 2 hours. After it has cooled, it should be cut into small pieces and added to other ingredients. Top with oil and sprinkle with fresh herbs.

For cooking, you will need a large set of products that need to be prepared in advance. The dish will be fragrant if you add lemon or lime to it. From this, the salad will be even more refreshing and have a piquant, delicate taste.

Ingredients:

• Octopus - 5 pcs.;
• Cucumber - 1 pc.;
• Tomatoes - 4 pcs.;
• Lettuce leaves - 100 gr.;
• Olives - 30 gr.;
• Dill - 10 gr.;
• Lemon - half a lemon;
• Vegetable oil - 20 gr.;
• Soy sauce - 5 gr.

Cooking:

All ingredients should be cut into small pieces and placed in a cup. Olives should be cut into two halves and decorate the salad with them. You can also decorate the salad with herbs and pour over everything with oil and prepared sauce.

Grated lemon will add piquancy to the dish. The sauce will add an unusual taste to the salad.

Making this salad at home is easy. To do this, you will need simple components that need to be boiled in advance. A fresh clove of garlic will add piquancy to the dish.

Ingredients:

• Octopus - 715 gr.;
• Boiled potatoes - 2 pcs.;
• Garlic - 1 clove;
• Olive oil - 30 ml;
• Parsley to taste;
• Salt - a pinch.

Cooking:

Octopus is steamed in a pressure cooker for 30 minutes. Cut the boiled potatoes into cubes and finely chop the parsley. Remove the middle from a clove of garlic, and finely chop the rest. Mix all ingredients and add oils and herbs. A warm salad can be garnished on a platter with parsley leaves.

For cooking, you will need cheese and ketchup, from these products the salad will be juicier. Paprika and sesame seeds add an unusual taste to the dish. The salad will turn out fragrant if you add a little saffron to it.

Ingredients:

• Lettuce leaves - 100 gr.;
• Arugula - 70 gr.;
• Boiled egg - 1 pc.;
• Shrimps - 100 gr.;
• Octopus - 80 gr.;
• Tomatoes - 50 gr.;
• Cheese - 30 gr.;
• Ketchup - 100 gr.;
• Ground pepper - 10 gr.;
• Mayonnaise - 50 gr.;
• Saffron - 1 gr.;
• Garlic - 1 gr.;
• Sesame - 2 gr.;
• Olive oil - 20 ml;
• Paprika - 2 gr.

Cooking:

Cut all components into small cubes. Cheese should be grated, adding sesame seeds, paprika and saffron. Put all the chopped ingredients in a deep bowl and sprinkle with grated garlic and ground pepper on top. Drizzle the salad with oil and sprinkle with a little paprika.

The salad will be juicier if you add a little cilantro to it.

For cooking, you need fresh squid and cheese. Salad will be more appetizing if you add cherry tomatoes to it. It will also be useful to add basil leaves and lettuce here.

Ingredients:

• Squids - 100 gr.;
• Potato - 1 pc.;
• Mayonnaise - 100 gr.;
• Boiled carrots - 1 pc.;
• Octopuses in oil - 1 can;
• Tomatoes - 300 gr.;
• Lettuce leaves - 50 gr.;
• Cheese - 30 gr.;
• Boiled egg - 1 pc.

Cooking:

Pre-cooked ingredients should be cut into small cubes. Boiled squids should be finely chopped and added to a salad bowl. Top with grated cheese and lettuce.

To prepare the dish, you will need pepper, mussels, shrimp, thanks to which the salad will have an unusual taste. If you add lemon juice, the salad will be especially juicy.

Ingredients:

• Mussels - 800 gr.;
• Shrimps - 800 gr.;
• Octopus - 400 gr.;
• Bulgarian pepper 1 pc.;
• Green sweet pepper - 1 pc.;
• Lemon 1 pc.;
• Olive oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
• Lettuce leaves - 300 gr.;
• Salt - a pinch.

Cooking:

Boil mussels with lemon juice. Chop the bell pepper and green sweet pepper and put in a deep bowl. Then we cut the octopus and put the shrimps to the prepared ingredients.

Season the finished salad with the juice of half a lemon, oil and salt with a pinch of salt. It is recommended to put the salad in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Then add lettuce leaves and mix well.

Salad with octopus in brine

To prepare such a salad, you will need a small set of products. For salad, you can take an orange, thanks to this the dish will be fragrant and tender. Here you can not do without lettuce leaves.

Like other invertebrate marine life, octopuses are considered a very useful product. A variety of dishes are prepared from tender, protein-rich dietary meat with a pleasant sweetish taste - snacks, soups, main courses. And, of course, a delicious low-calorie octopus salad - boiled, grilled, canned or marinated under various dressings and combined with vegetables, fruits, leafy and spicy greens.

Salad with octopus, egg and fresh tomatoes

A classic, very simple salad with a classic combination of ingredients. The recipe uses the most common, inexpensive, available products.

The salad is left in the refrigerator for half an hour so that the tender meat is soaked in the filling. The dish is served chilled.

Quick snack with canned octopus

Unlike previous recipes, this seafood salad takes much less time to prepare. The main ingredient of the dish is completely ready to eat, so all you need to do is cut it up and mix it with the rest of the ingredients.

For 2 servings:

• 1 can of canned octopus in its own juice;
• 1 onion (white, lettuce);
• 3 hard-boiled eggs;
• 2 tbsp. l. light mayonnaise or Greek yogurt;
• salt.

Salad assembly time - 20 minutes. Calorie content - 135 kcal / 100 g.

1. Canned octopus is taken out of the jar, cut into pieces. The liquid is drained or left to prepare other dishes, such as seafood risotto.
2. The shells are removed from the eggs. Cut into cubes.
3. Onions are peeled, cut into thin quarters.
4. All products are mixed in a salad bowl. Salt to taste. Pour over with mayonnaise, mix.

Salad should stand for 20 minutes in the refrigerator. Then you can serve it to the table, garnishing (optionally) with parsley leaves.

On the video - a recipe for canned octopus and orange salad:

Spicy dish with marinated seafood

The food will especially appeal to lovers of spicy dishes with an original taste. Salad with seafood marinated in garlic and slices of bell pepper turns out to be fragrant, amazingly tasty and always eaten by guests in the first place.

For 4 servings:

• 750 fresh octopuses;
• 1 sweet fleshy red-skinned pepper;
• 1 st. l. sweet chili sauce;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 2 tbsp. l. lime juice;
• 4 tbsp. l. olive oil;
• 3-4 sprigs of cilantro.

The total cooking time for the salad is 2.5 hours.

Calorie content - 125 kcal / 100 g.

1. Octopuses are scalded with boiling water, peeled. Remove the suction cups on the tentacles, eyes, beak, cartilage inside the body.
2. The fillet is washed with running water, cut into large pieces.
3. Garlic is passed through a press into olive oil.
4. Pieces of octopus are mixed with garlic filling. Leave to marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours, tightening the bowl with cling film.
5. Heat a grill pan over high heat (you can use a grill grate). Roast the octopuses until they are soft. For small individuals, 3-5 minutes is enough, for large individuals - 10-15.
6. Bulgarian pepper is washed, the core is removed. The pulp with a thin skin is cut into cubes.
7. The cilantro is chopped smaller.
8. Pieces of sweet pepper, chopped greens, seafood are mixed in a salad bowl. Dress the salad with lime juice. Stir.

You can serve the dish immediately while it is warm, or let it brew for a few minutes at room temperature. In both cases, it turns out very tasty.

Warm salad with new potatoes

Warm salads can be prepared from both fresh and pickled octopuses. If fresh seafood is used, it takes longer to cook. But the cost is fully paid off by the great taste of the dish.

For 4 servings:

• 1500 g raw octopus;
• 6 medium potatoes;
• 1 PC. onion;
• 1 PC. red Yalta onion;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 celery stalk;
• 2 small lemons;
• 2 tbsp. l. white wine vinegar;
• sea ​​salt, ground black pepper;
• greenery.

Food preparation time - 4 hours. Assembling the salad - 15 minutes.

Calorie content - 70 kcal / 100 g.

1. The carcass of the marine invertebrate is cleaned as described above. The fillet is laid out on a cutting board, covered with cling film and beaten well.
2. Peel onions and carrots. The stalk of celery is washed, cut into pieces of 5 cm. The lemon is washed, divided into 4 parts, without removing the peel.
3. Water is poured into the pan, vegetables and citrus are laid out. Put on a strong fire.
4. As soon as it boils, place the octopus in the pan. After boiling, reduce the fire and cook everything for at least 40 minutes. The meat needs to be very soft.
5. The seafood is left to cool in the broth.
6. After 30 minutes, take out, cut into pieces. Marinate in a mixture of lemon juice, wine vinegar, salt, ground pepper for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
7. Potatoes are boiled in their skins. Allow to cool slightly, remove the skin, cut into cubes.
8. Yalta onions are peeled, cut into half rings.
9. Warm boiled potatoes, sweet onions, chopped greens (optional), octopuses are mixed in a salad bowl. Dressed with oil, salt, pepper.

The salad is tossed and served immediately.

Assorted octopus, squid and vegetables

Bright, multi-colored seafood salad with vegetables, which looks very appetizing and impresses with its taste. Preparing the dish is not very difficult, because the seafood is ready to eat, canned. For a festive table, such a light dish is perfect.

For 4 servings:

• 300 g canned octopuses;
• 300 g canned squid;
• 200 g frozen green beans;
• 4 ripe tomatoes;
• 6 art. l. pitted olives;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 8 stalks of celery;
• 2 bunches of parsley;
• 1 lemon;
• 2 tsp chili pepper flakes;
• 6 art. l. olive oil;
• salt.

Time - 20 minutes.

Calorie content - 100 kcal / 100 g.

Preparing the salad:

1. Wash vegetables and herbs. Celery is cut into thin slices, parsley is finely chopped, tomatoes are cut into slices.
2. String beans are boiled in lightly salted water. Drain, cool.
3. Cut the zest from the lemon into thin strips. Finely cut. Juice is squeezed out of the pulp.
4. The olives are cut in half lengthwise.
5. Garlic is passed through a press. Mixed with chili, salt (0.5 tsp), olive oil, lemon juice.
6. They open cans of canned octopus and squid. The liquid is drained, seafood is cut into pieces.
7. All salad ingredients are mixed in a salad bowl. Add lemon zest. Topped with spiced olive oil. Salt, add spices to taste.

Place the salad in the refrigerator for a few minutes. Stir again just before serving.

Octopus is a rather difficult product to process. It must be able to clean and cook.

If underexposed or overexposed seafood in boiling water (on the grill), the meat loses all taste, becomes like hard rubber and is not suitable for food.

But there are little tricks that will help to avoid such trouble:

1. For salads, it is better to buy small moscardini octopuses. Their meat is more tender, young octopuses are easier to clean and cook faster.
2. Carcasses are placed in a pan with tentacles down and exclusively in boiling water. If you lower the product into a cold liquid and only then put it on fire, the meat will become tough.
3. Large fresh octopuses are boiled for at least 90 minutes on the smallest fire. Frozen seafood is enough to cook in just 15 minutes.
4. To speed up the cooking process, carcasses are pre-frozen or left in the refrigerator for a day.

In the video you will find a good recipe for octopus salad:

The skin from large individuals is always removed. It will be easier and faster to do this by scalding the octopus with boiling water. It is enough to rinse small octopuses well, remove the beak, eyes and internal cartilage. It is not necessary to clean the skin.

And the last. During the cooking process, the meat of the marine life "shrinks", decreasing in size by 3 times. This point should be taken into account when choosing the proportions of the rest of the salad ingredients.