If you want to change your family’s daily menu to make it more attractive and novel, you definitely cannot miss the 2 super simple ways to make octopus steamed with guava leaves and steamed with lemongrass below. Hurry up and get cooking with TasteVN and show off your skills by making this delicious steamed dish right now!
1. Octopus steamed with guava leaves
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Octopus steamed with guava leaves For 4 people
Octopus 3 pieces (large type) Guava leaves 100 gr Salt a little Lemon juice a little
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How to cook Octopus steamed with guava leaves
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Prepare the octopus
To clean off the slime and fishy smell, when purchasing the octopus, you should remove the internal organs and ink sac, then squeeze a little lemon juice in and rub it well, then rinse the octopus several times with water and let it drain.
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Wash the guava leaves
To clean off dirt, soak the purchased guava leaves in diluted salt water for about 15 minutes, scrub them with your hands, then rinse with cold water and let them dry.
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Steam the octopus
Prepare a pot, line the bottom with guava leaves, then place the octopus on top, adding about 50ml of water (about 1 cup).
Put the pot on the stove, set the heat to medium, and steam the octopus for about 15 – 20 minutes (depending on size) until the octopus is evenly cooked.
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Final Product
It’s not too difficult to make the steamed octopus with guava leaves, right? The steamed octopus, when cooked just right, retains its crispiness and sweetness, combined with the distinctive aroma of guava leaves that greatly stimulates the taste buds.
When serving, dip it with a little mustard, sweet and sour fish sauce, or salt and pepper with lime to enhance the flavors!
2. Steamed octopus with lemongrass
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Steamed octopus with lemongrass Serves 4 people
Octopus 1 kg Ginger 2 bulbs Lemongrass 5 stalks Calamondin 4 fruits Chili 2 fruits Garlic 4 cloves Cucumber a little (to serve) Flour a little Fish sauce 4 tablespoons Sugar 4 tablespoons Salt a little
How to make Lemongrass Steamed Octopus
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Prepare the octopus
When you buy the octopus, cut off the beak, eyes, open the belly, remove the internal organs and ink sac, then scrub it with a little salt and flour, and rinse it clean with water, drain.
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Prepare the other ingredients
Lemongrass rinsed and smashed. Ginger peeled and smashed.
Calamondin rinsed, take 2 fruits to squeeze for juice, the remaining part sliced.
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Make the dipping sauce
Add 2 bird’s eye chilies, 4 cloves of garlic, and 4 tablespoons of sugar into a bowl and pound them into a paste. Then add 4 tablespoons of fish sauce, all the lime juice, and the lime slices into the bowl, and stir well to dissolve the ingredients and mix them together.
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Steam the octopus
Place the steamer on the stove, add water, and bring it to a boil.
Next, place smashed lemongrass and ginger at the bottom, then arrange the octopus on top. Cover and steam for about 20 minutes until the octopus is evenly cooked, and it’s done.
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Final Product
Steamed octopus cooked just right, with a fresh, sweet, and crunchy taste, blended with the characteristic aroma of lemongrass and ginger.
Picking up a piece of octopus served with cucumber, dipping it in garlic chili fish sauce, a bit spicy and sour, is incredibly appetizing. This is a perfect choice for the family gathering on the weekend.
How to Choose Fresh and Delicious Octopus
- For live octopus: You should choose those with clear eyes, moving quickly and flexibly. Do not buy those that move slowly and have dull eyes.
- For frozen octopus: You should choose those with a natural gray-brown color, not too dark and not too light. Additionally, freshly frozen octopus will have bright white meat, smooth skin, and will not be swollen.
- Do not choose octopus with mushy, non-elastic meat, slimy, or with a foul smell, unusual colors, dark or pale green.
How to Prepare Octopus Without a Fishy Smell
- The octopus you buy should be rinsed briefly with water, separating the tentacles from the body, and then use a knife to cut the head of the octopus in half.
- After cutting the head of the octopus, remove all the internal organs, then wash the octopus with water mixed with vinegar, alcohol, or crushed ginger to eliminate the fishy smell.
- Finally, rinse with water thoroughly.
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It’s not too difficult to make 2 dishes of guava leaf steamed octopus and lemongrass steamed that are delicious and flavorful to treat the family, right? Wishing you success!
*Refer to the images and recipes from the YouTube channel Cuong Co and HM together
