Arroz De Polvo

This, too, is a Portuguese recipe from the Algarve.

50 minutes Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 40 minutes

340 calories per serving view nutrition facts

4 servings suggest servings

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Ingredients

1 1/2	pounds	octopus	any size
1	cup	red wine	mixed with a little water
1/4	olive	vegetable oil
1	each	onion	chopped
2	cloves	garlic	minced
3	each	tomatoes	skinned and chopped
1	large	green bell pepper	sliced
1	x	salt and black pepper
1	x	chili powder	to taste
1 2/3	cup	arborio rice	or other short-grained riced

Directions

It can be made with octopuses of any size. Baby ones won't need so much precooking.

Precook 600 to 800 g octopus in 200 mL red wine with a little water.

The octopus will exude liquid so that you are likely to end up with more cooking liquid at the end.

Retain this and add water to make it up to 600 ea mL. Cut the drained octopus into small pieces.

Heat 150 mL olive oil in a large saucepan, add a chopped onion and cook gently, stirring, for 2 or 3 minutes. Add 2 garlic cloves finely chopped, 3 tomatoes, skinned and chopped, and a large green pepper cut into snips. Season with salt, pepper and chilli powder to taste. Cook for a few minutes longer.

Add the cooking liquid from the octopus and bring it to the boil. Add 350 g rice (preferable a short-grain risotto rice like arborio) and bring back to the boil, then turn the heat very low and put the lid on the saucepan. After 15 minutes, stir to ensure the rice is not catching on the bottom of the saucepan. In 5 minutes more, taste a grain or two to make sure it is soft. The rice should still be quite damp.

Serve.

Makes 4 servings.

1 comment

1. Ross Algarve about 1 month ago

The recipe does not state how long one must pre-cook the Octupus for and also at which heat?.Which part of the Octupus are used? and also when would one add the Octupus itself as in the cooking instructions it only directs one to "add the cooking liquid f

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 249g

Amount per Serving

Calories 340 2% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.0g	1%
Saturated Fat 0.0g	1%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 9mg	0%
Total Carbohydrate 76.0g	25%
Dietary Fiber 5.0g	19%
Sugars 5.0g
Protein 7.0g	14%