🇪🇸 How to Make Pulpo a la Gallega

Craving Pulpo a la Gallega? On FoodNeverComes the food never actually comes — so here's how to make real Pulpo a la Gallega at home, in about 1 hr 15 min, with stuff you probably already have.

🛒 Ingredients

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• 1 octopus (1–1.5kg), cleaned — frozen then thawed is genuinely better
• 2 large potatoes
• 2 tbsp good olive oil
• 1 tbsp sweet paprika
• ½ tsp hot paprika
• coarse sea salt
• 1 bay leaf

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Boil a big pot of water with the bay leaf. Dip the octopus in and out three times before letting it sink — this stops the skin shrinking off.
2. Simmer 45–60 min until a skewer slides into the thickest part with no resistance.
3. Boil the potatoes in the same water for the last 20 min. They take on the flavour.
4. Slice the potatoes into rounds, lay them on a wooden board.
5. Snip the octopus into 1cm coins with scissors and pile them on top.
6. Drown in olive oil, dust heavily with both paprikas and coarse salt. Eat with cocktail sticks.