HOW TO CUT OCTOPUS

Thursday, December.10.2009

Have you ever wondered how you would cut an octopus for sushi if you ever came across one? We’ll its not every day that you decide to go to the market and buy a whole octopus to make sushi for yourself. Unless you really enjoy octopus that much, which is someone like me. Usually you can go to your local Japanese market and buy one tentacle and that would be enjoy to make about 20 nigiri pieces for you and your company to enjoy. We’ll I was about to cut an octopus one day and decided its not everyday you see someone cut octopus so I wanted to share this with you guys…”just in case” “one day” you were in need to know how to do this, well then you would know.

Sushi Video : How to cut Octopus for sushi

First, cut the head off. Save it, discard it or do whatever you want with it because it is not favorable to use to make octopus nigiri.
Second, flip it over and cut it directly in half.
Grab one half and cut directly down in between each tentacle.
Try to discard as much of the bum and inked part which is located in the center, you cant miss it.
Grab the other half and do the same.
And then you’re done!

If you are not going to use them all in the same day, plastic wrap the ones you are not going to use and place them in the freezer for future uses.

So I bet you learned something new today

To cut into nigiri slices, thinly slice the tentacles about 2 – 2 1/2 inches long. If your knife is not that sharp and your pieces come out a little thick, you should arrange the piece side ways and slice down a few times across the piece with out cutting it into pieces. Only pierce about half way through so its still in one piece but easy to break when chewing.