Octopus rice : Phase two

As promise the octopus rice recipe step by step !

This is phase two, the first was to boil the mollusk and you can find it here boiled octopus

the main ingredients: octopus, water (used to boil), onions, garlic, tomato and rice. 

missing in the picture the parsley and the olive oil.

An important choice is the rice variety to use. In this recipe i use the parboil but normally we use the long (agulha) or small (carolino). Its possible to use other like the basmati but never the sushi or risotto or even the integral.

shopped octopus

The four steps, first fries onions and garlic with olive oil, second add tomato and fried a little more then add the octopus and mix, add the rice and mix again and for last add the water that was used to boil the octopus (if not sufficient add more clean water).

About how much water? the answer is : it depends if you want a dry or moist rice.

For dry rice use two measures of water for one of rice, and for moist use one additional measure of water.

Taste it after this steps, you may want to add salt and pepper

 When the water starts to boil just reduce temperature and let it go slowly closed. You may supervise if water is needed.

The final result

To accomplish I add a south African dry apple cider (bitter) but it would be fine a good beer or even better a white green wine from my home town, Amarante.

Hope i could help, please try, in case of doubts call the Chef