BBQ Octopus with a Tamarind Glaze

BBQ Octopus with a Tamarind Glaze

Recipe By Michael Weldon

Ingredients

• 8 large octopus tentacles

 Tamarind BBQ Glaze 

• 1 shallot, diced

• 1 garlic clove diced

• 1 lemon grass sprig, grated

• 1 tsp galangal, grated

• 2 Coles birsdeye chillies

• 3 tbs tamarind puree

• 2 tbs fish sauce

• ¼ cup Coles brown sugar

Method

• In a pot on the stove, simmer the octopus for 1 hour until tender then drain and chill.

• In a saucepan, fry off the shallot in olive oil, once soft add in the garlic, lemongrass and galangal, fry for a minute. Add in the chilli, tamarind, fish sauce and brown sugar, mix in until everything is melted. Add ½ cup water and 1 crushed kaffir lime leaf. Bring up to the boil then simmer until the glaze thickens enough to be brushed onto the octopus.

• Heat a BBQ until it starts to smoke. Dress the octopus with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Place onto the grill and brush on a coat of the glaze. Every time you turn the octopus, brush on another layer of the glaze. Cook until the glaze has caramelised on the octopus.

• Serve the octopus brushed with extra glaze and garnished with coriander leaves and sliced chilli.

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