This Instant Pot pulpo gallego is a mouth-watering recipe that full with color and taste.
Make it for any special event and enjoy a delicious dinner for the whole family.
We are using only salt and paprika so you can enjoy it's natural taste. Feel free to add more spices but in our opinion it's not necessary.
How do I make it crispy?
After cooking, you can broil the octopus using the Air Fryer Lid (or the oven) for extra crisp.
How to serve?
You can serve it over potato slices (or scalloped Potatoes) as a Galician octopus tapa, as you can see in the image above.
You can also add it to a main dish and serve over:
Instant Pot Scalloped Potatoes
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Instant Pot Octopus
Ingredients
- 1 whole octopus rinsed
- 1 cup water
- kosher salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon paprika for serving
- olive oil for serving
Instructions
- Place octopus in the Instant Pot and add water and kosher salt.
- Close the lid and cook on high pressure for 16 minutes.
- When cooking time is complete, do a quick pressure release.
- Open the lid and cut the octopus into pieces.
- Add paprika on top, drizzle olive oil and serve 🙂
Broiling (Optional)
- Remove the water from the Instant Pot, and place the octopus inside the Air Fryer Basket.
- Cover with the air fryer lid and BROIL at 400 °F for 5 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy 🙂
Nutrition
Welcome to my kitchen! I am Corrie, the blogger behind Corrie Cooks. I run this blog with my wife since 2017, so you can enjoy quick, easy and delicious Instant Pot recipes. Thank you for stopping by 🙂
Can you cook from frozen?
Yes! Should be fine with the same amount of time.
Lots of Americans eat Octopus and love Spanish food.
How do you prep the octopus? Do you just cut it up into chunks? Do you peel the skin off?
No need to peel the skin off- it's edible! Just rinse the octopus and cut into pieces.
What about the paprika?
That should be added with the other spices, I will update the recipe text. Thank you for mentioning!
How come this is American cuisine?