Stir-Fried Small Octopus

salad oil : 1 tb

KoreanOtherEasy30 min

Ingredients

Servings
4
  • 2 tbs kochu-jang (available in Korean stores)
  • Soy sauce : 1 tb
  • Sesame oil : 1/2 tb
  • Sugar : 1 ts
  • Ginger juice : 1/2 ts
  • Sesame seed, roasted : 1 ts
  • Salad oil : 1 tb
  • Salt

Instructions

  1. 1

    Trim the small octopuses; cut off entrails and eyeballs, careful not to break the sac. Scrub the octopuses with salt and rinse them under flowing cold water. Cut them 2 inches long by 1/2 inch wide. Boil them slightly.

  2. 2

    Cut onion, green onions, and peppers into 2 inch strips.

  3. 3

    Combine hot pepper powder, hot pepper soypaste, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, ginger juice, and salt in a bowl. Add the boiled octopuses, then mix them well.

  4. 4

    Heat the salad oil in a skillet, stir-fry the vegetables until almost done. Put the mixture in the pan and stir-fry it quickly again.

  5. 5

    When serving, sprinkle roasted sesame seeds.

Tags

americankorean

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