Ingredients

300 grams of octopus (or squid)

1/4 green pepper

1/4 red pepper

1/4 yellow pepper

1 tablespoon minced ginger

1 tablespoon minced garlic

2 tablespoons rice wine for marinade

1/2 tablespoon pepper

1/2 tablespoon salt

2 tablespoons cooking oil

2 tablespoons soy sauce

3 ketchup tbsp

3 tbsp Shanxi mature vinegar

1 tbsp sugar

1/4 tbsp sesame oil

Step 1

Wash the octopus and cut it into strips, add rice wine, pepper, salt, minced ginger and minced garlic, mix well, marinate for 30 minutes to taste

Step 2

Combine the ginger, garlic and green and red octopus Cut the peppers into small pieces and place them in a bowl for later use

Step 3

Heat half a pot of water, pour in the octopus and blanch for 10-15 seconds, remove and drain. Plate

Step 4

Heat 1 tablespoon of oil, sauté minced ginger and garlic, add minced color pepper and stir-fry evenly, add 1/3 cup of water and bring to boil

Step 5

Add soy sauce, tomato sauce, vinegar, sugar, and sesame oil and stir well to make a five-flavor sauce

Step 6

Add the blanched octopus Top, pour the five-flavor sauce, and serve

Tips

1. Put the octopus into boiling water and blanch it until it curls up and turns white. It can be quickly cooked in 1 minute. Pick it up. If you blanch the octopus for too long, it will become too old and lose its crispy texture.

2. The octopus should be marinated with rice wine and salt first. This can remove the fishy smell of the octopus. Secondly, the octopus will be more delicious after it is cooked.

3. Octopus is a marine fish, so it is relatively cold. When cooking, minced ginger should be added to remove the coldness of octopus.

4. There will be ink in the eyes of the fish. You should cut it open with a knife and squeeze it out, then rinse it with clean water to prevent the finished dish from being stained black by the ink. In addition, if there is sand in the octopus's mouth and teeth, it should also be squeezed out and washed.

The difference between octopus, cuttlefish and squid:

Squid is also called soft fish and calamari.

Squid, also known as cuttlefish and squid, belong to the same order as squid. The end of its trunk resembles the head of a javelin, hence the name squid.

Octopus, also known as Octopus, belongs to the order Octopus.

Octopus and cuttlefish have ink sacs that release ink. The biggest difference is that the octopus only has 8 arms, and the suction cups on the wrists have no handles or toothed rings.