Can You Cook Octopus at Home?

Octopus has become a restaurant standard on menus across the country and across cuisines. But for the home cook it still remains a bit of a mystery. Questions abound about where to purchase octopus; how to properly prep it; and how to actually cook it.
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Octopus has become a restaurant standard on menus across the country and across cuisines. But for the home cook it still remains a bit of a mystery. Questions abound about where to purchase octopus; how to properly prep it; and how to actually cook it.

We went to Tuome to get the answers to all those questions and it made cooking octopus seem downright easy. So instead of reaching for the same old chicken or pork chop, why not give octopus a try?

Watch the video above to learn everything you need to know about making octopus at home.

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