Stir-Fried Small Octopus
INGREDIENTS Small octopus (about 8 oz) : 2 Onion : 1 stalk Green onion : 5 stalks Green pepper : 2 Red pepper : 2 Hot pepper powder : 1/2 tb Hot pepper soypaste (kochu-jang) : 2 tbs (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 METHOD 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. Cut onion, green onions, and peppers into 2 inch strips. 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. 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. When serving, sprinkle roasted sesame see...