The Monster Island Theater Octopus Recipes

If you viewed the special Halloween Eve showing of Bride of the Monster on Monster Island Theater, then you know that the octopus is a possession to be prized.

However, even if you didn't see the film, you can still appreciate the octopus in your own home with the recipes below.

If you have any of your own favorite octopus recipes, please email them to

Alaska Octopus Gumbo
Baby Octopus Spiedini
Polipi in Umido
Polvo Frito
Octopus Sushi

Alaska Octopus Gumbo

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Fish

Boil bacon in water for 15 minutes, then add the rest of the ingredients. Simmer together for ten minutes. Serve with warm cornbread. Serves four. Helen Blanchard, Ward Cove, AK "Octopus for Dinner," the Cabin Friend ALASKA Magazine, October, 1978

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Baby Octopus Spiedini with Beet Green Salad

Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : New Text Import

Preheat barbecue or grill.

Place octopus in 4 quarts cool water and add 1 wine cork. Bring to boil and lower heat to low boil. Cook 25 minutes until tender. Drain and rinse and allow to cool. In a mixing bowl, stir together orange zest, almonds, 2 tablespoons olive oil, crushed red pepper and fennel leaves. Add cooled octopus and let stand 25 minutes until coals are hot and ready. Thread octopus evenly on to 4 skewers and place over coals. Cook until crispy and slightly charred, about 5 minutes per side. Meanwhile, toss beet greens with orange juice and remaining oil and season with sea salt. Divide greens among 4 plates and place one spiedino over each pile. Drizzle with remaining marinade and serve.

Yield: 4 servings

Recipe by Molto Mario

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Polipi In Umido (Braised Octopus)

Serving Size : 2 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Seafood

Clean the octopus. Heat oil in a saucepan and saute the onions. When they become transparent, add the garlic and tomatoes. Cook together for a few minutes, then add the pine nuts and the octopus; cook over high heat for another 2 or 3 minutes. Pour in wine, cover pan, and simmer gently until the octopus is cooked (the small ones will cook in less than 10 minutes. Just before cooking is completed, add basil leaves and salt and pepper to taste. Serve with rice.

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Polvo Frito (Fried Octopus)

Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Seafood

A friend born in Portugal supplied this simple and excellent example of Portuguese home-cooking.

Precook 1 kg of octopus, drain and cool. Cut it up into generous chunks. Beat 3 eggs, with a little milk, salt and pepper to taste, and half a bunch of very finely chopped parsley. Coat the octopus pieces in the egg mixture and shallow fry in a little olive oil, turning them until are golden. Serve.

From Meryl Constance' column in the Sydney Morning Herald, "Raw Materials". 3/2/93. Courtesy, Mark Herron.

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Octopus Sushi

It's best not to try this at home, but at some of Alameda's fine Japanese restaurants, such as:

Kai's Japanese Restaurant

1245 Park St
Alameda, CA
(510) 523-4332

Kamakura Japanese Restaurant

2549 Santa Clara Ave
Alameda, CA
(510) 521-9121

Sakura Restaurant

2408 Santa Clara Ave
Alameda, CA
510) 749-9988

Sapporo Sushi

1465 Webster St
Alameda, CA
(510) 749-8461

Sushi Sue

1428 Park St
Alameda, CA
(510) 865-7141

Sushi House

2226 S Shore Ctr # B
Alameda, CA
(510) 865-0999

Yokohama Japanese Restaurant

1427 Webster St
Alameda, CA
(510) 522-2945

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