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Baby Octopus Soup

Baby octopus soup is a quick, flavorful main course with baby octopus and beans, just as good served hot or warm.
Recipe Baby Octopus Soup
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation 10 minutes
  • Cooking 25 minutes
  • Servings for 4 people

If you want to serve a hot fish dish that impresses with its flavor and simplicity, baby octopus soup is just what you need. Imagine enjoying a fragrant soup full of rich, warming flavors, perfect for a special seafood dinner or for treating yourself on cooler evenings. This baby octopus recipe combines the delicacy of baby octopus with the creaminess of beans, a wonderful pairing that works both as an appetizer and as a main course. The preparation is surprisingly simple: just choose fresh or frozen baby octopus. Your trusted fishmonger will surely be able to tell you how best to clean them, but if you want to save time you can buy them already cleaned.

Quick baby octopus soup is also ideal if you’re looking for ideas on how to cook baby octopus without any fuss, and it lends itself to countless variations: you can add potatoes for a more rustic note, and if you love that combination, we also recommend adding baby peas for a touch of freshness.

If you love experimenting with seafood flavors, this soup fits right in among the most popular seafood soups, together with the easy fish soup. And if you have leftover baby octopus, don’t hesitate to try the stewed baby octopus too.

Let this soup win you over, perfect for anyone who loves seafood cooking, and turn every occasion into a journey through the authentic flavors of fish. Now it’s time to find out together how to make baby octopus soup that everyone will love.

Ingredients for 4 people

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Method

  1. To make the Baby Octopus Soup, heat the oil in a pot and sauté the garlic clove and some chili pepper, cut into small pieces beforehand. Then add the baby octopus and let them take on flavor, stirring with a wooden spoon.  
    Baby Octopus Soup, step 1: baby octopus cooking with garlic and chili pepper
  2. Deglaze with the white wine and cook until it has evaporated. Then add the chopped tomatoes and the beans, and season with salt to taste. Cook over low heat for about 25 minutes, stirring from time to time with the wooden spoon.  
    Baby Octopus Soup, step 2: baby octopus simmering with tomato and beans
  3. When it has finished cooking, remove the piece of garlic, add the parsley, chopped beforehand with a mezzaluna, and stir well. Serve the Baby Octopus Soup hot or warm. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!

Variations and Alternatives

You can enrich the Baby Octopus Soup with lots of tasty ingredients such as potatoes, squid, cuttlefish, chickpeas, mussels or beans.

Tips

I recommend serving the Baby Octopus Soup with slices of rustic bread, toasted in the oven or in a skillet.

Storage

You can keep Baby Octopus Soup in the fridge for a couple of days in an airtight container. If you used only fresh ingredients, you can also freeze it.

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