| No rubbery octopuses here! No Images? Click here   Get Your Tentacles on Some Octopus and Cook It Perfectly at Home There is no shortage of crazy things people have done in pursuit of tender octopus tentacles: beating the poor beasts against rocks, tossing wine corks in the pot with the hope they'll work some dark magic, even dropping the cephalopods in washing machines and running the spin cycle. Cook enough octopus, though, and all of this becomes obviously silly. There's nothing hard or mysterious about it, you just need enough heat in combination with enough time to make an octopus tender. How you determine those two variables depends on the cooking method. To explore this further, we tested octopus cooking methods to find the best ones. Meet the three essential recipes  We're telling you now: Put away your corks and vinegar, your rocks and meat tenderizers, because the pressure cooker is your best bet for making octopus tender rapidly.  Why cook octopus sous vide? It's foolproof: just prepare your cooker and forget it for the next several hours. It's hands-off once you do the initial setup. And the results are absolutely excellent.  This recipe for boiled octopus on the stovetop requires no special equipment, and from there you can do whatever you want with your cephalopod. Be patient, and you will be rewarded with exceptional octopus with a lovely texture, ready to be eaten as-is, or seared in a skilled or charred over hot coals on a grill..  Have octopus? Make poke!Once you've cooked up your octopus, you're going to need something to do with it! We love the mix of textures in this particular poke variation. Crunchy, tender, and chewy all at once in every bite. Make sure that you get some of the kimchi juice into the dressing as well! 
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