Sempio Spicy Small Octopus BokkEum

Main Ingredients:

• 1 lb small octopus
• 1 pack sempio makpo octopus sauce
• 3 tbsp flour
• 1 cup onion
• 1 cup cabbage
• 1/2 cup carrot
• 1/8 cup red hot pepper
• 2 green onion
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 1 tbsp garlic
• some sugar (optional)
• some sesame seeds (garnish)

Direction:

1. Obtain 1 pound of small octopus. Removed the guts and wash it well.
   
   
   
2. Rub the washed and drained octopus with about 3 tbsp of flour to get rid of the dirt in the suckers for 30 seconds. Wash the octopus in cold water several more times.
   
   
   
3. Obtain the veggie ingredients. Slice 1 cup worth of an onion into 1/2 inch pieces, cut 1 cup worth of a cabbage into bite sized pieces, and chop 1/2 cup worth of carrot diagonally. Cut 1/8 cup worth of red hot pepper thinly and 2 green onion into 1 inch pieces.
   
   
   
4. Cook the octopus in boiling water for 10 seconds. By boiling the octopus in boiling water for short time, you reduce the time needed for frying the octopus later, and you will get less liquid in your dish. That is what i prefer for my octopus dish. However, if you are not that particular, you can also skip this step and just fry the octopus raw later.
   
   
   
5. Add 1 tbsp of finely chopped garlic in a heated pan with 2 tbsp of cooking oil. Fry for 5 seconds on high. This will give extra flavor to the dish.
6. Add the chopped vegetables such as onion, carrot and cabbage into the pan and fry for 2 minutes on medium-high.
   
   
   
7. 2 minutes later, add one pack of Sempio mokpo octopus sauce. Mix the sauce with the vegetables.
   
8. Chop the boiled octopus into bite sized pieces and add to the pan. Fry for about 5 minutes on high.
   
9. Then add the chopped green onion and red hot pepper to the pan. Taste it and depending on your taste to adjust the sugar. And fry one more minute and turn off the heat.