Black Pepper Octopus Demo - Kauai Grill at St. Regis, Princeville - KVIC-TV, myKauai.com [Chef Demo]

September 22, 2010 4:12 1,821 views

Kauai Grill's Colin Hazama takes us through their Black Pepper Octopus, step by step.


Ingredients: octopus, szechuan peppercorn, soy sauce, sake, extra virgin olive oil, salt, black pepper, onion, black pepper jam (sweet soy, black pepper, ginger, garlic, green onions), water, lime, tarragon puree (Kula onions, olive oil, tarragon)


1) Take the octopus, blanch it, and slowly braise it with szechuan peppercorn, a little soy sauce, sake.

2) Cook it for an hour and a half.

3) After the octopus is finished cooking, "take a little extra virgin olive oil, a little salt, and we hit it with black pepper."

4) While the octopus is grilling, cut a Kula onion. Put the onion in a bowl.

5) Flip the octopus, look for caramelization.

6) In a hot pan, add black pepper jam (sweet soy, black pepper, ginger, garlic, little bit of green onions). Caramelize it, "cook that down with a little bit of chili pepper."

7) Finish the jam with some water.

8) Add lime to the onions. Season that with salt, pepper, and extra virgin olive oil.

9) Put the octopus into the pan with the pepper jam.

10) Start plating the food by adding tarragon puree to the base ("Kula onions, we cook that down with a little olive oil, a little tarragon.")

11) "Take the Kula onions, the local limes and form a base on the bottom."

12) "We'll put our octopus on there, keep the plate nice and clean. Put three legs on top."

13) "Finish it off with tarragon to bring out that flavor."


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