Remove the skin from the octopus. Cut into quarters or just remove the tentacles if very small. Cut into bite-sized pieces. Heat a frying pan or wok, add the oil and fry the onion for a couple of ...

After pre-cooking, grill or stew the octopus until tender. Rice with octopus is a popular fried dish from Portugal, or try stewing it in Elizabeth David's Genoese fish stew or burrida.