The baby octopus in jar cooking in the microwave, like almost all my jar cooking recipes, cook in a few minutes and keep for 15 days. As with the recipe for jar-cooked baby octopus with potatoes, this recipe should be adapted if using fresh or frozen octopuses, everything is explained in the recipe. Like the recipe for the drunken octopus in jar cooking, this recipe will also be cooked with a tomato and a little wine base. If you prefer or you didn’t find them at the fishmonger, you can use small octopuses and maybe use them as a jar-cooked sauce to season spaghetti, or serve them as a second course accompanied by slices of garlic toasted bread. If you don’t know how to do jar cooking, I recommend reading here in the highlighted link, it is important to understand the instructions and not leave anything to chance.

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small octopuses cooked in tomato inside the jar in the microwave

Difficulty: Easy
Cost: Medium
Rest time: 1 Hour
Preparation time: 10 Minutes
Portions: 2
Cooking methods: Jar Cooking, Microwave
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All seasons, Christmas

206.35 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 206.35 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 6.69 (g) of which sugars 4.92 (g)
Proteins 14.26 (g)
Fat 12.85 (g) of which saturated 1.88 (g)of which unsaturated 0.38 (g)
Fibers 0.76 (g)
Sodium 407.24 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 150 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients for making stewed baby octopus

6.3 oz baby octopus (small octopuses or cleaned small squid)
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1 tsp tomato paste
Half clove garlic
1 bunch parsley
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp white wine
Half chili pepper (optional)
1 pinch salt

What you need to make small squid in jar cooking

1 Microwave
1 Jar 500 ml with thin or thick gasket*

Procedure

Wash and cut the cherry tomatoes in half, wash and chop the parsley, peel and also chop the garlic clove. Distribute everything in the jar and add the baby octopuses. Salt, add the chili pepper, tomato paste, wine, and oil. Clean the rim of the jar, close, and clip.
Place the jar in the microwave and start cooking at reduced power for 10 minutes, for me at 440 watts. This process will allow the meat to tenderize. At the end of cooking, let the jar rest closed for at least an hour or until consumption.
Alternatively, you can cook for 6 minutes at tested power and let the jar rest closed for 2 hours. Then, restart cooking for another 2 minutes, always at tested power. The double cooking in the jar for octopus and similar makes them very tender.
In this case, let the baby octopuses or small squid defrost, and then proceed as per the recipe. Finally, cook for 6 minutes at tested power, in my case 600 watts.
When the jar is at room temperature, you can store it in the refrigerator for 15 days. Obviously, it is meant closed and vacuum-sealed, because this is what guarantees its preservation.