Serving: Adding onions and tomatoes enhances the flavour and you can deglaze it with balsamic vinegar. In a large saucepan, combine the octopus tentacles, red wine vinegar, wine and bay leaves and bring to the boil. On medium-low heat with the lid on, simmer for 40-60 minutes.
Put the octopus pieces on a baking sheet in a single layer and broil in a pre-heated oven for three minutes. To finish up, put the octopus in a serving dish and squeeze the remaining lemons slices over it. Add in the olive oil and toss until combined. Your Instant Pot Octopus is ready to serve!
This tells you that the octopus is super tender and ready to be grilled. Some chefs swear by adding a wine cork to the pot of water to tenderize octopus, but it's pointless. Simply boil for 45 minutes to 1 hour and then head to the grill. How long should I grill octopus? It doesn't take long to grill octopus after boiling.
Simply bring a pot of water to boil, thread the wooden spoon through the hole where the beak was and dip it in the water for a few seconds. Pull the octopus out of the pot and you will notice the tentacles have curled up nice and cute. Dip the octopus two more times. Each time you dip it in the water the tentacles will curl up a bit more.