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Octopus

Octopoda

Octopus is a mollusc. Cooks boil, simmer, braise, deep-fry, grill, roast, stew, and stir-fry it, or serve it raw.

  • Shellfish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: molluscs

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Japan
Octopus, whole

Photo: Beeblebrox · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use octopus

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Boil simmer
  • Braise
  • Deep fry
  • Grill
  • Raw
  • Roast
  • Stew
  • Stir fry

On the table

Dishes made with octopus

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Takoyaki

    Japan

  • Polbo á feira

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include octopus.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: octopus in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: molluscsChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: shellfishChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Around the world

What octopus is called

Names in 92 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    pulpo

  • French

    chair de pieuvre · chair de poulpe · pieuvre (chair) · poulpe (chair)

  • Italian

    piovra · polpo · ottopode

  • Portuguese

    polvo

  • German

    Pulpo

  • Dutch

    inktvis

  • Greek

    χταπόδι

  • Turkish

    ahtapot

  • Russian

    осьминог · осьминожье мясо · осьминог как пища

  • Polish

    ośmiornica

  • Arabic

    الأخطبوط كغذاء

  • Persian

    هشت‌پا · اختاپوس

Show all 92 languages

  • Afrikaans

    seekat

  • Albanian

    oktapod · tetëkëmbësh

  • Ancient Greek

    ὀκτώπους

  • Armenian

    ութոտնուկ

  • Asturian

    Pulpu

  • Azerbaijani

    osminoq

  • Bangla

    অক্টোপাস

  • Basque

    olagarro

  • Belarusian

    васьміно́г

  • Bosnian

    hobotnica

  • Bulgarian

    октопо́д

  • Burmese

    ဘဝဲ

  • Cantonese

    八爪魚 · 八爪鱼

  • Catalan

    pop

  • Cherokee

    ᎠᏓᏢᎢ

  • Chinese

    章鱼 · 章鱼料理

  • Croatian

    hobotnica

  • Czech

    chobotnice

  • Danish

    blæksprutte

  • Esperanto

    polpo

  • Estonian

    kaheksajalg

  • Fijian

    kuita

  • Filipino

    pugita · oktopus

  • Finnish

    mustekala

  • Galician

    polbo

  • Georgian

    რვაფეხა

  • Hawaiian

    heʻe

  • Hebrew

    תָמְנוּן

  • Hindi

    आक्टोपस

  • Hungarian

    polip

  • Icelandic

    kolkrabbi

  • Ido

    polpo

  • Iloko

    kurita

  • Indonesian

    ikan mangsi

  • Interlingua

    octopode

  • Irish

    ochtapas

  • Japanese

    蛸 · 章魚 · タコ

  • Javanese

    Gurita minangka panganan

  • Kazakh

    сегізаяқ

  • Khmer

    អដ្ឋករ

  • Korean

    문어

  • Kurdish

    heştpê · axtapot · heştling

  • Kyrgyz

    сегиз бут

  • Lao

    ປາມຶກ

  • Latin

    polypūs · octopūs

  • Latvian

    astoņkājis

  • Lithuanian

    aštuonkojis

  • Macedonian

    октопо́д

  • Malay

    doyak

  • Malayalam

    നീരാളി

  • Maltese

    qarnita

  • Manx

    oghtapus · hoght-choshagh

  • Māori

    wheke

  • Mongolian

    наймалж

  • Navajo

    łóóʼ bigaan tseebíí

  • Neapolitan

    purpo

  • Punjabi

    ਆਕਟੋਪਸ

  • Romanian

    caracatiță

  • Samoan

    fe'e

  • Serbian (Latin)

    hobotnica

  • Sicilian

    pruppu · purpu

  • Simplified Chinese

    章鱼

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    章鱼

  • Sinhala

    බූවල්ලා

  • Slovak

    chobotnica · polyp

  • Slovenian

    hobotnica

  • Somali

    farammugo

  • Swahili

    pweza

  • Swedish

    bläckfisk

  • Tajik

    ҳаштпо

  • Thai

    หมึกยักษ์

  • Tok Pisin

    urita

  • Tongan

    feke

  • Traditional Chinese

    章魚

  • Turkmen

    sekizaýak

  • Ukrainian

    восьмині́г

  • Urdu

    آکٹوپس

  • Uzbek

    sakkizoyoq

  • Vietnamese

    bạch tuộc

  • Volapük

    loktop · polüp

  • Welsh

    octopws

  • Western Panjabi

    آکٹوپس

  • Zulu

    imbambela

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q17118835

Photos

Photo: Beeblebrox · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons