Thai Grilled Octopus Salad

Thai Grilled Octopus Salad — tender, smoky octopus tossed with lime, chili, fish sauce, and a heap of fresh herbs. The kind of salad that makes you forget you're eating seafood.

Grilled octopus has a chewy, meaty texture unlike anything else. In Thai cooking, it's usually marinated in lemongrass, garlic, and turmeric, then thrown on the grill until charred on the outside and tender inside. Tossed with lime juice, fish sauce, chili, and mint, it becomes something bright, smoky, and addictive.

Serve it at room temperature over a bed of lettuce or greens with cucumber, tomato, and lime on the side. The sauce should be aggressive — sour, salty, spicy — and the octopus should still have a little char on it.