🐙 THE CHRISTMAS EVE OCTOPUS 🤌 The Feast of the Seven Fishes has begun and this is the crown jewel of it all for my family! Got all the details on how to make it below. ✔️ For us, the octopus is a symbol of our Sicilian heritage. It’s another Christmas Eve culinary traditional brought by my Grandma when she immigrated from Sicily in the 1940s. 📌 Our octopus salad is SO easy to make and insanely delicious if octopus is your thing. Here’s how it’s done… 1️⃣ Clean the octopus and remove the beak. 2️⃣ Boil water with squeezed lemon juice and whole lemons. Add in the octopus once boiling 3️⃣ Check the octopus as it boils. It should be super tender - the more tender, the better! We cut off little pieces and taste to see when it’s done. 4️⃣ Remove octopus from water and cut the tentacles into small chunks. 5️⃣ Mix in a bowl with a generous amount of extra virgin olive oil, finely chopped raw garlic, chopped parsley, salt to taste and freshly squeezed lemon juice. 6️⃣ Refrigerate until chilled. 7️⃣ MANGIA 😋 🎄 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE, GRUBFAM! 🐟 Hope you’re enjoying your feast & family. #TheGrubfather #ChristmasEve #Octopus #FeastOfTheSevenFishes #Recipes #ItalianAmerican #Foodie #Seafood #Food #LongIsland #ItalianFood

AB Fish Market in East Harlem has $5 meal boxes, insane seafood boils, quality sushi & some banging fried chicken + salt & pepper shrimp. ✔️ They’ve only got two tables to keep that in mind, but the takeout game is STRONG. 😋 🎣 #TheGrubfather #harlem #seafoodboil #eastharlem #nyc #foodie #foodlover

This is NYC’s newest 24/7 diner and it is HEAT. 🔥 You’ll find Diner 24 in Gramercy Park and trust me, this spot has got the JUICE. 😋 #thegrubfather #foodie #food #nyc #newyorkcity #manhattan

This hidden Japanese restaurant in Midtown, Manhattah is a GEM found inside of a Japanese hotel. Its called @Gosuke and heres everything I ate while I was there. 😋 🍜 🍣 #TheGrubfather #Foodie #JapaneseFood #Manhattan #NYC #FoodTok #Noodles #Sushi