yield on cooking octopus

[pervis]

using 6 and up mediteranian octopus.  Doing a slow stove top braise for about 2-3 hrs, and coming up with around a 35% yield !!  Does this sound right ?   Anyone have any tips for a better yield ?  sous vide,

[Franci]

I cooked octopus sous vide, I didn't measure the yield but it shrinks a lot anyway, I don't think less than conventional cooking. I would rather try steamed pressured cooked.

[mmedinarios]

Using the sous vide method from Modernist Cuisine, on a 6 and up. I only ever yield a maximum of 40%

[dcarch]

The last time I made octopus, I remember on the package it said "pre-tenderized". Which could mean they were all pumped up with brine.

 

dcarch