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Add the octopus to the soy sauce to a medium-size bowl and set aside.
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Mix the jicama, red onion, lime juice, salt, sugar and cayenne pepper in a bowl and set aside.
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Heat a large pan on medium-high heat and add 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
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Heat another large pan on high heat and add the other 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
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Remove the octopus from the soy sauce and add to one of the pans over medium-high heat.
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Cook for 2 minutes on each side.
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While the octopus is cooking, add the tortillas, 1 at a time, to the other large pan over high heat and fry until light golden.
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Remove the cooked octopus from the pan to a cutting board and chop into coarse pieces.
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Put 1/4 of the octopus in each tortilla, top with 2 spoonfuls of the jicama mixture and sprinkle with cilantro.
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Arrange on serving plates and garnish with a couple of wedges of lime and cilantro sprigs.
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Cook's Note: I buy my octopus at the Asian food market but sometimes they don't have it, so as an alternative I have used a 1/2 pound of raw, peeled and deveined tiger prawns.
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All steps for the octopus are the same for the shrimp.
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A viewer, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe.
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