My husband's friend gave him a few cans of abalone but unfortunately they were rather tough and bland. It's not nice to give them to our parents since we already know how it taste like. We can't throw them away too. I'll be send to Hell if I do that. So the best them to do it to try making them tastier. Well, braising the abalone did helps a lot. I have since kept the rest of the abalone for next year's Chinese New Year's dinner.
However I hesitated putting up this recipe. My husband commented that it's too costly and risky for anyone to try out this just with a recipe found on the Net. He is worried people who do try it will try to hunt me down and ask me to pay them a can of abalone. :P
Why did I put up this recipe now? Celine, a diner wrote on my chatbox yesterday asking for it as she wanted to make it for her mother-in-law's birthday. How sweet! How can I reject her? But please don't hunt me asking me for a refund, okay? All I can offer you is a can of tough and bland abalone. :P
Ingredients:
- 4 Dried Scallop, soak for at least an hour
- 4 Fresh Scallop (optional)
- 1 handful Broccoli florets or other veggies
- 6 Dried Mushroom, soak to soften
- 1 canned Abalone (mine contains 1 1/2 abalone)
- 1/2 tablespoon Oyster Sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon Chinese Cooking Wine
- Chicken Stock
- Cornflour mixture (thickener)
Additional to taste:
- 1-2 teaspoon Oyster Sauce
- 1/2 - 1 teaspoon Dark Soy Sauce
- Rock sugar
How to do it:
- Place mushroom with stalk removed, dried scallop and abalone in pot, preferably a claypot.
- Add in the water used to soak the dried scallop, oyster sauce, Chinese cooking wine and enough stock to cover all ingredients.
- Bring abalone pot to a boil and then reduce to a simmer.
- Simmer for 45 minutes.
- While braising the abalone, blanch vegetable with a pot of water with a teaspoon of salt.
- Lay on a dish.
- If you are using fresh scallop, blanch it just before the abalone is ready.
- Before removing the braised ingredients, season with additional oyster sauce if necessary, dark Soy Sauce for colour and rock sugar to taste.
- Braise for another 15 minutes.
- Remove the braised abalone, mushroom and dried scallop, taking care not to break the dried scallop (like I did).
- Lay them on the dish with the vegetable.
- Drain the sauce remaining from the pot and reheat the sauce.
- When sauce begin to bubbles, gradually stir in the cornflour mixture to thicken the sauce.
- Pour sauce over abalone.
- Serve immediately.
Note:
- You can also add in the liquid from the canned abalone. I didn't use mine as it didn't make a difference.
- You can cut down cooking time by slicing the abalone instead braising it in whole.
- I took much longer to braise the bland abalone. In my opinion, braising 1 hour for a regular mushroom is more than enough.
- I use fresh chicken stock prepared a day before, by simmer a whole chicken in 2 litre of water for 4 hours.
- If you are using chicken stock cube, you might want to omit adding the oyster sauce in the initial cooking as stock cube is seasoned.
Happy Wokking!
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Thks ALOT for the recipe, I am truly grateful!
ReplyDeleteI have 100% confidence in your recipe. I have tried many of your recipes with success and I am sure it will not be different this time.
Warmest regards,
Celine
P/S - Even if I fail, I will not hunt you down, I depend on you for more of yummy delicious recipes, hehe!
wahhh abalone. the way you braise it, the abalone looks like those I ate at the restaurants... well done hehe :)
ReplyDeleteIn order for canned abalone to be soft and tasty is to simmer the unopened can in a pot of hot water for 30 mins.
ReplyDeletei really like your blog. Your recipes have been useful for reference by my domestic helper especially when I don't have time to cook. Looking forward to more recipes by you:)Tried out some of your recipes and they tasted great, though not cooked by me...oops..
ReplyDeleteoh yum...this looks delicious!
ReplyDeletelook like restaurant abalone.. will try it :) hope u dont mind i peep ur recipe.. thanks alot..
ReplyDeletewawa
Whooo, that looks gorgeous, very inviting. Thanks for sharing all the world's best recipe.:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipe!!! Love it. Fresh or frozen local abalone is cheaper but will never give the same taste, flavor and texture as canned abalone. I love the flavor and taste of canned abalone and one day I want to eat abalone like 'abalone kings' do: braised in sauce and served whole, like a steak, washed down with a good white wine. Cut with a knife and fork of course. Meantime, it's still cheaper to slice abalone thinly and share with the family. I love this dish. It's such a special treat.
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone for your comments.
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