What does abalone look like? How to kill and clean abalone

Abalone is a precious marine edible shellfish, delicious and nutritious, usually living on the seabed where the water temperature is relatively low. Abalone can be made into steamed abalone, braised abalone, braised pork ribs with small abalone, steamed abalone with vermicelli and garlic paste, abalone porridge, etc. Wow, just looking at it makes people drool. Let's take a closer look at what abalone looks like.

Contents of this article

1. What does abalone look like?

2. How to kill and clean abalone

3. How to eat abalone

What does abalone look like?

The abalone's body is covered by a thick, right-handed, spiral calcareous shell. The shell has a row of spirally arranged protrusions that gradually increase in size from the top of the shell to the ventral side. The soft part has a wide, flat fleshy foot. The soft body is flat and oval, and its color is yellow-white.

Abalone is one of the precious marine delicacies. Its meat is tender and nutritious, and it is known as "gold on the table and the crown of marine delicacies."

The name abalone sounds like fish, but it is not a fish. It is a single-shell mollusk that is shaped like a human ear and is also called "sea ear".

The main abalone producing areas in the world are Australia, China, Japan, the United States, Mexico, South Africa and other countries.

How to kill and clean abalone

You can use a knife to cut open the abalone shell, take out the abalone meat, remove the internal organs and rinse it. You can also ask the store to remove the shell for you or use a knife to gently remove the meat yourself, and then use a toothbrush or a clean steel wool to scrub away the dirt next to it. Abalone is a precious marine edible shellfish with tender meat, delicious taste and rich nutrition. It is known as the "soft gold" of the ocean.

The edible part of fresh abalone contains 24% protein and 0.44% fat. Dried abalone contains 40% protein, 33.7% glycogen, 0.9% fat, and a variety of vitamins and trace elements. Abalone is rich in glutamic acid, so it tastes very delicious.

Abalone usually grows in the seabed with relatively low water temperature, and is distributed in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. The best production areas are recognized to be northern Japan and Mexico, and northeastern my country is also a traditional production area. The three most famous abalones are the net abalone, the Jipin abalone and the Hema abalone.

How to eat abalone

1. Abalone Chicken Soup

Ingredients: chicken, abalone, ginger.

First, chop the chicken into small pieces, then clean the abalone, soak it in water and use a brush to brush the stains on the surface of the abalone shell. Then pour a little oil into the pot, sauté the ginger slices, and then put the chicken in and fry until it turns white. Then put it in the casserole for soup. Add enough water, add the abalone, boil it over high heat, then simmer it on low heat for 2 hours, and finally season it with salt before turning off the heat.

2. Abalone porridge

Ingredients: abalone, rice, ginger, garlic

Wash the abalone and cut it into pieces. Soak the rice for more than half an hour, drain and set aside. Heat the pan with oil and sauté the sliced ​​ginger and garlic. Then add the abalone pieces and fry until they turn white. Add the rice and sauté until fragrant. Then add the fried abalone rice to the appropriate amount of water and boil over high heat. Turn off the heat immediately after boiling, pour all into the rice cooker, close the lid valve, turn on the keep warm setting, and open the lid the next morning to add salt and coriander to enjoy the delicious abalone porridge.