Sauce-Glazed Fresh Abalone

Name: Sauce-Glazed Fresh Abalone
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 7 h
Total time: 8 h 15 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2500 g Abalone or hard dried abalone (washed, soak in running water for 1 hour; hard dried abalone needs 2 days in running water); 100 g Garlic cloves (sautéed until fragrant); 250 g Shallots (fried); 150 g Old ginger; 10 g Dried tangerine peel; 3 Star anise; 5 slices Bay leaves; White peppercorns, to taste; Licorice root, to taste; Sichuan peppercorns, to taste; Cinnamon bark, to taste; Jinhua ham, to taste; 150 g Pork skin; 1 Old hen; 500 g Pork trotter tips; 250 g Seasoning A - oyster sauce; Seasoning A - chicken powder, to taste; Seasoning A - rock sugar, a pinch; Seasoning A - caramel color, a pinch; Seasoning A - MSG, a pinch; Seasoning A - rice wine, a pinch; Seasoning A - flavor base liquid, a pinch; Seasoning A - sand ginger powder, a pinch; Seasoning A - five-spice powder, a pinch; Seasoning A - soy sauce, to taste; 10 kg Seasoning A - water

Slowly steeped in a flavorful brine to absorb the taste, then drizzled with a special house sauce — an abalone dish that rivals five-star hotel fare.

8h 15m

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Ingredients

Abalone or hard dried abalone (washed, soak in running water for 1 hour; hard dried abalone needs 2 days in running water) 2500 g

Garlic cloves (sautéed until fragrant) 100 g

Shallots (fried) 250 g

Old ginger 150 g

Dried tangerine peel 10 g

Star anise 3

Bay leaves 5 slices

White peppercorns to taste

Licorice root to taste

Sichuan peppercorns to taste

Cinnamon bark to taste

Jinhua ham to taste

Pork skin 150 g

Old hen 1

Pork trotter tips 500 g

Seasoning A - oyster sauce 250 g

Seasoning A - chicken powder to taste

Seasoning A - rock sugar a pinch

Seasoning A - caramel color a pinch

Seasoning A - MSG a pinch

Seasoning A - rice wine a pinch

Seasoning A - flavor base liquid a pinch

Seasoning A - sand ginger powder a pinch

Seasoning A - five-spice powder a pinch

Seasoning A - soy sauce to taste

Seasoning A - water 10 kg

Instructions

Preparing the abalone

Wash the abalone, soak it in running water for 1 hour, then set aside. If using hard dried abalone, soak in running water for 2 days instead.

First braise

First sauté the garlic cloves from the braising spices until fragrant. Combine them with the remaining braising spices and Seasoning A, simmer over low heat for 1 hour, then add the abalone and braise for 3 hours. Remove and set aside.