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Spicy Oil Abalone

A Korean-style dish featuring abalone as the main ingredient, braised in a broth made with old hen and seasoned with chili oil and other condiments. The sauce is rich and mellow, with a fresh, tender flavor and a spicy, appetizing finish.

2 hours
Easy
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Spicy Oil Abalone

Ingredients

Canned abalone (remove, trim rough edges, slice into pieces) 2 cans (approx. 500 g)
Clean female chicken (first blanch in boiling water, rinse off blood foam, simmer into chicken soup) 1.5 kg
Chili oil 25 g
Salt 15 g
White sugar 7.5 g
Sesame oil 10 g
Water starch (for thickening) 15 g
Chinese scallion (cut into shreds) 25 g
Ginger (cut into shreds) 5 g
Toasted sesame seeds 5 g
Chicken breast (for rendering chicken fat) 100 g
Chicken fat (use after rendering) 100 g

Instructions

1

Simmer Chicken Soup

Blanch the old hen chicken in boiling water first, remove, rinse off blood foam, then place in a pot, add 2.5-3 kg of water, bring to a boil and simmer into 1.5 kg of chicken soup.

2

Simmer Plain Stock

After the first batch of soup is finished, strain it out, then add 1.5-2 kg of fresh water to continue simmering (this soup is called plain stock or ordinary stock). Simmer until about 1 kg of soup remains, remove the chicken. Strain the soup through a sieve and set aside.

3

Prepare Abalone

Take out the abalone, trim rough edges, slice into pieces with a knife, usually slice one abalone into 3 or 4 pieces.

4

Blanch Abalone

Pour the plain stock into a pot, bring to a rolling boil over high heat, add the abalone slices, blanch until cooked through then remove.

5

Stir-fry and Season

Clean the wok and heat it up, add 100 g of chicken fat to melt, add shredded scallion and shredded ginger, stir-fry until fragrant. Pour in the chicken soup, bring to a boil, remove and discard the shredded scallion and ginger, add the abalone, then add salt, cooking wine, white sugar, simmer for a short while, add chili oil to the pot, stir to combine evenly.

6

Thicken and Finish

Bring to a boil, add water starch to make a thin sauce, drizzle with sesame oil, transfer to a serving plate, sprinkle evenly with toasted sesame seeds, serve.