Abalones have been rather affordable for us to approach. back in the days, abalones used to be $30 to $50 a piece! Now, it was a major splurge if you ever had a chance to put your mouth in one of those!

In today’s market, abalones have been found at $2.99 a piece. We found this beautiful jewels at our local Asian market. With the help of Jackie, a food fanatic like me, is showing us how to clean them. Abalones are in the snail family. The flesh of the abalone  is tough, therefore it takes 2 hours to poach them in low heat. Once poached, the flesh is tender. But why don’t you watch our recipe tutorial and see for yourself.

Enjoy!

Ingredients: (depending on guest numbers)

• 6 Abalones
• Fish roe
• chopped scallion
• 1 cup of water

Preparation:

• scoop your abalones
• clean the gut
• clean with a heavy brush all the black part of the abalone
• make sure to keep your abalone shells for presentation
• in a pot, with 1 cup of water drop your abalone for poaching
• poach abalones for 2 hours at low heat
• remove them, let them cool a little bit
• slice the abalones
• display in the shells, in the video, we displayed our shells on crushed ice
• add a teaspoon of fish roe on top
• add your chopped scallion
• ready to be served!
• Yummy!