Abo is a premium seafood with high nutritional value, highly favored for making porridge, steamed dishes, and even soup. So let’s go to the kitchen with TasteVN to find out more about 2 ways to make sea grape abalone salad and fresh, delicious, attractive lettuce!
1. Sea grape abalone salad
Preparation
15 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Sea grape abalone salad For 2 people
Abalone 450 gr (1 can) Fresh sea grapes 200 gr Ginger 1 bulb (medium size) Chili 2 pieces Shallots 3 bulbs Green onions 2 stalks Calamondin 2 pieces Soy sauce 1 tablespoon Chili sauce 1/2 tablespoon
What is sea grape?
It is a type of seaweed that looks like a bunch of grapes, very watery and has a distinctive salty taste. Sea grapes come in two types: fresh and dried, commonly used in dishes with many wonderful health benefits.
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How to Make Sea Snail Salad with Seaweed
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Prepare the Sea Snail
Using canned sea snails, you just need to soak the can in hot water for about 3 minutes, then open it and take the sea snails out for direct use.
Use a knife to slice the sea snails into bite-sized pieces and arrange them on a plate.
Tip: You should not discard the water that the sea snails are soaked in, as it also contains many nutrients released from the sea snails. Therefore, you can use the soaking water to cook soup or broth!
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Prepare Other Ingredients
For fresh seaweed, after purchasing, cut open the bag and take the seaweed out, rinse it with water about 2 – 3 times to reduce the saltiness. Then, soak the seaweed in a bowl of ice water to keep it crunchy and fresh when mixing the salad.
For ginger, peel and slice it thinly. Peel and slice the red onion. Remove the seeds from the chili and chop it finely. Trim the roots of the green onion, wash it thoroughly, and chop it finely.
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Mixing the dressing
You add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and 1/2 tablespoon of chili sauce into a bowl, stir well with the lime juice. Then, add a little bit of chili, shallots, and ginger, and mix well again.
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Tossing the salad
After you cut the sea urchin and arrange it on a plate, sprinkle the remaining chili, shallots, ginger, and green onions on top of the sea urchin. Drizzle the salad dressing and add the sea grapes on top.
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Final product
The sea urchin salad with sea grapes looks appealing with its bright green sea grapes, having a characteristic salty taste, combined with the sweet chewy texture of the sea urchin meat, with a hint of spiciness from ginger and chili.
2. Abalone Salad
Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Abalone Salad Serves 3 people
Abalone 6 pieces Butter lettuce 50 gr Coriander 5 gr Chili pepper 1 piece Lemon juice 4 tablespoons Plum sauce 4 tablespoons Roasted peanuts 2 tablespoons (crushed) Salt a little
How to choose good butter lettuce
You should choose butter lettuce because it is crispy, has a lot of water, and is not bitter. Look for lettuce heads that have tightly curled leaves, appear fresh, and do not have dark spots, wilting, or insect bites on the stems.
How to prepare Abalone Salad
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Prepare the abalone
Buy frozen abalone, cut the packaging, and rinse the abalone with clean water, then shake off the excess water. Next, use a knife to slice the abalone into bite-sized pieces.
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Prepare other ingredients
Cut off the dirty root part of the lettuce, wash it with diluted salt water and clean water, then let it drain. Next, use a knife to slice diagonally with a width of 1cm.
For coriander, remove the roots, wash it thoroughly, and chop it finely. Remove the seeds from the chili and mince it.
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Mix the salad dressing
In a bowl, add: coriander, chili (prepared), 4 tablespoons of lemon juice, and 4 tablespoons of plum sauce, and stir well.
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Mix the salad
First, place the lettuce on a plate, then arrange the slices of oyster around the top of the lettuce.
Next, evenly drizzle the dressing and sprinkle peanuts before serving.
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Final Product
Oyster salad is a light dish with fresh green lettuce leaves, the sweet and chewy flavor of oysters combined with the sour and salty sauce and the crunchy taste of roasted peanuts. This is a favorite appetizer that helps you enjoy the following dishes on the banquet table even more.
How to Choose Fresh Oysters
You can choose to buy fresh oysters (still alive in the shell or pre-frozen), or canned oysters depending on your preference and convenience.
How to Clean Oysters Properly:
- For frozen oysters: You just need to remove the packaging, rinse with clean water, and then process.
- For canned oysters: You just need to open the can and you can use the oysters directly without rinsing.
- For live oysters (in the shell): You need to separate the oyster meat, remove the gut, and rinse with clean water before cutting to prepare.
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Thus, TasteVN has guided you on 2 ways to make abalone salad with sea grapes and lettuce simple, fresh, and appealing. Wish you success.
*Refer to images and recipes from 2 YouTube channels: Cuisine & Travel and Song Fish Marketing.
