Braised Abalone with Bok Choy 炇煨鮑魚

Braised Abalone with Bok Choy 炇煨鮑魚Braised Abalone with Bok Choy 炇煨鮑魚

Ingredients:

For abalones

  • 8 - 10 heads dry abalones, about 4 - 5 oz (100 - 125 g);
    1 - 1 1/2 lb (0.5 - 0.75 kg) chicken, can be meat and bone mix;
    12 chicken feet, about 1 lb (0.5 kg);
    1 large piece ginger, about 2 - 4 oz (60 - 120 g), peel, pound and chop;
    8 oz (250 g) bok choy;
    5 cups (1,200 ml) water;
    1/2 cup inexpensive salt, for cleaning;
    Sea salt.

For thickening sauce

  • 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch;
    A pinch cane sugar;
    1/4 cup (60 ml) water;
    1/2 teaspoon Liquid Aminos (a healthier version of soy sauce can be find in health food store or upscale supermarket) or soy sauce;
    1/4 teaspoon dark soy sauce, just for color.

Recipe:

Serving for 4

  1. Soak dry abalones for 3 hours plus;
  2. Add 2 cups of water to a large stock pot over medium high heat;
  3. Add chopped ginger and abalones;
  4. Cook for at least 2 hours;
  5. Add 2 cups of water to a separate medium stock pot over medium high heat;
  6. Skin chicken;
  7. Cut off nails of chicken feet;
  8. Clean chicken feet with salt, you can use inexpensive salt;
  9. Add clean chicken and chicken feet to the medium size pot when water comes to a boil;
  10. Boil for 5 - 10 minutes and rinse under cold running water;
  11. Add chicken and chicken feet to abalones;
  12. Add sea salt;
  13. Simmer after it comes back to a boil for 2 hours;
  14. Transfer all the abalones to a smaller pot;
  15. Add chicken broth and simmer;
  16. Add more chicken broth, like you are feeding them until tender;
  17. Clean bok choy and split in the middle;
  18. Bench in salted boiling water for a minute;
  19. Arrange on the bottom of a plate;
  20. Take all the abalones out and set aside;
  21. Add thickening sauce;
  22. It is done when it comes back to a boil;
  23. Serve hot on bok choy with sauce.

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