2023-07-10 13:13:52
Referring to the famous seafood of Vietnam, it is impossible not to mention abalone. Abalone has long been considered something for the elite, appearing on the tables of the nobility because it is extremely nutritious, rare, and expensive. The price of each kilogram of abalone can be up to millions of dong for fresh abalone, even tens of millions of dong for dried abalone.
According to research, abalone is also known with many other beautiful names such as jelly snow, sea ear… This is a 2-piece mollusk with a soft body.
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Abalone lives in the deep waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. In Vietnam, this species of seafood is only found in the central waters of Nha Trang, Phu Yen, Quy Nhon, Binh Thuan and Co To (Quang Ninh).
The outer shell of abalone has many alternating purple, brown and blue veins, depending on each species adapting to its own habitat; The inner surface has a layer of iridescent mother-of-pearl. The abalone’s legs are wide and have strong muscles that cling to the rocks of the seabed, allowing it to live in strong currents.
When young, abalone often prefers to live near the shore, deep under large reefs. The deeper you dive to the bottom of the sea, the better the quality of abalone, so the process of catching abalone is also extremely difficult. Many have to separate from large rocks to get.
Abalone is expensive, can be made into many delicious and nutritious dishes
Abalone meat is considered hard but crispy, fragrant, sweet and nutritious. They are listed in the list of 8 precious seafood from the sea. In 100g abalone contains 17.05g protein; 5.89g sugar (carbohydrate); 0.75g fat; 84.7mg cholesterol; vitamins B1, B2, minerals and trace elements.
According to the concept of traditional medicine, abalone meat has a salty taste, is temperate, has the effect of tonic, yin, laxative, clearing heat … People suitable to use abalone: people in menopause, menopause , hyperthyroidism, poor concentration.
If before, abalone was little known, only rich families could enjoy it, now abalone is widely sold in the market. Depending on the origin, size and quality, the price of abalone is different, ranging from 350,000 to 800,000 VND/kg fresh, while the dried type is very expensive, 100g costs 600,000 VND.
When choosing abalone, guests should touch their meat, if the meat shrinks, it means that the abalone is firm and fresh. Try pressing it with your hand to see the elasticity.
In addition, when choosing abalone, you can look at the appearance to know which one is more meaty. Specifically, choose those that have a round body, fat flesh, a uniform body with red streaks in the middle of the body.
Talking about delicious dishes from abalone, a housewife said, abalone can be processed a lot of delicious dishes such as abalone stewed pigeon, abalone porridge, stewed abalone with lotus seeds, lean meat, stewed abalone with mushrooms. fried abalone, vegetable abalone soup, braised abalone with crab whites, charcoal grilled abalone… Especially, abalone cooked with porridge is very nutritious, crispy sweet abalone meat, soft mixed with glutinous rice, green beans eat very well. fleshy, sweet and fragrant.
According to seafood traders, in the past, abalone was expensive because they were mainly exploited naturally, so the source was scarce. In recent years, abalone has been cultivated in the sea a lot. Therefore, the supply is abundant, the price is softer.
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