Striker Chef's High-end Steamed Abalone Rice Bowl
A premium health-boosting rice bowl featuring abalone gently steamed for a long time with the natural sweetness of kelp and radish, finished with a special ginger soy sauce.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those who want to prepare a gentle, non-irritating, and tender health-boosting meal full of care to restore the energy of their parents or loved ones.
- ⭐ Those who want to enjoy the tender abalone steamed dish (mushi awabi style) reminiscent of high-end Japanese izakayas at home.
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Ingredients needed 🛒2 servings
- 5-6 fresh abalone
- enough kelp to wrap the abalone
- 1/3 piece of radish
- 200ml water
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 tbsp mirin
- 3 tbsp corn syrup
- a handful of gochu peppers
- 2-3 shiitake mushrooms
- 1 cheongyang chili pepper
- 1/2 tbsp minced ginger
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- some green onions
- some toasted sesame seeds
- 2 bowls of warm rice
Recipe 🍳
- Using a brush or a clean new toothbrush, scrub the surface of the abalone under running water to remove any impurities.
- At the bottom of a steamer, spread sliced radish and clean kelp thickly. Place the cleaned abalone (with shells) on top in layers.
- Cover the abalone again with radish and kelp, leaving no gaps, then steam over high heat for 40-50 minutes until the abalone becomes tender.
- In a braising pot, add 200ml water, 3 tbsp soy sauce, 3 tbsp mirin, and 3 tbsp corn syrup. Add shiitake mushrooms cut into quarters, diagonally sliced gochu peppers, and cheongyang chili pepper. Bring to a boil and simmer to reduce.
- When the vegetables are tender and the sauce has reduced, add 1/2 tbsp minced ginger for a clean flavor, then drizzle 2 tbsp sesame oil and turn off the heat.
- Let the steamed abalone cool slightly. Using a spoon, separate the flesh from the shell and remove the internal organs and the hard beak at the end. Slice into thick bite-sized pieces.
- Fill a serving bowl with warm rice. Arrange the sliced abalone, shiitake mushrooms, and gochu peppers from the sauce neatly on top.
- Pour the remaining sweet and savory soy sauce from the pot evenly over the ingredients. Generously sprinkle chopped green onions and crushed toasted sesame seeds on top to finish.
- Clean the abalone by scrubbing the surface with a brush.
- Lay radish and kelp in a steamer, place abalone on top, cover with more radish and kelp, and steam for 40-50 minutes.
- Mix soy sauce, mirin, corn syrup, and water, then add shiitake mushrooms and gochu peppers to make the sauce.
- Once the sauce has thickened, add minced ginger and sesame oil at the end to finish.
- Remove the shell, internal organs, and beak from the steamed abalone, then slice.
- Place the abalone and vegetable garnish over rice, then drizzle with soy sauce and sprinkle with green onions and crushed sesame seeds.
Cooking tips 💡
- If the abalone is cooked raw or blanched briefly, the texture tends to become tough. However, covering it with kelp and radish and steaming for a long time results in an amazingly tender and moist texture.
- If ginger is added at the beginning and boiled for a long time, its pungent and fragrant flavor will dissipate. For best results, add it at the very end just before turning off the heat.





