Sautéed Abalone
Try this quick and flavorful recipe for Sautéed Abalone with garlic, butter, dashi, and lemon juice. It‘s a delicious Japanese method to prepare shrimp, white fish, or chicken, too! Enjoy this simple side dish as an appetizer with cold sake or your favorite beverage.
Servings: 1 (as appetizer)
Calories: 175kcal
Ingredients
- 5 baby abalone (or use shrimp, other seafood, chicken, or white fish)
- 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
- 2 Tbsp dashi (Japanese soup stock) (you can substitute sake or white wine)
- ⅛–¼ tsp soy sauce (optional; add if you used sake or white wine instead of dashi)
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- green onion/scallion (finely chopped, for garnish)
Instructions
- Gather all the ingredients.
- Use a knife to remove the meat from the shells of 5 baby abalone. Remove the abalone guts and heart.
- Clean the abalone with a tiny bit of salt under running water.
- Make some slits crosswise.
- Melt 1 Tbsp unsalted butter on the frying pan over medium heat.
- Add the abalone meat.
- Then, quickly add 1 clove garlic (minced).
- Lastly, add 2 Tbsp dashi (Japanese soup stock) and 2 Tbsp lemon juice. Turn the abalone and sauté for 1 minute. Do not overcook. Remove from the heat immediately.
- Garnish with green onion/scallion and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 175 kcal · Carbohydrates: 9 g · Protein: 16 g · Fat: 8 g · Saturated Fat: 5 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 97 mg · Sodium: 298 mg · Potassium: 262 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 1 g · Vitamin A: 246 IU · Vitamin C: 9 mg · Calcium: 9 mg · Iron: 1 mg