This simple dish~ Abalone was prepared on the last day of Chinese New Year ~”Yuan Xiao Jie”元宵节, 28th Feb.
200g Spinach ~ wash and cut to about 3″ length
Sauce
400g Water
1/4tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Sesame oil
1 tbsp Oyster sauce
1 1/2 tsp Hua Tiao Chiew 花调酒 (Chinese cooking wine)
Method:
- Blanch spinach in a pot of boiling water with a little oil and pinch of salt for about 2 minutes.
- Remove spinach and drain, then place on serving plate.
- Slice Abalone thinly and arrange neatly on spinach.
- Bring the sauce to boil and add Hua Tiao Chiew. Lastly add in thickening (1/2 tbsp corn flour or potato flour with 1 tbsp water), stir well and pour sauce over Abalone.
- Serve Abalone at once.