Authentic Recipe for Guangdong Braised Chicken with Abalone
Today let's enjoy a very delicious Guangzhou-style Bo Ya Ji (Spareribs with Chicken). Hearing the name, you can already tell that today's dish is quite tough – haha! Sea seafood paired with land-based walking-chicken, the taste is truly unbeatable. Also, the survival time of the abalone isn't very long, so let's eat it now, don't let it waste.
Abalone Cleaning
Use salt water to soak for 15 minutes to let it spit out impurities, use a toothbrush to clean the abalone's surface and the black area around it, don't forget the skirt edge, use a small spoon to raise the abalone and discard the black internal organs, brush the skirt edge clean again, add a little starch to scrub away the abalone's impurities, rinse with water, cut into a cross shape, as shown in the picture.
Seasoning
2 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of old soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of cooking wine, 1 tablespoon of Pixian Doubanjiang (fermented broad bean paste), 4 pieces of sugar, pepper to taste, salt to taste.
Pan-fry the abalone: heat the pot and add oil, fry until the abalone's two sides are golden brown, remove it and set aside.
Sauté scallions: heat the pot with cold oil, add sugar until melted, add ginger, scallions, garlic, dried chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, stir-fry until fragrant, add Pixian Doubanjiang to make red oil, add chicken pieces and stir-fry for a few times, add cooking wine to continue stir-frying until the chicken changes color, add light soy sauce and old soy sauce and stir-fry a few times, turn off the heat, and transfer the chicken pieces into a clay pot.
Simmer: Pour hot water into the clay pot to cover the chicken pieces, add salt to taste, bring to a boil over high heat, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes, open the lid and add the abalone, stir to make it absorb the broth, continue simmering over medium heat for 20 minutes, open the lid to reduce the sauce over high heat, drizzle a little sesame oil and fragrant oil, add scallions, turn off the heat and cover to steep the fragrance, serve and open the pot, open a bottle of fruit wine, spray it with fragrance, take a bite, there should be an excited expression, raise your thumb.
