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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.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 1 (as
Calories: 175 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Japanese
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.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
175kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
9g
(3%)
Protein
16g
(32%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
97mg
(32%)
Sodium
298mg
(12%)
Potassium
262mg
(7%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
246IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
9mg
(10%)
Calcium
9mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1(as
Amount Per Serving
Calories 175
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 175kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Protein | 16g | 32% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 97mg | 32% |
| Sodium | 298mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 262mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 246IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 9mg | 10% |
| Calcium | 9mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.