🤑 Making the most EXPENSIVE seafood dish (Abalone with Lettuce 鮑魚生菜)

Watch as my dad prepares one of the fanciest and most expensive seafood dishes ever, Abalone with Lettuce! He’ll teach you how to prepare each precious ingredient from the mushrooms to the lettuce to, of course, the abalone.

Canned Abalone: https://amzn.to/3WIgMnL

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🍴 RECIPE + INGREDIENTS🍴

Check out our blog for an adjustable list of ingredients and step-by-step videos:
https://madewithlau.com/recipes/abalo...

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🍳 COOKWARE WE USE/LOVE 🍳

- Electric Burner: https://geni.us/electricburner
- Non-Stick Wok: https://geni.us/nonstickwok
- Carbon Steel Wok: https://geni.us/carbonsteelwok
- Non-Stick Pan: https://shrsl.com/305jb
- Carbon Steel Pan: https://shrsl.com/305j9
- Stainless Steel Skillet: https://shrsl.com/305j8
- Cookware Set: https://shrsl.com/305j7
- 8 Quart Pot: https://shrsl.com/305j6
- Cookware Collections: https://shrsl.com/305j5

- Pan Protector: https://shrsl.com/305j0
- Carbon Steel Seasoning Wax: https://shrsl.com/305iz

🔪 KNIVES WE USE/LOVE 🔪
- Dad's 40 year old Chinese Chef Knife: https://geni.us/dadschefknife, https://geni.us/Vtjn
- Chef Knife: https://shrsl.com/305is
- Santoku Knife: https://shrsl.com/305iu
- Starter Knife Set: https://shrsl.com/305iw

- Sharpening Stone Set: https://shrsl.com/305iy

👨‍🍳 KITCHEN ACCESSORIES WE USE/LOVE 👨‍🍳
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- Cutting Board: https://shrsl.com/305j2
- Instant Read Thermometer #1: https://geni.us/bluetooththermometer
- Instant Read Thermometer #2: https://geni.us/wirelessthermometer
- Food Scale: https://geni.us/ourfoodscale

🍜 DAD'S SPECIAL INGREDIENTS 🍜

If you don't live near an Asian market, you buy these online / on Amazon:
- Sesame Oil: https://geni.us/bPkD
- Handcrafted Soy Sauce: https://bit.ly/handcrafted-soysauce
- Light Soy Sauce: https://geni.us/h5GrZ
- Light Soy Sauce (Handcrafted): https://bit.ly/premiumlightsoysauce
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- Dark Soy Sauce (Handcrafted): https://bit.ly/premiumdarksoysauce
- Rice Cooking Wine: https://geni.us/ZHJK
- Premium Oyster Sauce: https://bit.ly/gfoystersauce, https://geni.us/BplS8
- Chili Oil: https://geni.us/DX1vm
- Hoisin Sauce: https://geni.us/lmBz0
- Chicken Bouillon: https://geni.us/2Eu7CU
- Shaoxing Cooking Wine: https://geni.us/M93Zer

Options for Vegetarian Oyster Sauce
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- https://geni.us/nf17

Options for Gluten Free Oyster Sauce
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- https://geni.us/C9ABB

Note: These links are affiliate links, which means that if you use our links to purchase these ingredients, our family earns a small amount for the sale - at no extra cost to you. If you use these links, we really appreciate the support!


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🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗

Coastal Foraging:    • Fisherman catches abalone, conch and ...  
Noal Farm:    • Seagold Farm Technology - Abalone Far...  
California Bountiful TV:    • Abalone Farm  
Atlas Obscura (article on Chinese fishermen): https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...
The Archaeology of Abalones: https://www.nps.gov/articles/archeolo...

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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲

00:00 - Prepare dried shiitake mushrooms
01:22 - Prepare lettuce
01:58 - On lettuce symbolism
02:24 - Create sauce
02:52 - Cut ingredients
03:32 - Blanch lettuce
05:06 - Start stir-fry
06:49 - Add abalone liquid
07:19 - Plate lettuce
07:35 - Add abalone
07:45 - Abalone symbolism & history
09:26 - What type of abalone to buy
10:01 - Add sauce
11:09 - Plate & serve

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💛 OUR FAMILY 💛

Learn more about the Lau family, and why we started this channel + blog:
https://madewithlau.com/family

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🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵

Produced by Randy Lau, Grace Phan-Nguyen
Edited by Willard Chan, Nicole Cheng
Translation by Arlene Chiu, David Loh

Intro Flute Music - Performed by Daddy Lau
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