The whole abalone can be steamed in about 8- 10 minutes. If the abalone is big, it can be steamed for 2 minutes, and the steaming time should not be too long, otherwise it will easily get old and affect the taste. Abalone is a mollusk belonging to the family Abalone, which is distributed in the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and is known as "table gold, the crown of marine treasures". Abalone is covered with a thick calcareous shell. The single-walled shell is hard in texture, and the soft part has a large flat meat foot, which is oval, yellow and white, and likes to eat young algae.

The breeding season of abalone is their best fishing season. At this time, abalone meat is full, gonads are developed and the most plump, so it is called "July abalone fertilizer". After abalone is caught, it is difficult for fishermen to supply it to the market in fresh form, so abalone is generally divided into four products: fresh abalone, frozen abalone, dried abalone and canned abalone.