Abalone can be cooked by steaming for about 10 minutes.

But usually there is no clear time to steam abalone, and its size, the fire has a great correlation, if you cut the small abalone on the pot to steam for 5-8 minutes can be, if the head is larger, the steaming time will be longer, need to be 10-15 minutes, you can judge for yourself. However, it is best to control the steaming time to about 10 minutes, so as to maximize the retention of nutritional value.

Abalone is one of the most valuable "sea treasures", delicious flavor, rich in nutrients, known as the ocean "soft gold". Abalone is a valuable edible marine shellfish, known as "table gold, the crown of the sea treasures", its meat is tender, nutritious.

Abalone has extremely rich and highly valuable meat, which is considered a culinary delicacy. Among the world's most expensive seafood, abalone snails are usually sold in shell, frozen or canned. While it can be eaten raw or added to other dishes, it is usually cut into thick cutlets and fried.

How to choose abalone:

1, look at the body shape: good abalone body shape is complete, there are defects will affect the taste, so we should pick the body shape is more complete abalone.

2, look at the freshness: abalone fresh is better, healthy adult abalone color pink, itself does not have any odor, abalone is generally juicy and a little slippery, pick the time the fresher the better.

3, look at the color: good abalone color is very deep, so pick the time to pick the color is deeper, the body has a white band of secretions and other different colors of the spots of abalone may not be very healthy, this do not pick.

4, look at the whole: waist more round back thicker abalone is generally more delicious, abalone bead edge uniform and without any gap and crack abalone quality is better.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia - Abalone