[elliemay]

A friend went diving and gave me some abalone. Beyond pounding it I am lost! Do I just bread it and fry? Help!!!

[?? fisherman]

Are ya ready? I just decided to look at some of these and found a bunch, so hang on and I will put a bunch of links here for you.

I havent had abalone in a very long time, but as a kid we had it often and I loved ab sandwiches!!

Here ya go, take your pick, but my personal favorite is the basic breaded sandwiches.

Abalone Recipes

Abalone Recipes - Breaded Abalone Delight

Abalone recipes

Abalone Diving, Breaded Steak Recipes

The unknown fisherman

[johnnylite]

Just a little seasoned flour at the most. Little light egg wash dredge in flour then throw it in the pan with some olive oil. 1-2 minutes tops. It'll taste like abalone instead of breading.

[elliemay]

Thanks guys.

[Az.monkey]

Abolone is toxic and unhealthy to eat and must be disposed of by a licensed disposal person, I'll swing by and pick it up and properly dispose of it for you Jules, I'm licensed

[elliemay]

Ha ha Karl, I haven't had Abolone since I was a kid. I didn't think there were any left in the ocean. If you want to drive over tonight I will be glad to share.

Originally Posted by Az.monkey

Abolone is toxic and unhealthy to eat and must be disposed of by a licensed disposal person, I'll swing by and pick it up and properly dispose of it for you Jules, I'm licensed

[elliemay]

Holy shit, I just looked at it, it's huge! Not you Karl, the Abolone. It is like a big steak. I thought he gave me a bunch of little ones. So, it is all cleaned but there is a piece at the bottom where it was connected to the shell. So I eat that too? I'll cut it off and fry it up anyway.

[johnnylite]

Just don't overcook it. It's kind of like cooking squid.

[Fred's]

slice, pound, egg, bread crumbs, cook for about 10sec on each side in a little butter

[Skip Jackson]

Shoulda called, I use my belt buckle to pound abs

[Az.monkey]

Originally Posted by elliemay

Holy shit, I just looked at it, it's huge! Not you Karl, the Abolone. It is like a big steak. I thought he gave me a bunch of little ones. So, it is all cleaned but there is a piece at the bottom where it was connected to the shell. So I eat that too? I'll cut it off and fry it up anyway.

Hater ! I might not bottom out, but I can tear up the sides !

[swordswizzle]

We do it lots of different ways up here. One of the easiest and tastyest ways is to clean it down to the white meat. Pound the living shit out of the entire hunk of meat, make some slits to shove in some garlic cloves here and there, smother it in olive oil, salt and pepper, wrap in tin foil and barbeque on a webber indirectly for about half an hour. yummy.

[swordswizzle]

Check that, How big are the abs? When I say half an hour that is for a red ab. We get them at "sack a 9's cove" in Sonoma County. So if there smaller cook accordingly

[swordswizzle]

Ok Julie, you seem like a culinary type. I'll throw it out there for ya
Heres the real secret, First of all your abs most still be alive. Check it out. Get a couple of cinder blocks or 6x6 timbers, lay them parallel to each other, think of the shell as a bridge. place the ab between them so that the meat has no support. Within a couple of minutes the ab will completely relase. Break out your louisville slugger or something similar and with one good whack hit the top of the shell with all you got. The ab will die before it gets a chance to tighten up. All the above recipes are great, you really cannot go wrong.
Cheers

[Waiohinu Lawaia]

When my friends gave mae a few abs, a sliced em up real thin and made some sashimi, it was the shit.

Then cooked up the rest breaded VERY lightly, cooked until just golden...

[BluefinCurly]

try using crumbled Macadamia nuts instead of Panko or bread crumbs too

and I much prefer clarified butter for sauteing Abalone