Cali seafood cooks, recipes please!

[CraigC]

A friend sent me a frozen abalone he harvested while free diving. Complete virgin with this protein. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[Kayelle]

I haven't had it since I was a child Craig. It's always been hard to come by here, and for a time all harvesting of it was illegal in California. I remember it being quite tasty, pounded thin and breaded.
Came across this interesting article for those of us who know little about free diving harvesting.
Free-Diving for Abalone in Northern California - WSJ

 

[Dawgluver]

My understanding is that you beat the heck out of it, and use it as you would use conch. I think I recall Giada or another TV chef doing that.

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

My Dad use to pound the heck out of it and it went into an Abalone and Watercress soup. We'd pick out the meat and leave the Watercress
I think that it's a Chinese dish actually... it was very good, just don't like the cress
Oh, sorry. I'm not a Cali girl, but we did have alot of it in Hawaii

 

[CraigC]

Thanks folks! I'm used to preparing conch and have a 5# box in the deep freezer. I'll treat the abalone the same.