How to Clean and Prepare Abalone

How's it Done?
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Fishing 'How's It Done'

By Fishing & Food Editor Renee Shelton

How to Clean and Prepare Abalone:
Abalone must be tenderized before cooking.

Using a wooden spoon or heavy pallet, work around the edges to loosen the abalone flesh. Pry out the abalone by severing the muscle that connects the abalone to the shell.

Cut away the viscera and the dark skirting from the edges and dark skin from the top that covers the surface of the abalone. Remove the mouth and intestinal sac.

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Fishing 'How's It Done'
By Fishing & Food Editor Renee Shelton


Using a wooden spoon or heavy pallet, work around the edges to loosen the abalone flesh.	Pry out the abalone by severing the muscle that connects the abalone to the shell.

Cut away the viscera and the dark skirting from the edges and dark skin from the top that covers the surface of the abalone. Remove the mouth and intestinal sac.