Although we can eat all kinds of seafood anytime if we have enough money to buy the seafood from the world. But we still want to buy some seasonal fresh seafood at our local market to cook. It’s like the fresh conch that I want to recommend to you today. Although there are many conch recipes in the Chinese style, we want to cook the easiest one.
The conch in this season is very plump. The small conch can be used for blanching and then cooking with wine. The large conch can be used for cooking Chinese conch recipes that are stir-fried with fermented black beans. The price of seafood has been affected by the epidemic and has dropped a lot recently. Everyone may wish to buy some to eat!
Conch is a typical delicacy on our table, and it is also an excellent appetizer because it is rich in vitamins, protein, calcium, and iron, and is simple and delicious. It is loved by the public. Conch is indispensable in the summer night market, and the delicious meat always makes people linger.
Most people like to eat conch by steaming or boiling, one is because of convenience, and the other is to eat the original flavor of the conch meat itself. Today, let’s change the method and share with you a stir-fried conch which is paired with tempeh, fresh, and tastes good.
If you like to watch the detailed recipe video, you can watch it below.
How To Make Chinese Conch Recipe
Step 1: Boil Conch
Firstly, we should prepare 1900 grams of conch. Choose a large, plump conch like these. Then add three liters of water to the pot. After the water boils, pour in the conch and cook for five minutes. Stir with a skimmer spoon from time to time. Try to cook the dirt out of the conch completely. After turning off the heat, use a skimmer spoon to scoop up the conch. Put them on a plate. Save them for later.
Step 2: Take Out The Conch Meat
Next, we need to take out the conch meat. The conch meat is particularly plump and thick. It can be pulled out by hand. If it is a smaller conch, it is recommended to use a toothpick to pick it out.
Step 3: Clean The Conch Meat
Next, we should prepare a large bowl filled with water. Pour the conch meat in. Rub them by hand. Try to remove the dirty stuff in the tail of the conch meat. And keep only the conch meat. Wash as clean as possible. After washing them three times, take them out. Save them for later.
Step 4: Cut The Conch Meat
Next, we need to cut the clean conch meat into small pieces like this. Put them on a plate. Save them for later.
Step 5: Prepare Other Ingredients
Next, we need to prepare 19 grams of ginger and 33 grams of garlic. Pat the ginger twice with the back of the knife. Cut it up. Then pat the garlic twice with the back of the knife. Mix it with ginger. Chop them up. Put them on a plate. Save them for later.
Step 6: Cook The Chinese Conch Recipe
Now we can start to cook the Chinese conch recipe. Firstly, we should turn on the heat. Then add two tablespoons of peanut oil in. And then pour in the chopped ginger and garlic. Stir fry. Then pour in one tablespoon fermented black bean. Continue to stir fry. After stir-frying, pour in the conch meat.
And continue to stir-fry. Then add one tablespoon soy sauce, one teaspoon oyster sauce, one teaspoon cooking wine, four tablespoons of water in turn. And finally, add an eighth teaspoon of salt. Continue to stir fry evenly. The Chinese Conch Recipe is done now. The conch meat cooked in this way is particularly tasty and crisp. Hope you can enjoy it!
Chinese Conch Recipe
Ingredients(affiliate link)
- 1900 g conch
- 1 piece ginger
- 5 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 tablespoon fermented black beans
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon cooking wine
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Firstly, we should prepare 1900grams of Chinese conch. Choose a large, plump conch like these. Then add threeliters of water to the pot. After the water boils, pour in the conch and cookfor five minutes. Stir with a skimmer spoon from time to time. Try to cook thedirt out of the conch completely. After turning off the heat, use a skimmerspoon to scoop up the conch. Put them on a plate. Save them for later.
- Next, we need to take out theconch meat. The conch meat is particularly plump and thick. It can be pulledout by hand. If it is a smaller conch, it is recommended to use a toothpick topick it out.
- Next, we should prepare a largebowl filled with water. Pour the conch meat in. Rub them by hand. Try to removethe dirty stuff in the tail of the conch meat. And keep only the conch meat.Wash as clean as possible. After washing them three times, take them out. Savethem for later.
- Next, we need to cut the cleanconch meat into small pieces like this. Put them on a plate. Save them forlater.
- Next, we need to prepare 19 gramsof ginger and 33 grams of garlic. Pat the ginger twice with the back of theknife. Cut it up. Then pat the garlic twice with the back of the knife. Mix itwith ginger. Chop them up. Put them on a plate. Save them for later.
- Now we can start to cook theChinese conch recipe. Firstly, we should turn on the heat. Then add twotablespoons of peanut oil in. And then pour in the chopped ginger and garlic.Stir fry. Then pour in one tablespoon fermented black bean. Continue to stirfry. After stir-frying, pour in the conch meat. And continue to stir-fry. Thenadd one tablespoon soy sauce, one teaspoon oyster sauce, one teaspoon cookingwine, four tablespoons of water in turn. And finally, add an eighth teaspoon ofsalt. Continue to stir fry evenly. The Chinese Conch Recipe is done now. Theconch meat cooked in this way is particularly tasty and crisp. Hope you canenjoy it!
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