1. Ingredients for Abalone Rice Porridge
-Main ingredients: abalone and its guts
-Side ingredient: sticky rice
2. Taste Evaluation
-Hot taste: ☆☆☆☆☆
-Salty taste: ★☆☆☆☆
-Sweet taste: ☆☆☆☆☆
-Sour taste: ☆☆☆☆☆
-Savor: ★★★★☆
3. A Brief Introduction To Abalone Rice Porridge 전복죽
“Porridge” is one kind of Korean Traditional food. It tastes like “soup” because it is boiled well with soaked rice, meat, seafood, vegetable and grain. There are many kinds of porridge. “Abalone rice porridge” is famous among them.
Abalone has been the most expensive shellfish. Not only that, as it is highly nutritional food, it has been health food for pregnant women, elderly people and patients.Abalone, which is high class food item, was dedicated to King from Jeju.
Abalone has been indigenous product of Jeju so far. People usually ate the flesh of abalone, but one haenyeo made porridge with guts of abalone, which became abalone rice porridge.
To make abalone rice porridge, you should fry sticky rice with sesame oil, and put abalone and its guts. The flesh of abalone is chewy but soft. You can smell aromatic sea fragrance.
According to the freshness of abalone, Korean people either put its guts or not. Abalone guts are used only when it is fresh. It is green-colored and has unusual scent. It tastes a little bitter. If you use frozen abalone, you should not put guts to make it taste light. Jeju's abalone has been famous product for being dedicated to the King.
There are many restaurants run by haenyeo in Jeju. Haenyeo catch natural abalone by herself, and make various food with it. If you take a summer vacation in Jeju, you should try abalone rice porridge.
4. The Kinds of Abalone Rice Porridge
Frozen abalone is usually used in Seoul or Gyeonggi-do Province, so guts are not put in porridge. On the other hand, there are a lot of natural abalone in the southern sea of Korea, and Jeju. So local people usually eat green abalone rice porridge made of fresh abalone guts. Some shiitake mushroom or vegetables are put in porridge with abalone.
5. The Way To Enjoy Delicious Abalone Rice Porridge
Abalone rice porridge is highly nutritious. And porridge is easy to digest, so it is good for sick people.
If you try it, you should eat green abalone rice porridge made of fresh abalone guts. It tastes a little bitter, but deep. It is something that can't be placed into words.
In the old days, people who lived inland area could not eat fresh abalone due to poor transportation system. Nowadays, however, you can enjoy abalone rice porridge with guts from all over the country.
