Drunken Abalone

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Ingredients

Wash the abalones. Boil a pot of water. Turn off heat and put the abalones into the hot water for 1 minute.
Clean the abalone with tooth brush. Then take it out from the shell and remove the organs.
Prepare a bowl of ice water
Steam the cleaned abalones over high heat for 3 minutes.
Immediately put the abalones into the ice water. Soak it for about 30 minutes to allow it to cool. This will make it chewy and irresistible.
Pour 250ml chicken stock into a pot. Add Angerlics, star anise and rock sugar. Turn on heat. Once boiled turn to low heat and boil for 5 minutes. Then add in wolf berry and turn off heat. Move aside to cool.
Take out Angelica, star anises and bay leaf. Add in 100ml of wine, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce and 1 tablespoon of soy sauce.
Cut a cross on each abalone so that it will be more easily absorb the chicken stock. Pour the cooled chicken stock into the cooled abalones and refrigerate for 2 days.