Seven cooling summer recipes that won’t overheat you or your kitchen
Summer is well and truly on its way in Hong Kong and the last place you want to be stuck is in a baking hot kitchen. Here are Susan Jung’s suggestions for quick, delicious dishes that will keep cooks feeling cool and refreshed
Click on dish names for the full recipes and cooking instructions.
1. Fresh abalone schnitzel with anchovy and caper mayonnaise (above)
When I lived in California, high-end seafood restaurants often served a simple but delicious dish of large abalone that had been sliced, pounded to tenderise, and dipped in batter and breadcrumbs before being pan-fried. I wanted to try making a similar dish using the small fresh abalone commonly available in Hong Kong. This is one of the easiest, quickest and most delicious ways to cook small fresh abalone.
2. Grilled razor clams with uni and karasumi
I use the grill element of my oven a lot, not just to brown the surface of foods that I’ve baked in the oven, but also to quickly cook dishes. This easy recipe takes less than 10 minutes to prepare from start to finish and is also quite luxurious because of the uni. The clams themselves only need to be cooked for about a minute, or until the clam meats starts to curl.