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Description
Cong shao hai shen (葱烧海参, scallion-braised sea cucumber) is considered one of the most challenging and prestigious preparations in the Shandong culinary canon — a test of both ingredient preparation skill and sauce-building technique. Sea cucumber (海参, hai shen) must undergo an elaborate rehydration process before cooking; the finished dish should have a sea cucumber that is silky, deeply savoury, and saturated with a glossy scallion-braised sauce, resting in a pool of intensely flavoured braising liquid that has been reduced to a near-glaze.
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