Drunken Cockles 醉酣

Ingredients:

500g Cockles
2 Red Chilli, de-seed and chop finely
2 tablespoon Minced Garlic
1/2 tablespoon Sesame oil
1/2 tablespoon Mirin or Chinese Cooking Wine
1/2  tablespoon Fish Sauce
A sprig of spring onion

Method: 

1- soak the cockles in salt water to let it spit out the sand
2- scrub clean the shells of the cockles
3- in a bowl, mix the seasonings; sesame oil, cooking wine/ mirin, fish sauce, spring onion and chop garlic.  Set it aside.
4- Boil a pot of water that is sufficient to cover all the cockles.
5- Throw in the cockles when the water is boiling
6- Count to 5 and drain away all the hot water.
7- Submerge it straight into a pot of cool or tap water
8- Remove half of the shell and arrange it nicely facing up in a container.
9- Place the prepared seasonings on top of the cockles
10- Leave it to chill in the fridge for about 1/2an hr before serving