Mussels Steamed in Coconut Milk, Lime and Cilantro

Submitted by English_Rose

"Serve these Thai-inspired mussels with garlic bread for dunking."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 3-4

ingredients

• 1 large onion, chopped
• 5 -6 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 red chili peppers, deseeded and chopped
• 2 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
• 4 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 limes, juice only
• 3 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
• 4 1⁄2 lbs mussels, scrubbed

directions

1. Put the onion, garlic, chili peppers, coconut milk, fish sauce, lime juice and cilantro into a large saucepan. Bring to the boil and cook for about 8 minutes or until the onions are cooked.
2. Check that all the mussels are tightly closed. If one is open, tap it - if it closes it's good, but if any stay open, throw those ones out.
3. When the onions are cooked in the saucepan, throw in all the good mussels, put the lid on and cook until the mussels are widely open.
4. Serve the mussels in their shells with the broth and some garlic bread.

Reviews

[summerthing2003]

So I usually make muscles marinara when I get muscles off the beach near me, but I wanted to try something different. So we didn't have the fish sauce or hot peppers. Added some hot pepper flakes to my first bowl of broth, but wasn't really needed. The sauce was AWESOME! Honestly don't know if I will add the fish sauce next time as it was salty enough with no salt added! Super flavorful broth and the muscles were very tasty as well! Dipped bread in the sauce at the end and none left! Highly recommend this recipe!

 

[ChelseaW]

Oh man are these good! I used the chili garlic paste instead of peppers for spice but still added the other garlic as well. The sauce tastes bitter before steaming the mussels but the brine perfectly balances it. What a treat!

 

[Debbie Boere Vrou]

Very nice flavour and easy to make - entire family loved it. Some dunked bread in the sauce and some had it over pasta.

 

[c_beckwith32]

Excellent. Fabulous flavors. Very quick and easy. I served it in oversized soup bowls with slices of french baguettes.

 

[SSgtballard]

This was excellent. I used the sauce as it was and dipped the mussels in it - the whole family loved it