Thai Steamed Mussels
photo by Rita1652 
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
ingredients
- 5 lbs fresh mussels, scrubbed and debearded
- 1⁄3 cup fresh lime juice
- 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk
- 1⁄3 cup dry white wine
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons Thai red curry paste
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon asian fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 2 cups chopped fresh cilantro
directions
- In a large stock pot, combine the lime juice, coconut milk, wine, curry paste, garlic, fish sauce and sugar; stir to dissolve sugar and curry paste and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Boil for 2 minutes then add mussels; cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until mussels are opened, 5 to 8 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and discard any unopened mussels; pour mussels and liquid into a serving dish and toss with cilantro.
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Reviews
- I am so glad my Superstore didn't have any PC Thai Green Curry Cooking sauce in a can an I had to use your recipe. I did 1/2 the whole thing and use bottled lime juice but it was still really good. I have saved the rest of the sauce to add to a curry later this week!
- I got this recipe from Epicurious and tried it on Saturday. I had yellow curry paste which was fine. The flavors of this are excellent, you must have a lot of bread for the sauce. I will make this one over and over again.
- As a person that grew up in Thailand and who has cooked Thai dishes for years, this one attracted my attention. Normally I use a green curry for seafoods, but this does seem to go well with the red. I'd definitely serve this with rice and maybe some finely sliced Thai chili peppers.
- I have made this recipe (with my variations) 3 or 4 times, and it always impresses. I am not a big "measurer" but I tend to add a few extra splashes of white wine and lime juice than is called for, I use "lite" coconut milk, I add at least a tablespoon-full of minced/fresh ginger, I usually use green curry paste instead of red (personal preference), and I add a generous splash of a fine white wine vinegar, and a spoonfull of minced (fresh) hot chillies (I like a serious "kick" in my curry). This is the perfect foundation receipe for thai-curry mussels!
- We really loved this. We tried it with clams instead of mussels, and had lots of French bread to soak up the sauce.
Tweaks
- I have made this recipe (with my variations) 3 or 4 times, and it always impresses. I am not a big "measurer" but I tend to add a few extra splashes of white wine and lime juice than is called for, I use "lite" coconut milk, I add at least a tablespoon-full of minced/fresh ginger, I usually use green curry paste instead of red (personal preference), and I add a generous splash of a fine white wine vinegar, and a spoonfull of minced (fresh) hot chillies (I like a serious "kick" in my curry). This is the perfect foundation receipe for thai-curry mussels!
- We really loved this. We tried it with clams instead of mussels, and had lots of French bread to soak up the sauce.
- I used 3 pounds of mussels that really filled my large wok I can`t see 5 pounds of mussels in any pot!It was hard to stir 3 pounds. I enjoyed these made with brown sugar and I used basil in place of cilantro because I`d have to eat all 3 pounds myself. But with basil DH helped me and we had plenty left over. Thanks for yumminess!
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