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Super Easy Mussel Recipe
Super Easy Mussel Recipe
"A little bit of research online prepared me for my cooking experiment. You know what? It’s surprisingly easy. I nailed it on the first try with this steamed mussel recipe with white wine sauce. The recipe you see in this post is from my second try when I was a lot more confident cooking mussels and happy with the result. The truth is that if I can do it, you certainly can too. Here’s what I learned."
NotesChicken bone broth can be substituted with regular chicken broth. But the nutrition facts data will be different.
Serves4 People
Preparation Time10 min
Cooking Time15 min
Ingredients
- 2 pounds mussels
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt to taste
- 3 tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1/2 cup chicken bone broth
- lemon wedges and parsley for serving
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Clean all mussels by rinsing in cold water. Check if your mussels are debearded already.(Farm-raised mussels are usually debearded.) If not, debeard the mussels by removing a group of brown strings coming out of the side of the mussel. If you see any mussels with their shells open, tap them gently against the countertop. Discard the ones that don’t close. Also, discard the mussels with cracked shells.
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Melt the butter in a large wide-bottomed skillet or saucepan (with a lid) over medium-high heat. Add the onions, garlic and a pinch of salt. Sauté until translucent, about 2 minutes.
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Add sun-dried tomatoes, and red pepper flakes, and sauté until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
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Place all the mussels into the pan and pour white wine and chicken bone broth over the mussels.
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Immediately cover with the lid and let it cook for 5 minutes. Shake the pan once or twice with the lid on during cooking to distribute the mussels.
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After 5 minutes, open the lid and check the mussels. Pretty much all of them should be open by now. Discard the ones that are still closed. If you have too many closed ones, put the lid back on and let it cook for an additional 1-2 minutes.
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