Green Thai Mussels
There is a couple of things you need to remember with a seafood recipe like Green Thai Mussels. Make sure you rinse and stir mussels under cold running fresh water. Mussels will cook quickly 3 – 4 minutes generally, if you find one mussel doesn’t open, then throw it out.
Green Thai mussels recipe
Ingredients
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- 2 tsp olive oil
- 3 tsp Thai green curry paste
- ¾ cup light coconut milk
- 1 tbsp. fish sauce
- 1kg pot-ready muscles
- 1 tbsp. brown sugar
- 1 tbsp. lime juice
- 4 large carrots, sliced
- 1 bunch snake beans, cut into 8cm lengths
- 115 g baby corn, halved
- 1/3 cup fresh coriander leaves
- 2 cups steamed basmati rice.
Method
Heat the oil in a deep saucepan over medium heat.
Cook curry paste, stirring for 30 seconds.
Add coconut milk and ¾ cup water.
Stir in fish sauce, sugar and juice.
Add carrots, beans and corn. Stir to combine.
Reduce heat and bring the mixture to a simmer. Add muscles.
Cover, Cook for 3-4 minutes or until mussels open.
Serve over boiled rice. Top with coriander.
Serves 4
If you want to experiment with more seafood recipes try a seafood cookbook like The Pacific Northwest Seafood Cookbook: Salmon, Crab, Oysters, and More, available from AMAZON.
