Asian Recipe ✓ Thai Steamed Mussels

Delicious and easy spicy Thai steamed mussels that can be finished in just thirty minutes.

Ingredients

• 5 pounds fresh mussels, scrubbed and debearded
• ⅓ cup fresh lime juice
• 1 (13.5 ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk
• ⅓ cup dry white wine
• 1 ½ tablespoons Thai red curry paste
• 1 ½ tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon Asian fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 2 cups chopped fresh cilantro

Cooking Directions

1. 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.
2. Remove from the heat and discard any unopened mussels. Pour mussels and liquid into a serving dish and toss with cilantro.

Nutrition Facts

• calories484.5
• carbohydrateContent21.4 g
• cholesterolContent105.9 mg
• fatContent24.4 g
• fiberContent1.2 g
• proteinContent48.3 g
• saturatedFatContent13.9 g
• sodiumContent1353.1 mg
• sugarContent2.7 g