Thai Red Curry Mussels

Name: Thai Red Curry Mussels
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian, Asian
Ingredients: 397 grams can (about coconut milk; 2 Tbsps Thai or Vietnamese fish sauce; 59 milliliters roughly chopped fresh basil leaves, plus slivered leaves; 3 larges garlic cloves, chopped; 1 stalk lemongrass, cut into 3-in. pieces and crushed with a mallet or hammer; 1 Tbsp packed light brown sugar; 2 limes, cut into wedges; 1 kilograms mussels, scrubbed and beards* pulled off; 1 Tbsp peanut oil; 1 shallot, chopped; 2 Tbsps Thai red curry paste

Thai Red Curry Mussels is a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 24g of protein, 32g of fat, and a total of 453 calories. Not a lot of people really liked this hor d'oeuvre. Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, mussels, basil leaves, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the peanut oil you could follow this main course with the Salted Peanut Toffee Cookies as a dessert. It is a rather inexpensive recipe for fans of Indian food.

Instructions

Saut shallot and garlic in oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat until very fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Add lemongrass and cook 1 to 2 more minutes.

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Pour in coconut milk, then stir in curry paste, fish sauce, and sugar. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil.

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Add mussels, stir until well coated, and cover. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mussels open, 5 minutes. Stir in chopped basil and spoon into wide, shallow bowls, discarding any unopened mussels.

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Garnish with slivered basil and serve with lime.

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*Find curry paste in your market's Asian-foods aisle. A mussel's "beard" is the clump of filaments it uses to attach itself to rocks.

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Servings:

397grams

can (about coconut milk 2Tbsps

Thai or Vietnamese fish sauce 59milliliters

roughly chopped fresh basil leaves, plus slivered leaves 3larges

garlic cloves, chopped 1stalk

lemongrass, cut into 3-in. pieces and crushed with a mallet or hammer 1Tbsp

packed light brown sugar 2

limes, cut into wedges 1kilograms

mussels, scrubbed and beards* pulled off 1Tbsp

peanut oil 1

shallot, chopped 2Tbsps

Thai red curry paste

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Muscadet, Riesling

Chardonnay, Muscadet, and Riesling are my top picks for Shellfish. Buttery chardonnay is great for scallops, shrimp, crab, and lobster, while muscadet is a classic pick for mussels, oysters, and clams. If you've got some spice in your shellfish, a semi-dry riesling can balance out the heat. The La Crema Russian River Chardonnay with a 4.1 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 28 dollars per bottle.