Best Steamed Mussels
From osufan01 14 years ago
- 17 minutes to make
- Serves 2
This is a very easy but full of flavor steamed mussel dish. We can only get them every so often in Oklahoma, so when they're available i always make these.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds mussels shopping list
- extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- 3 Tbs butter shopping list
- 2 leeks, white parts only, finely chopped shopping list
- 4 cloves garlic minced shopping list
- 1/4 bunch fresh thyme shopping list
- 1 cup white wine shopping list
- 1/4cup chopped fresh parsely shopping list
How to make it
- Rinse the mussels under cold running water while scrubbing with a vegetable brush.
- Remove the stringy mussel beards with your thumb and index finger as you wash them, dicard any open or broken shels.
- Heat 1Tbs olive oil and 1 Tbs butter in a large pot over medium heat.
- Add the leeks, garlic, and thyme and cook until vegetables cook down, about 5 mins.
- Add the Mussels and give everthing a good toss, add the wine.
- Cover and steam over medium-high heat for 10 mins, stir occasionally untill the musels open and all in contact with the heat.
- Add the remaining 2 Tbs of butter and a drizzle of olive oil to the sauce in the pot, swirl to incorporate.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle with the parsley, serve immediately.
- Serve with hot crusty bread to dip into the sauce....Yum!
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