White Wine Mussels
Servings Prep Time
2people 10minutes
Cook Time
10minutes
Servings Prep Time
2people 10minutes
Cook Time
10minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
Wash the mussels
  1. Clean the mussels well by removing the beard and damaged shells. Dry them well and set aside.
Cooking pasta
  1. In a pot with salted water, add in pasta by twisting it in the middle with your hand. It allows the pasta to sit in the pot evenly.
Cooking mussels
  1. In a deep pot over medium heat, add butter and let it melt. Add shallots, garlics, and pepper flakes and cook for 30 secs. Add lemon zest and cook for another 30 secs.
  2. Pour the white wine and let it simmer for 1 minutes until it evaporates. Pour vegetable stock and bring to a boil.
  3. Add the mussels in the pot, stir well and quickly cover with the lid. Cook for 1 minute.
  4. Open the lid and stir the mussels again. Cover and cook for another 2 minutes.
  5. Open the lid and stir well. Add thyme & parsley. Mix well and cook for an extra minute. Then remove the mussels from heat. (When using fresh mussels, cook until the mussels are opened. Discard the ones not opened well.)
  6. Drain the pasta well, and rinse with cold water (to increase chewiness).
  7. Serve the mussels with pasta & toasted bread while hot!
Recipe Notes

In this recipe I use frozen pre-cooked mussels, because it is difficult for me to get access to fresh ones. It is always better to use fresh seafood if you have access to them. The process is the same. Just remember if you are using fresh mussels. Check that they all opened well when you open the lid last time. If there are some mussels didn’t opened that means they are not so fresh, so you might just want to discard them.

If you are using frozen mussels like me, just make sure to defrost them well before start cleaning.

If you don’t like white wine, change it to the same amount of vegetable stock.