Mussels alone make a superb supper.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 5 |
| Yield: | 5 servings |
Ingredients
- 10 pounds mussels, cleaned and debearded
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
Instructions
- Fill a large pot with mussels. Sprinkle chopped onions and garlic over the shellfish. Do not add water, as mussels produce all the water needed for steaming! Cook over high heat until most or all of the mussels open. Discard any that do not open.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 167 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 8 g |
| Cholesterol | 71 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 27 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Sodium | 393 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 2 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Simple and delicious!
This was a great basic recipe! Although I adjusted the garlic:mussel ratio. I had 2 pounds of mussels and used 4-5 cloves (garlic lover here) of garlic and a chopped medium white onion. I also added 1 Tbls of butter and juice of 1/2 a lemon. It came out EXCELLENT. Thank You! PS: Allrecipes.com wouldnt allow me to upload a picture due tothe requirements! Oh well, steamed mussels what more can u show 😛
if you add a cup of single cream just before serving this inproves this dish and gives it more flavour
Couldn’t be easier or more delicious. I’ll be using this recipe again and again. It was fun to listen to the mussels popping open in the pan.
This is a great base recipe for steaming mussels. I used mine in a salad and seasoned the greens with lemon, sea salt, pepper, and fresh parsley. I think the mussels could be bland on their own, but nice to add to another dish. Thanks!!
Simmered onion in a small amount of butter until translucent. Added garlic and a little apple juice for sweetness just before adding mussels. Yum.
Very good basic reciept
I was excited to make the mussels, but they turned out as a big disapointment. The mussels turned out flavorless and just really bland. It was truly missing other ingredients.
This was easy and delicious. It was just hard to keep warm while waiting for the rest of dinner to finish, but still good.