Steps to Prepare Homemade Steamed Mussels

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, steamed mussels. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Steamed Mussels is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Steamed Mussels is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook steamed mussels using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Steamed Mussels:

1. Make ready 5 lbs fresh mussels
2. Make ready 1/2 cup white wine (pinot grigio works the best)
3. Get 6 cloves garlic
4. Get 5-6 shallots
5. Make ready 1 tbsp oil/butter
6. Get Red pepper flakes or crushed red peppers (for tasting or more if you like a little kick)
7. Make ready Salt for tasting

Steps to make Steamed Mussels:

1. Wash the mussels under water
2. Finely slice the shallots and garlic
3. Heat up the butter/oil in a pan on med-high heat
4. When the butter is melted or the oil is heated up, put in the shallots and garlic. Cook them until it's fragrant.
5. Put the mussels in with the wine. Stir to combine. You may need to lower the heat down to medium.
6. Put a lid on top and let them steam for 5 mins. After 5 minutes, you should see the mussel shells opening up. Stir them a bit to mix it up.
7. Put the lid back on and let them steam for about 2 mins and stir again. Do this until all the mussel shells are all open. The mussels are cooked when all their shells open up.
8. Sprinkle the red pepper flakes on top and serve while hot.

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