Steamed Mussels in Black Bean Sauce
35 minutes
This is a very good looking meal with the mussels opened and arranged on the serving plate then the hot black bean sauce poured over the top.
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 1 kg mussels
- oil, for cooking
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1.5 cm ginger, grated
- 2 stalks spring onions, finely diced
- 1 fresh red chilli, deseeded and diced
- 1 tablespoon black bean paste
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine
- 2 tablespoons mussel juice or water
- 1 pinch of sugar and pepper, to taste
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:35min
- Clean the mussels under cold water and remove beards. Discard the dead and broken ones. Place mussels on a dish in a steamer and steam until they are opened.
- Heat a little oil in frypan and saute the garlic, ginger, spring onions, chilli and black beans.
- Stir and add the soy sauce, rice wine, mussel juice and season. Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 1 minute.
- When mussels are cooked, discard the top shell and arrange on serving platter.
- Pour the sauce over the mussels and serve hot.
