Melissa's Mussels recipe

All Recipes Seafood Shellfish Mussels

Ingredients

5 pounds mussels, cleaned and debearded
1 large onion, diced
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
5 large cloves garlic, chopped
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
½ cup red wine
2 tablespoons peppercorns in brine, crushed

Nutrition Info

209.3 calories
carbohydrate: 16.7 g
cholesterol: 44.5 mg
fat: 1.4 g
fiber: 2 g
protein: 19.1 g
saturatedFat: 0.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 615.9 mg
sugar: 6.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. In a large pot (or the kitchen sink basin), soak the mussels 10 minutes in enough lightly salted cold water to cover.

  2. In a separate large pot, mix the onion, tomatoes, garlic, beer, wine, and peppercorns. Place the mussels in the pot, and bring to a boil. Cook 10 minutes, reduce heat to low, and continue cooking 5 minutes, until mussels open. Discard unopened mussels.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

Serve these mussels as an appetizer with some crusty bread or as a meal over linguini. It is sure to please mussel lovers!

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