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Chilli Mussels With Thai Basil

Here's how you make Chilli Mussels With Thai Basil
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 30m
  • Cook: 10m
    • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 kilograms raw mussels
  • 2 tablespoon oil (vegetable oil)
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped shallots (or onions, finely chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons grated gingerroot
  • 2 tablespoons fresh minced garlic
  • 2 red chillies (long the mild ones chopped)
  • 1 hot chilli (small chopped and to your taste)
  • 1/4 cup fish sauce
  • 4 cups cooked rice (hot steamed, to serve)
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil (Thai basil, roughly chopped)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: When ready to cook pull the beards (stringy bits) from the mussels.

  • Step 2: Any mussels which do not close when tapped should be discarded as these are the ones which are dead - not the ones that don't open when cooked that are too often wrongly paraded as the bad guys.

  • Step 3: Heat the oil in a wok or large pan and add the mussels, shallots, ginger, garlic and chilli and as the mussels start to open, add the fish sauce and continue to toss until all have opened.

  • Step 4: Serve on the steamed rice with a generous scatter of the Thai basil.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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