Cooking Index - Cooking Recipes & IdeasThai Mussel Soup Recipe - Cooking Index

Thai Mussel Soup

Type: Fish, Shellfish
Courses: Soup
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs 681g / 24ozBlack mussels
1 tablespoon 15mlOil
4   Garlic cloves - minced
2 teaspoons 10mlMinced ginger
2 teaspoons 10mlMinced lemon grass
2 teaspoons 10mlMinced shallots
3 cups 711mlVegetable broth
1/4 cup 15g / 0.5ozMinced green onions
1/3 cup 78mlWhipping cream
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlRed pepper flakes
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Scrub mussels with stiff brush and pull off stringy "beard." Set aside.

Warm oil over medium heat in large skillet. Add garlic, ginger, lemon grass and shallots. Cook until fragrant and tender, about 5 minutes. Add broth and bring to boil. Simmer 5 minutes. Add mussels, cover and cook until mussels have fully opened, about 5 minutes.

Remove mussels to serving bowls and keep warm. Add onions, cream and red pepper flakes to pan. Cook 3 minutes. Strain soup over cooked mussels. Season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

This recipe yields 2 to 4 servings.

Each of 4 servings: 241 calories; 1,222 mg sodium; 66 mg cholesterol; 15 grams fat; 10 grams carbohydrates; 17 grams protein; 0.23 gram fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 08-04-1999

Rating

Average rating:

Unrated, please add a rating

Submit your rating:

Click a star to rate this recipe.