Green mussels are a nutritious and delicious seafood that can be prepared in many dishes, but the best are the grilled dishes. Today, let’s join TasteVN to the kitchen to immediately make 2 dishes: grilled green mussels with garlic butter and grilled green mussels with parsley!
1. Grilled green mussels with garlic butter
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Preparation
2 hours
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Cooking
25 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Grilled Green Mussels with Garlic Butter For 2 people
Green mussels 600 gr Butter 40 gr Lemongrass a little Vietnamese coriander a little Minced garlic a little Common seasonings 10 gr (sugar/salt/cooking oil/oyster sauce/chili sauce/white wine)
How to make Grilled Green Mussels with Garlic Butter
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Preparing the mussels
After purchasing, soak the green mussels in water for 2 – 3 hours (add a few crushed or sliced chili peppers to the water to help the mussels expel dirt). Then, clean the shells and let them drain.
Prepare to boil water with smashed lemongrass to cook the mussels. Once the mussels open, use a strainer to take them out, separate the shells, and wash the mussel meat. Keep one shell aside, and place the mussel meat on the cleaned shell.
Tip: To clean the beards on each mussel, simply use your thumb and forefinger to pull back and forth to remove them. The beards on the mussels are not tasty but are still edible; you can also use a knife to cut them off.
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Making the garlic butter sauce
Prepare a pan on the stove, and when the pan is hot, add a little cooking oil. Once the oil is hot, add the minced garlic and sauté until fragrant (there’s no need to sauté the garlic until golden).
Reduce the heat, add 40g of butter, and stir until the butter melts. Then, add 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, a little oyster sauce, and a bit of chili sauce, and stir well to dissolve the seasonings before turning off the heat.
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Grilling mussels
Put garlic butter on each mussel (about 1 teaspoon of garlic butter on each mussel, placed on top of the mussel meat).
Prepare an electric stove and a grilling rack, evenly arrange the mussels on the rack and switch the stove to grilling mode. Since the mussels have been boiled, you only need to grill them until the garlic butter sauce seeps into the mussel meat.
Tip: Do not grill the mussels for too long as this will cause the mussel meat to shrink.
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Final product
Arrange the grilled mussels on a plate with a bit of herbs and it will taste much better if served with lime pepper sauce or green chili salt.
2. Grilled green mussels with parsley butter
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Preparation
2 hours
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Grilled Green Mussels with Parsley Butter Serves 2
Green mussels 1.5 kg Unsalted butter 57 gr Chopped parsley 3 tablespoons Lime 1 piece (cut in half) Common seasoning 10 gr (pepper/salt)
How to make Grilled Green Mussels with Parsley Butter
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Prepare the mussels
Soak the green mussels in water for 2 – 3 hours (add a few crushed or sliced chili peppers to the water to help the mussels expel dirt). Then, clean the mussel shells and let them drain.
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Make the parsley sauce
Heat 57g of butter over low heat. Then, turn off the stove, continue stirring, and add the finely chopped parsley.
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Grill the mussels
Prepare the grill and heat the grill rack over medium-high heat. Clean the grill rack and brush a little oil on it.
Place the mussels on the grill and grill for about 5 minutes until the mussels open. At the same time, place 2 halves of lemon on the grill.
Use tongs to remove each cooked mussel to a plate, discarding those that haven’t opened as they are dead before cooking.
Finished Product
Drizzle the prepared butter sauce and parsley over each mussel. Then, sprinkle salt and pepper to taste.
The grilled mussels are delicious, with tender mussel meat combined with the fragrant butter parsley sauce, extremely appealing!
How to Choose Fresh and Delicious Mussels
When buying mussels, you should observe whether the mussel shell is open or closed. If the shell is open, gently tap it; if it closes immediately, it indicates that the mussel is still alive.
Choose mussels with unbroken shells; if the shell is broken, those mussels are dead.
You can smell the mussels to check for a rotten odor; if there is any, the mussels are dead and should not be purchased.
Be sure to buy mussels from reputable stores or supermarkets to ensure the quality of the mussels.
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Grilled garlic butter green mussels and grilled parsley butter mussels are two dishes that are both delicious and easy to make, loved by everyone. We hope TasteVN’s sharing will be helpful for you when preparing this dish, wishing you success.
Recipe and reference images at wikihow.vn and the YouTube channel Cooking with You
