Thai mussels with red curry sauce
30 min
These Thai mussels make a lovely dinner. The red curry sauce goes well with the mussels. Mussels are very easy to cook so this dish is ready in less than 30 mins.
2 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 2
- 1kg of fresh mussels (cleaned)
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 shallots finely chopped
- 2 lemongrass stalks chopped coarsely
- 2 tbsp Thai red curry paste
- 400ml light coconut milk
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- small bunch fo fresh coriander finely chopped
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:10min ›
Ready in:30min
- Heat the oil in a large pan (big enough to add the mussels in and be able to stir them around)
- Fry shallots gently with lemongrass.
- Once shallots are soft and golden, add the red curry paste and fry for 2 mins.
- Add coconut milk and fish sauce.
- Add mussels. Cover and cook for 5-8 mins until the mussels are open and cooked.
- Give the mussels a stir.
- Add fresh coriander and serve straight away.
- Discard any unopened mussels.
- Serve them with plain rice (cooked without salt as the mussels are a bit salty already).
