Mussels With Lemongrass

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 lbs mussels
• 2 cups water
• 6 cloves garlic, halved and crushed
• 4 shallots (finely chopped)
• 3 stalks lemongrass
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 2 tablespoons pepper
• 1 cup basil leaves

Recipe

• 1 wash and scrape the mussels.
• 2 discard any open ones.
• 3 bring the water to a boil in a large saucepan.
• 4 add shallots, garlic, lemongrass and fish sauce.
• 5 let this simmer 30min, bring water to boil, add mussels.
• 6 cover and boil for five minutes over high heat.
• 7 add salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle with basil leaves.
• 8 cover and cook a few minutes more before removing from the heat.
• 9 discard any mussels which have not opened during cooking.