Steamed Mussels in Chinese Wine
Steamed mussels in Chinese wine
This is easy to whip up at home and so affordable too. I bought 500g mussels at the supermarket for only S$1. I can’t believe how cheap it is to cook this at home. The steps are so easy, this is truly fuss-free cooking at its best. Great for busy weekday nights.
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Ingredients
Serves 2- 500g mussels, scrubbed, beards pull out, discard shells which are broken/chipped (optional: soak in salt water for 1 hour for the mussels to purge out the sand)
- 1/4 cup Chinese wine (see cooking note 1)
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 chilli padi, deseeded, sliced finely (adjust to your liking)
- 2 shallots, chopped finely
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped finely
- 3 slices ginger
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- a few coriander leaves, roughly chopped (for garnishing)Directions
1. Heat oil in wok. Stir fry chilli, shallot, garlic, ginger till fragrant.
2. Add mussels, wine and water, stir evenly to coat mussels in the wine, cover with lid and cook for about 5 minutes. Discard any shells that don’t open. Stir in some coriander leaves for garnishing and serve with rice.
Cooking Notes
1) The Chinese wine usually used in cooking is Hua Diao Jiu 花雕酒 or Shao Xing Jiu 绍兴酒.
2) You can substitute with white wine or sake if you do not have Chinese wine in your pantry.
3) If you add more mussels, increase cooking time by a few more minutes, and halfway through, stir the mussels so that those on top gets to the bottom to ensure even cooking.
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What a bargain! A simple and delicious recipe!
Wow, that is in fact very cheap! Love the fragrant of Chinese wine in this mussels.
Those are beautiful mussels with the blue tips! I’m always surprised at how inexpensive they are. This sounds delicious with ginger and garlic!
Mussels here are cheap but lately they are real cheap…$1/lb! That’s why I love mussels…delish & cheap!
Love all the times where you featured mussels. I know you like to cook with them too ;)
I love mussels! 500g for $1 is really cheap! I pay £4 for 1kg….real expensive :(
oh but I think the ones sold in your area are the black shell types. I think they taste better and would have cost a lot more in Singapore. In fact I’ve been looking for some black shells mussels to cook :D
OOooo..i can imagine how good and sweet the mussel broth is..yummy! Hopefully they have fresh mussels at the market this weekend!
I think there is an abundance of fresh seafood in Australia! Missed the fresh lobsters, prawns, fish and shell fish … it is seafood paradise ;)
the mussels looked so amazingly lovely and freshness . . . one of my favourite dish too!
this is a steal and its yummy too!
The mussels looks so pretty… and cooked with wine… ah… perfect!
wiffy, i love a good mussels dish…but it’s rather challenging for me to find fresh mussels in the market nearest to me T_T….your mussel dish looks beautiful and i love the asian touches
but I think there are plenty of fresh seafood and mussels in the outlying islands? My sister told me she had one of her best seafood meals at an island in HK, I’m so jealous :halo:
I like mussels too, glad to learn making in Chinese way! Thanks for sharing!
I think the Chinese way (or at least my way) is the easy way out. No need to add coconut milk, expensive herbs or cream ;)
so cheap! are they fresh? I prefer clams to mussels…but when there are good mussels, they never go pass me too :D
I like clams too. In fact all kinds of shell fish. I think the ones I bought are quite fresh because all of them opened!
I don’t like mussels, but I love to sip the broth. :P
Yes, funnily, the broth is my fave part too :P that’s why I try to scrub the shells cleanly :wink:
Which supermarket you go to? I don’t remember it is that cheap!
humble NTUC! I’ve seen similar cheap mussels at shop n save, and cold storage as well. :-)
I went during the weekend and bought 7 mussels for 2.26 dollars at AMK NTUC. Which NTUC branch you go to?
seven?! what type you buy? Maybe it’s a better/bigger grade of mussels? Is it black/green like what you see in the photo as well? I bought mine at NTUC white sands. But I saw similar price (maybe slightly more expensive) at Taka’s cold storage!
I am also eyeing for fresh mussels in the supermarket but still haven’t found a good bargain like yours. You are really a great shopper. They go well with pasta too. ;)
For the past few weeks, this has been the prices I see. I bet you can even find a better deal at the market ;) Yeah, I like to get the smaller “lala” clams for making vongole too :)
Look at those mussels… so fresh, juicy and delicious! I bet it must be very satisfying just to savor with it.
i loooove mussels!! nice shot, and i am sure yummy too. to me you are a genius. absolutely no idea how to handle mussels, let alone cook them ….
I think the difficulty level of this dish is more “noob” (beginner) than “genius” which suit my level of competency in the kitchen … lol
Cheap, quick and a delicious recipe of mussels…I’d like to try it with mirin :)
Cheers!
Gera
sounds good, I think it’ll be nice to add some sake too if you have it ;)
Those mussels are so colorful and green!! Lovely photo!
This is a lovely mussel dish with all its natural flavor intact! I haven’t bought mussels here before. Never knew they are THAT cheap!! Hokay…next week I shall go buy some at NTUC.
These look sooo good. Your photo is fantastic. I love those colourful shells.
Thanks … and welcome! :-)
I wish I can get such cheap mussels here too! I rarely see fresh mussels sold at my local supermarket..how sad.
looks delicious and certainly cheap!
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haha, that’s a really funny phrase :D
This looks like another must-try recipe!
Lovely dish! I keep see it in my wet market too!
This meal has everything … simple, inexpensive but above all beautiful. :-)
Mussels are always the perfect photographer’s “model.” These green-lipped beauties just add to the allure. A fast and elegant meal, Wiffy. You sure you’re a noob? :-)
I had it today,this is really nice and delicious, WOW!!
are they really that cheap! I’ve always only seen them frozen… maybe i’ve been looking in the wrong places!