Amazing Red Curry Thai Mussels
Mussels are one of our favorite meals and have been for so long. They are a feast on their own but can be easily added to other dishes too. Cooking them in a Thai red curry sauce just brings them to a whole other level of goodness.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 1248kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 5 pounds fresh mussels cleaned and debearded
- 1/3 cup fresh lime juice
- 13 oz can full fat coconut milk don’t use the lite coconut milk
- 1/3 cup dry white wine
- 3 Tbsp Thai red curry paste
- 1 ½ Tbsp garlic minced
- 1 Tbsp Asian fish sauce
- 1 Tbsp white sugar
- 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves and stems, coarsely chopped
- Green onion chopped (optional)
- Kosher salt sprinkle finishing salt over the mussels just before serving
Instructions
- In a large stockpot, add the coconut milk, fresh lime juice, white wine, Thai red curry paste, minced garlic, fish sauce, and white sugar.
- Heat over medium heat, stirring until the sugar and the curry paste are dissolved. Then bring to a boil and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Add the mussels, cover the pot, and continue to boil and steam the mussels for 5 – 8 minutes, stirring occasionally until the mussels are opened.
- Remove from the heat and discard any mussels that did not open.
- You can carefully transfer the mussels and sauce into a large serving dish or spoon into individual serving bowls.
- Sprinkle with a few pinches of finishing Kosher salt and generously sprinkle the chopped cilantro and green onion if used.
- Serve with sliced baguette; enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 1248kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 143g | Fat: 46g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 329mg | Sodium: 3027mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g