roy's bacon mussels
Steamed mussels are one of my son's favorite dishes. I love them as well. We could lterally eat tons of these babies. With the addition of bacon and fennel, these mussels make one incredible appetizer. Cooking with Passion, sw:)
prep time
10 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Steam
yield
2-4 serving(s)
Ingredients
- - 4 lb mussels, cleaned and debearded
- - 4 slices bacon
- - 1 small shallot, minced
- - 3 garlic cloves, minced
- - 1/2 habanero pepper, minced
- - 1/4 cup fennel, chopped
- - 1 cup dry white wine
- - 1 cup chicken stock
- - 1 lemon juice, fresh
- - zest of (1) 1emon
- - 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- - 3 tbsp italian leaf parsley
- - 2 tbsp cold butter
How To Make roy's bacon mussels
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Step 1In a large skillet fry bacon until crisy. Remove and set aside. Add ingredients 3-6 to skillet with bacon fat. Stir-fry until shallots are translucent. Add ingredients 7-12. Simmer for 2 minutes Add mussels to skillet and cover. Steam mussels for about 4-6 minutes on medium heat, until all shells are open. Remove mussels from skillet. Divide mussles up into 4 large bowls. Add cold butter to pot liquor. Simmer until butter is melted. Top each bowl with pot liquor and crumbled bacon Serve with italian crusy bread!
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