Mussels or clams opened in a covered pot in white wine, over garlic (and sometimes onion) in olive oil or butter, for a few minutes; butter, lemon and parsley at the end, served with the broth.
Heat the olive oil in a wide pot over medium heat.
⚙ Pan-fryingStoveWide, shallow pot
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Add and fry 5–8 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.
⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
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Add the garlic and fry about 30 seconds to 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.
⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
To assemble
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Add the mussels and the wine, cover and cook 3–5 minutes, until it opens.
StoveLid
💡The shellfish are done when they open, after just a few minutes: long cooking makes them tough.
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Add the salt and black pepper and shake the pot.
Stove
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Scatter the parsley on top and serve with the broth.
308calories
30 gprotein
12 gcarbs
12 gfat
● protein 43%● carbs 17%● fat 40%
Per serving (296 g), of 4 servings
For the Fried onion · To assemble ·
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⚖ About the ingredients
Garlic: measured in pieces: one ≈ 5 g · 149 kcal per 100 g · More about Garlic →
Olive oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 884 kcal per 100 g · More about Olive oil →
Dry white wine: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 240 g · 82 kcal per 100 g · More about Dry white wine →
Salt: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 6 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →
Black pepper: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 2.4 g · 251 kcal per 100 g · More about Black pepper →
Parsley: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 60 g · 36 kcal per 100 g · More about Parsley →
🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Possible additions: Butter at the end · Lemon juice · Parsley · Lemon for serving · Serving (with bread) · Fried shrimp on the side · Olive oil: some in the base, the rest for the shrimp · Chili pepper
Steaming time (minutes): 3–5
Frying the shrimp per side (minutes): 2
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