Melissa’s Mussels

Serve these mussels as an appetizer with some crusty bread or as a meal over linguini. It is sure to please mussel lovers!

Original recipe makes 4 servings

Ingredients

5 pounds mussels, cleaned and debearded
1 large onion, diced
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
5 large cloves garlic, chopped
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
1/2 cup red wine
2 tablespoons peppercorns in brine, crushed

  • PREP

    15 mins

  • COOK

    15 mins

  • READY IN

    40 mins

Directions

  1. In a large pot (or the kitchen sink basin), soak the mussels 10 minutes in enough lightly salted cold water to cover.
  2. In a separate large pot, mix the onion, tomatoes, garlic, beer, wine, and peppercorns. Place the mussels in the pot, and bring to a boil. Cook 10 minutes, reduce heat to low, and continue cooking 5 minutes, until mussels open. Discard unopened mussels.

Nutrition

Calories: 209 kcal
Carbohydrates: 16.7 g
Cholesterol: 44 mg
Fat: 1.4 g
Fiber: 2 g
Protein: 19.1 g
Sodium: 616 mg

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