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Buttery Steamed Mussels with Sake and Chiles

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 Servings

Ingredients

5

tablespoons butter, divided

2

1/2t cups chopped green onions (about 10 large)

1

cup chopped fresh cilantro

1

cup sake

6

t Thai bird chiles with seeds or 3 small serrano chiles with seeds, sliced crosswise into thin rounds

2

teaspoons soy sauce

3

large garlic cloves, pressed

2

1/2 pounds mussels, scrubbed, debearded

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Melt 3 tablespoons butter in large pot over medium-high heat. Add green ?onions and sauté until beginning to soften, about 2 minutes. Add next 5 ingredients. Bring to boil. Add mussels. Cover pot and increase heat to high. Cook until mussels open, 5 to 6 minutes.

    Step 2

    Divide mussels among bowls (discard any mussels that do not open). Boil juices in pot to reduce slightly, about 1 minute. Whisk in remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over mussels; serve.