Tag: Spicy

Mussels in Thai Style Broth

Mussels in a delicious Thai style broth bursting with flavor served over a rice corn combination.

Ingredients

Rice

2 C jasmine rice

4 C water

1 t salt

Corn

2 ears of fresh corn on cob

1/3 C water

Pinch of salt

1 t butter

Mussels

2 ½ pounds mussels

3 C chicken broth or fish stock

5-6 dried hot chilies

3 inch lemon grass quartered

2 inches fresh ginger peeled and sliced

5 garlic cloves smashed

1 serano chili quartered optional¹

To Create Final Dish

1 Roma tomato deseeded and  chopped

1 lemon juiced

1/3 C cilantro chopped

1 T fish sauce

Directions

Rice

  • In medium pan, add rice and water and bring to boil.
  • Cover and simmer until rice is cooked until tender.

Corn

  • Wash corn and remove silk.
  • Remove corn kernels from cob and add to small saucepan with water and butter.
  • Cook until el dente then season. Remove from heat and set aside.

Mussels

  • Scrub mussels and remove beards.²
  • In large sauce pan, bring broth, chilies, lemon grass, ginger, and garlic cloves to a boil.
  • Add mussels, cover and cook until mussels open or about 5-7 minutes.
  • Discard mussels that do not open.

Assemble Final Dish

  • Stir hot rice and corn together and divide into four large soup/pasta bowls.
  • Remove mussels from broth and place on rice corn mixture.
  • Strain broth and then add tomato, lemon. cilantro, and fish sauce mixture and stir.
  • Ladle this this broth equally into the four bowls and serve.

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Notes:

¹We like spicy food so we added the extra chili to the broth.

²Our farm raised mussels usually are pretty clean and have few beards.

 

Shrimp Tacos with Spicy Slaw

Ingredients

Shrimp*

1 pound shrimp peeled and deveined

1 stick butter

1/4 c Mexican seasoning Morton and Bassett®

Brine

1 quart water

1/4 cup salt

2 T brown sugar

2 t soy sauce

Slaw

2 cups purple cabbage shredded

1/2 cup carrots shredded

1/2 cup cilantro

2 T Serrano pepper minced

Salt and pepper

Dressing

1/3 cup olive oil or grape seed oil

3 T lime juice

1 garlic clove minced

2 T shallot minced

1/2 t cumin

1/8 t cayenne pepper

1/2  salt

1  t sugar

2 T mayonnaise

Crema

Mexican crema Walmart supplies it or 1/4 cup sour cream and 1/4 cup heavy cream combined.

Tortillas

8 corn or flour tortillas  warmed in tortilla warmer or wrapped in foil

2 limes quartered in small serving dish.

1/2 cup crumbled queso fresco

Avocado sliced or chopped optional

Directions

Oven 170º

Combine the dressing ingredients in a salad dressing shaker. Taste and adjust seasoning. Let it rest while preparing the shrimp.Brine the shrimp for 20-40 minutes. In a small bowl add the sour cream and heavy cream, mix and set aside. Add the slaw ingredients together in medium bowl add salad dressing and toss. Adjust seasoning. Place tortilla warmer with tortillas in oven.

Remove shrimp from brine and dry. Place Mexican seasoning in plastic bag. Add shrimp and toss to coat.Place large skillet on medium high heat with 4 T of butter and heat until frothy.   Add half the shrimp cook about 2-3 minute turn and cook about 2 minutes until done. Remove to serving dish. Repeat step with remaining shrimp.

Tacos are ready to be assembled with taco layered with slaw, shrimp, and dressed with crema. Serve with lime, avocado,  and queso fresco crumbles on the side. The side  served was Mexican black beans. Delicious  Serves 4

Alternatively you can setup a taco bar  with tacos, slaw, shrimp, crema, limes, queso fresco,Mexican rice, black beans, salsa, guacamole, chips, and

*Use jumbo(21-25) or large shrimp(26-35)

Note: I need to start taking pictures this always looks tasty.