SAVORY MUSSELS

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In this simple Filipino dish mussels and spinach are cooked right in chicken broth. Serve it as a starter to a meal, or as a meal in itself! Serve hot with rice or French bread to dunk in the soup.

Provided by lola

Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Filipino

Time 40m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 carrot, sliced
1 stalk celery, sliced
3 ¼ cups chicken broth
2 ¼ pounds mussels, cleaned and debearded
1 bunch fresh spinach, leaves torn in half

Steps:

Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook the onion and garlic in the hot oil until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir the carrot and celery into the mixture and continue cooking until the carrot and celery have also softened, another 7 to 10 minutes.
Pour the chicken broth into the pot and bring to a boil; cook at a boil for 5 minutes. Add the mussels; cover the pot and allow the mussels to simmer in the broth mixture just until they begin to open, about 5 minutes. Discard any mussels which do not open. Stir the spinach into the broth just before serving hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 334.6 calories, Carbohydrate 18.3 g, Cholesterol 76.4 mg, Fat 13.4 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 34.4 g, SaturatedFat 2.1 g, Sodium 1762.6 mg, Sugar 3.4 g