Grilled mussels with hot fish sauce
4 Appetizer
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | pounds | Fresh mussels |
| 1 | Lemon Grind to paste or 1t powder | |
| 3 | tablespoons | Fish sauce Nuc-Mam |
| Vietnamese (or Thai) | ||
| 1 | teaspoon | Sugar |
| 2 | Dried hot red pepper | |
| 2 | Cloves garlic | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Water |
Directions
1. Clean and scrub the mussels as shown in class. 2. While mussels are draining, prepare sauce: Blend garlic and red peppers into a paste.
Add juice of 1 lemon, 3 tb fish sauce, 1 tb sugar, and finally, 2 tb water. 3. Preheat broiler. 4. Place clean, dry mussels in a single layer on a baking sheet. 5. Broil mussels just until they are all open and aromatic. 6. Remove from broiler and serve with rice. Dip mussels into sauce to eat.