Kitchen Secrets: How To Clean Mussels, Plus 5 Great Recipes!
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: August 11, 2014

Craving a bowl of tasty mussels but are stumped by how to clean them? Chef Joe Rieke from Ballard Annex Oyster House, located in old town Ballard in Seattle, shows us how easy it is to get this shellfish cleaned and ready for cooking. Watch the short video below and and get some tasty mussels recipes below. Be sure to subscribe to Foodista’s Kitchen Secrets video series for more how-to cooking tips and tricks.
	 
	Check out our last episode on how to select mussels here.


5 Great Mussels Recipes
  Thai-Style Mussels

  Coconut Curry Mussels
 From Simply Recipes

  Saffron Paella With Seafood and Sausage

  Easy Italian Baked Mussels
 From Fine Dining Lovers

  Moules á la Marinière: Mussels in White Wine
 Photo by Cooking etc.


 
 
Ballard Annex Oyster House serves fresh seafood seven days a week—plenty of oysters and shellfish, whole Dungeness crab and Maine lobster, and house-made bisques, chowders, and soups made-to-order at the steam bar.
	Be sure to visit Ballard Annex Oyster House for some great seafood! 
Video Transcription
	Hey my name is Joe Rieke. I’m one of the chefs here at the Ballard Annex Oyster house in old Ballard. Today we are talking about how to clean mussels. You want to give it a good scrub, with a little scrubby pad. The next thing you want to do is grab the beard that is attached to the mussel. And pull out, up, with one quick movement. So you are going to go out, and up to remove the beard. And that is how you clean a mussel.