Coconut Steamed Mussels
By: Nate
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 3:46pm

Ingredients




Coconut Sauce
2 in. piece Lemon Grass, minced
1 small piece Ginger, minced
1 shallot, sliced
1 Jalapeno, minced
1 tbls. honey
1 lime, juiced
3/4 can unsweetened coconut milk
salt

Preparation

1 Steamed Mussels 2 Sauteed the Lemon Grass in oil for about 5 minutes on med low heat 3 Add Ginger, Shallots and Jalapenos and saute for a few more minutes 4 Add Mussels, coconut, honey, lime juice and salt. 5 Steam until all the mussels are open, serve immediately

About


The last few days here is has actually felt like summer. I had heard on the radio that 11 of the last 14 days prior to Friday had been raining. That’s a lot of rain and no sun shine! But yesterday was a great day, beautiful, warm and clear sky’s. When summer is here it instinctively feels like it is time to eat seafood.
We contemplated going over towards the ocean, but we were probably not the only ones that felt the way we did. Plus eating out on a Saturday night, in my opinion, is a bad choice all together. But, was it a fried seafood dinner what the Doctor ordered? Or was it some fish on the grill? Oysters on the half shell? Hmm, so many options. 
Then my wife reminded me of an appetizer we had down