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Fried mussels with onions

Pan-Fried Mussels with Onion

A dish for fans of seafood and fine dining. Mussels make for a gorgeous dish, delicious and good for you — especially with a solid recipe behind them. Fried mussels are one of my son-in-law's signature dishes; I've just added a few touches of my own.

Ilga

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Mussels (8 pieces)

160

Onion

0.5

Parsley

White wine

Broth

100

Wheat flour

Butter

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 25 % 5 g

Fats 45 % 9 g

Carbohydrates 30 % 6 g

124 kcal

GI: 33 / 0 / 67

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:

I got this recipe from my son-in-law, who loves seafood — and especially harvesting it from the sea himself. He's the one who showed me how to fry mussels with onion properly. First, gather all the ingredients you'll need.
Step 2:

First, rinse the mussels well in cold water and squeeze out the excess liquid.
Step 3:

Peel and chop the onion.
Step 4:

Heat a skillet and add the butter. Add the mussels, sprinkle in the sifted flour, and stir. Then pour in the broth mixed with the wine and let the mussels release their remaining liquid and cook in it for a bit.
Step 5:

Once the liquid has evaporated, add a little more butter and fry the mussels in it for a while. Then add the prepared onion and stir everything together.
Step 6:

Cook, stirring constantly, until the onion turns golden. Once it's done, so is the dish. Garnish with fresh herbs to serve. Mussel meat on its own has a slightly salty, briny taste, but fried like this it takes on noticeable mushroomy notes. Give it a try!

I've tweaked this dish a bit. I add hard-boiled eggs and fresh tomatoes, diced small, pour mayonnaise over everything, top it with grated cheese, and cover the pan. Yum! Season with salt and pepper and garnish with herbs. Now a few words about mussels themselves. Mussel meat is a seafood beloved by food lovers everywhere, and it's genuinely good for you. Just how good? It actually beats fish and white meat for protein content. Its biggest asset is the omega-3 fatty acids that nourish brain cells. Mussels are also rich in vitamins A, B, C, E, and PP, essential for a balanced diet, plus phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, calcium, and sodium. They make an excellent choice for a light diet, especially paired with vegetables.