Name: Black Bean Mussels in Japanese Beer
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 garlic cloves, crushed and finely chopped; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 red chili, seeded and chopped; 3 tablespoons light soy sauce; 3 spring onions, chopped; handful of cilantro leaves, chopped; 2 cups Japanese beer; 2 tablespoons fermented, salted black beans, washed and crushed; 2 lb mussels, washed and debearded; 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

China Modern

By Ching-He Huang

Published 2006

About

I usually simply wok fry black bean mussels. However, on an uneventful occasion while cooking the dish in the usual way, I happened to be sipping a cool variety of super dry Japanese beer. It seemed like the perfect match. The rest is history... and bitter-sweetly good.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
3 garlic cloves, crushed and finely chopped
1 tablespoon

Method

Heat the wok over high heat and add the oil. Add the garlic, ginger, chilies and black beans and stir fry for less than 1 minute. Add the mussels and stir fry for less than 1 minute. Add the Japanese beer and cook until the mussels open, stirring occasionally. (Discard any that do not open.) Season with light soy sauce.
Sprinkle in the spring onion and cilantro

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