Black Bean Mussels in Japanese Beer

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: 2 lb mussels, washed and debearded; 3 garlic cloves, crushed and finely chopped; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 3 spring onions, chopped; 2 tablespoons fermented, salted black beans, washed and crushed; 2 cups Japanese beer; 3 tablespoons light soy sauce; 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger; 1 red chili, seeded and chopped; handful of cilantro leaves, chopped

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

Asia
China
Main course
Side dish

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