Mussels in Escabeche

Escabeche de Mejillones

Preparation info
  • 4

    servings as an appetizer
    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
Food from My Heart: Cuisines of Mexico Remembered and Reimagined

By Zarela Martínez

Published 1992

  • About

This is a versatile basic recipe that works well with any seafood. Cooked fish and shellfish in this type of vinegar marinade are a favorite preparation in Veracruz. In the North, my grandmother used to make something very similar with mountain oysters, and they were delicious. In Mexico it is usual to serve this sort of appetizer with saltines.