Hot and Fragrant Mussels in Chinese Celery Broth

Name: Hot and Fragrant Mussels in Chinese Celery Broth
Yield: Serves 4 as a main course
Ingredients: 1/3 cup thin-sliced shallots; 2 or more small green chillis, seeded and sliced; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 tablespoon thin-sliced garlic; 4 pounds cultivated mussels, rinsed; 1¼ cups light white wine; ¼ cup lime juice; ½ pound Chinese celery

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a main course

Appears in

Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini

By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 2001

About

Chinese celery provides background depth, aromatic foreground, and discreet crunch. Herbal and briny, this quick-to-prepare dish can have the heat turned up if you love chillis. Some cultivated mussels are so un-briny that you may have to add salt. Taste and check.

Ingredients

½ pound Chinese celery
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tables

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Trim roots from celery. Wash stalks in several changes of water, lifting out so debris sinks. Trim off and reserve a cupful of the prettiest leaves for garnish. Cut remaining stems and leaves into extremely thin slices.
Heat oil in wide non-aluminum pot or deep pan large enough to hold all ingredients. Add garlic, shallots, and chillis and toss a few minutes ov