Mussels are a very exotic product in themselves, but there are recipes that further enhance this quality. One of them are mussels in Korean. The recipe is not at all complicated, but very original and unusual. Mussels in Korean have a pleasant, sweetish - sour taste, which gives the salad of mussels an amazing piquant taste and aroma.
Recipe for mussels in Korean
Ingredients:
- mussels - 500 g;
- bulb - 3 pieces;
- soy sauce - 50 ml;
- liquid honey - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- Spices (coriander, nutmeg, hot pepper, salt) - to taste;
- fresh lime - 1 pc.
Preparation
Now tell you how to cook mussels in Korean. Mussels boil in slightly salted water for about 5 minutes, and then throw them in a colander and leave for a while to drain all the water. Meanwhile, we clean the bulbs, cut them into thin half rings, add a little salt, a few drops of lime juice and leave to marinate. While onion is cooked, take soy sauce, pour spices into it to taste, put honey and juice of whole lime. We mix everything thoroughly and heat it to make the sauce hot. Now it remains only to connect the mussels, the dressing and the pickled onions. Sprinkle the dish with ground red pepper, mix thoroughly and put in the refrigerator. We serve mussels in Korean style to the table in the cooled form.
Marinated mussels in Korean without seashells
Ingredients:
- peeled mussels - 500 g;
- bulb - 3 pieces;
- soy sauce - 6 tbsp. spoons;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- Spices (hot ground pepper, salt, nutmeg) - to taste;
- Ground coriander - pinch.
Preparation
So, to prepare mussels in Korean, first boil the peeled seafood in boiling water for 3 minutes and discard them in a colander. Then we peel the onions from the husks, cut them into half rings, sprinkle a little with lemon juice and leave for a while to marinate. After that, all the previously prepared ingredients are mixed in a deep bowl, heated to a hot state and poured soy sauce, lemon juice of lemon, we put spices to taste. Stir well and remove the pickled mussels in Korean in the refrigerator for several hours.
Mussels in Korean with carrots
Ingredients:
- carrots - 500 g;
- purple bulb - 1 piece;
- vegetable oil - 50 ml;
- vinegar - 2 tsp.
- garlic - 1 clove;
- salt - 2 teaspoons;
- granulated sugar - 3 teaspoons;
- sesame seeds - 2 tsp.
- Ground coriander - 1,5 tsp.
- crushed cilantro - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- cleaned mussels - 1 item;
- red ground pepper - 1 tsp.
Preparation
Let's figure out how to marinate mussels in Korean. So, to make this stunning salad, take the carrot, wash it, wipe it with a towel, peel it and rub it on a special carrot grater in Korean. Then shift it into a wide deep bowl, salt and leave to stand for 15 minutes. This time we clean garlic and finely chop it together with cilantro. Mussels are thawed, washed and carefully sorted. From a bowl with carrots merge the carefully allocated juice into a separate bowl.
Next, we prepare a vegetable dressing : cut the onions into thin half rings and fry in warmed vegetable oil until golden. Then we carefully take out the luff, and heat the oil a little more and pour it into the salad. After that, add carrot juice, cilantro, sesame seeds. Again, we mix everything thoroughly and transfer the prepared salad to a suitable dry jar. Close it with a lid and put the mussels in the refrigerator. After about 10-20 hours our dish is ready.