Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week Mussels in Ginger Broth - quick & easy Filipino Nilagang Tahong

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Just in addition, the time it takes to cook Mussels in Ginger Broth - quick & easy Filipino Nilagang Tahong estimated approx 25 mins.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook Mussels in Ginger Broth - quick & easy Filipino Nilagang Tahong using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
I love the natural sea taste of Mussels in Broth with a little ginger, Filipino style, no need for white wine. :) Same goes with clams. In Manila, we eat it with rice, where we wet the rice generously with its soup. Delicious! This can be served as an Entreé too or as a side.
Ingredients and spices that need to be Prepare to make Mussels in Ginger Broth - quick & easy Filipino Nilagang Tahong:
- 500 g mussels, cleaned well
- 1/2 Tbsp Cooking oil
- 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
- 1 knob (1-2 inch size) ginger, sliced
- 3-5 drops fish sauce
- to taste Salt & Pepper
- Water
- 1 green chili, whole (optional)
- 1 stalk Green Onions, chopped (optional)
- 1 tomato (optional, gives different taste)
- 1 handful spinach or hot pepper leaves (optional)
Steps to make to make Mussels in Ginger Broth - quick & easy Filipino Nilagang Tahong
- Remove beard and clean mussels well with a toothbrush under running water.
- In a pot, heat oil and sauté the onions, garlic and ginger. Add tomato if desired, I prefer none to keep the sea taste in the soup. Mash in pot.
- Once onions are translucent, place 1 cup water and bring to a boil. Once boiling, drop in mussels, add enough water to reach the mussels on top of the pot (water would depend on your pot size. Less water = more flavour). Season with drops of fish sauce. Sprinkle some fresh ground pepper. Cover.
- Simmer until shells open. Remove any scum rising to the top. Taste and adjust according to desired saltiness and ginger spiciness- use fish sauce, salt, pepper, drop in chili, if desired, add more ginger if needed. Simmer 3 minutes more.
- Discard shells that did not open. These were dead when they were bought, and unsafe to eat.
- Add spinach or pepper leaves if desired. (None added in photo) Garnish with chopped green onions. Stir. Turn off heat and cover to cook leaves in residual heat. Serve and enjoy.
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