Grilled Mussels With Hot Bean Sauce Recipe

2 lb Fresh mussels

1 Lemon

3 tb Fish sauce Nuc-Mam

Vietnamese (or Thai) 1 ts Sugar

2 Dried hot red pepper

Grind to pasteor 1t powder 2 Cloves garlic

2 tb Water

1. Clean and scrub the mussels as shown in class.

2. While mussels are draining, prepare sauce: Blend garlic and red peppers

into a paste. Add juice of 1 lemon, 3 tb fish sauce, 1 tb sugar, and finally, 2 tb water. 3. Preheat broiler.

4. Place clean, dry mussels in a single layer on a baking sheet.

5. Broil mussels just until they are all open and aromatic.

6. Remove from broiler and serve with rice. Dip mussels into sauce to eat.