Moules et Frites

I know, it's been more than a month since my last post - what can I say...hubby's been spoiling me by cooking all the meals.

Today, I had to make dinner since hubby had to ref for a couple of hockey games.  He wanted mussels and bought this huge container from Costco (about 5 lbs worth) for just $12!  What a feast :)

Mussels:
Ingredients
1/2 large onion - diced
4-5 cloves of garlic -diced or crushed
3 strips of bacon - cut into pieces
dried thyme
dried parsley
1 dried whole chili
1 can of chicken broth
1/2 cup of chopped carrots
2-3 tsp of fish sauce
2-3 tsp of lemon juice (or lime juice)
1 can coconut milk
white wine (optional)
mussels

Turn on the stove to med-high. In a large stock pot, place bacon and let it fry for a bit. Add garlic and fry for 30 sec or so. Then add onion. Let them simmer for about a minute.  Add thyme, parsley and chili.  Add chicken broth and carrots.  Turn heat down to low-med and simmer for about 10-15 min.  Add fish sauce, lemon juice and coconut milk and turn heat back up to med-high.  Just before adding in the mussels, put white wine (amount at your discretion). Once mussels are in, cover the pot for about 5 min.  When you lift the pot lid and most of the mussel shells have opened, the mussels are done.  Scoop up mussels and broth and serve!

For the fries, we just used store bought frozen ones and baked them.

Lots of leftovers but oh so yummy :)

Bowl of mussels

Moules et Frites (fries in the background)

When all the mussels are gone