Fried mussels with garlic and soy sauce in a frying pan

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 40 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   To prepare this dish we will need mussels, garlic, soy sauce, spinach, chili pepper and ground black pepper. The mussels first need to be defrosted; to do this, you need to pour them into a bowl and put them in the refrigerator. When the mussels are thawed, they must be placed in a colander and rinsed very thoroughly under strong pressure of cold water, as they may contain sand.

2. STEP 2

   

   First you need to peel the garlic and cut into thin slices. Place them in a frying pan, add vegetable oil and fry until aromatic. After which the fried garlic slices can be removed from the pan, or not removed.

3. STEP 3

   

   Next, place the defrosted mussels in the frying pan and start frying them in aromatic oil. At first, the mussels will release a lot of water; it must be evaporated over high heat. After the liquid has evaporated, lightly fry the mussels, reducing the heat to medium.

4. STEP 4

   

   Pour soy sauce into lightly fried mussels, add ground black pepper to taste and continue frying the mussels for another 5 minutes.

5. STEP 5

   

   For a beautiful serving, place green spinach leaves on a cast-iron frying pan, then place mussels fried in garlic oil in soy sauce in a mound and garnish the dish with rings of hot red chili pepper on top.