Mussels with White Wine Garlic Butter Sauce Recipe
Cooking Mussels is so easy and feels like a fancy dinner. This recipe is for Mussels in a White Wine Garlic Butter Sauce with Crusty Bread and comes together in less than 20 minutes!
Ingredients
- 2 lbs live mussels
- 1 bottle of white wine
- 3/4 stick of butter
- 1 large shallot minced
- 7-8 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1/4 cup flat leaf parsley finely chopped
- 1 lemon juice and zest
- 4 large thick cut slices of sourdough or boule bread
Instructions
- Rinse mussels with cold water and remove any debris.
- In a large heavy bottomed pot, sauté minced shallots and garlic with butter and salt until melted and fragrant. About 1- 2 minutes on medium heat.
- Place mussels into pot and pour wine over. Let wine come to a bubble, then reduce heat to lowest setting, cover and steam for 6-8 minutes.
- Remove any mussels that are not fully opened. Squeeze lemon juice over top and then zest. Mix all together. Taste test to see if the sauce needs additional salt, add if needed. Top with parsley.
- Toast bread and serve with mussels and white wine garlic butter sauce.
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