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Incredibly Easy and Delicious Mussels With Black Bean Sauce

Sep 30, 2021Last Modified: September 30, 2021

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Mussels With Black Bean Sauce garnished with green onions and dried Asian chilies, with a spoon holding some of the mussels

Get Ready To Enjoy Mussels With Black Bean Sauce - An Absolute Flavor Sensation!

Mussels with Black Bean Sauce is an absolute FLAVOR BOMB! The briny and salty taste of the sea combined with the rich delicious taste of the Black Bean Sauce is just incredible! This dish is also one of the 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die! Allow me to explain!

1,000 Foods To Eat Project

I am working my way through the foods that are listed in the book 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die by Mimi Sheraton. This is called my 1,000 Foods to Eat Project. The Chinese dish called Shellfish in Black Bean Sauce is food #54 in my Project! Now, the author states that Chinese Black Bean Sauce is "perhaps most mouthwatering when simmered with mollusks" such as mussels, clams, oysters or periwinkles. I decided to try this out with mussels, and I was over the moon happy with the results!

1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die Front Jacket
1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die

In this book, the author Mimi Sheraton lists her choice for the 1,000 Foods of the World that you MUST try. Whether you try this with mussels, or another mollusk, you will absolutely be bowled over! Please don't let another day pass you by before enjoying this dish! 😃

What Ingredients Will I Need To Make Mussels in Black Bean Sauce?

You will only need 4 ingredients to make this incredible dish. Having said that, this assumes you have some Black Bean Sauce at the ready. More about this in a bit.

The 4 ingredients you will need are:

  • Mussels - I use frozen mussels in this recipe to keep things very simple and easy
  • Black Bean Sauce - you can buy a commercially made black bean sauce, however trust me when I plead with you to make your own! Please click here for my recipe on How To Make Your Own Delicious Chinese Black Bean Sauce.
  • Green onions
  • Dried Asian chilies - this is purely optional, but I LOVE LOVE spice so I have included them in this recipe
A package of frozen mussels, some black bean sauce in a glass jar, sliced green onions and dried Asian chilies
This is all you need to make this mouthwatering dish!

The Homemade Black Bean Sauce takes about 20 minutes to make, and it's super fun and satisfying as well! Once you have a jar of this sauce, you can use it to stir fry veggies, or include it in a marvelous Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce dish!

Black bean sauce in a glass bowl with a spoon holding some of the black bean sauce; white dish in the background with fermented black beans
Rich and Flavorful Homemade Black Bean Sauce

Let's Make This Mouthwatering Dish!

This dish takes around 15 minutes from start to finish assuming you are using frozen mussels and have your black bean sauce ready to go.

Simply add frozen mussels to a saucepan on medium high heat. Once they start to open, add black bean sauce and continue to cook until most of the mussels are opened and warmed through (heat reduced a bit), stirring every so often.

Mussels With Black Bean Sauce in a saucepan

The last step is to add the green onions and dried Asian chilies (if using). Leave the chilies whole for less heat, or cut them up so the seeds fall out for more heat. You could also add the chilies just for color, and put them to the side rather than eat them if you wish. 😃

Mussels With Black Bean Sauce topped with dried Asian chilies and chopped green onions

And there you have it! Serve with steamed rice so that the rice soaks up the juices from the mussels and black bean sauce. This is so so delicious!

Mussels with black bean sauce in a bowl with a pair of chopsticks holding up one of the mussels
Mussels With Black Bean Sauce served with steamed rice and a chopstick holding up a mussel

You will NOT regret making these Incredibly Easy and Delicious Mussels With Black Bean Sauce!

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Cheers!

Grace

Mussels With Black Bean Sauce garnished with green onions and dried Asian chilies, with a spoon holding some of the mussels

Incredibly Easy and Delicious Mussels With Black Bean Sauce

Grace
Mussels with Black Bean Sauce is an absolutely MUST try dish which is super easy to make and absolutely mouthwatering!
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Prep Time 2 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 12 mins
Course dinner
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 2 people

Equipment

  • Deep Saucepan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lb frozen mussels
  • 4-6 each Asian dried chilies can omit if you like or reduce amount or add more!
  • 3 tablespoon black bean sauce
  • 2 green onions sliced

Instructions
 

  • Add 2 lb of frozen mussels to a deep saucepan and place on med high heat.
    mussels in a saucepan
  • Once they come to the boil and start to open, add and stir in 3 heaping tablespoons of black bean sauce.
    Mussels With Black Bean Sauce in a saucepan
  • Continue to cook until all or most all of the mussels open, stirring every so often. Then add the Asian dried chilies (if using) and green onions. Stir to combine.
    Mussels With Black Bean Sauce topped with dried Asian chilies and chopped green onions
  • Your Mussels With Black Bean Sauce are now ready to serve!
    Mussels With Black Bean Sauce garnished with green onions and dried Asian chilies, with a spoon holding some of the mussels

Notes

Enjoy this amazingly delicious dish with heaps of steamed rice!  Be sure that the juices from the mussels and the black bean sauce are generously poured over the rice which will soak up those delicious juices!
A word about the Asian chilies - you can leave them whole for less spice or cut them up so the seeds fall out for more spice.  You can even just add them to the dish for some color, and put them on the side when enjoying these mussels!
 
Keyword black bean sauce, mollusks, mussels, shellfish
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