Peruvian Style Mussels

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 12 fresh mussels
• 2 medium onions, finely chopped
• 3 limes, juiced
• 2 hot peppers (one orange, one red)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped
• 3/4 cup corn kernel, cooked
• 1/2 tomato, peeled,seeded and cut in small cubes
• 1 tablespoon oil
• salt
• pepper
• 1 key lime, cut in wedges to serve

Recipe

• 1 rinse mussels thoroughly and scrub under running water.
• 2 discard any mussels that are not tightly closed.
• 3 cook mussels in boiling water and remove from pan as soon as they open, to prevent overcooking them.
• 4 discard mussels that do not open.
• 5 cool.
• 6 open mussels with a knife and place half on a serving dish.
• 7 deseed, devein and chop the hot peppers.
• 8 combine in a medium size bowl, onion, hot peppers, tomato, parsley, corn, oil, key lime juice, salt and pepper.
• 9 let mixture stand for 15 minutes.
• 10 place approximately 1 1/2 tablespoon of this mixture over each mussel.
• 11 serve with lime wedges.