Stir Fired Mussels with Chilli and Blackbean

This was heaven for me, as I love seafood but the Mrs only eats fish and not crustaceans. It is another one for the weekend and will cost about the $20 mark

Just like a bought one

What You Need

• 2 teaspoons of sugar
• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons of shoaxing wine
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons of fresh ginger, sliced thinly
• 4 spring onions cut into 5 cm battens (use the green stuff, I think you could probably use shallots)
• 4 garlic clove crushed
• 2 large red chillis halved lengthways
• 1 kg mussels
• 2 tablespoons of fermented black beans, rinsed and crushed (these took me forever to find, asian grocers sell them in plastic bags, also known as salted black beans, $2) to crush them i just used the back of a big knife

The How To

1. place sugar, soy, shoaxing wine and 1/4 cup of water in bowl and mix
2. heat a large wok until very hot, then place in oil
3. when oil is hot add the ginger, garlic, spring onion, chilli and black beans and stir for 30 seconds
4. add mussels then toss to combine, then add the sauce
5. cook covered for 2-5 minutes, shaking the pan or mixing until mussels open
6. discard the sauce and serve with whatever you like, I chose rice.