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Recipe courtesy of Rick Harness

Show: Ming's Quest

Episode: Alaskan Blue Mussels Quest

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Total:: 50 min
Prep:: 20 min
Cook:: 30 min

Yield:: 4 servings

Level:: Easy

Ingredients

4 tablespoons butter
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 small white onion, diced
3 cups chicken stock* (See Cook's Note)
1 cup fucus (sea vegetable, if available)
1 cup beach greens
1 cup bullwhip kelp
1 cup sea lettuce
2 pounds cleaned mussels
1 pound ramen noodles

Directions

In soup pot, saute butter, garlic, and onion. Add chicken stock. Allow stock to reduce 25 percent. Add fucus, beach greens, bullwhip kelp, and sea lettuce. When soup resumes boiling add fresh mussels and noodles. Cook until mussels open. Serve in soup bowls with fresh bread.

Cook's Note

Original recipe calls for fresh, clean seawater. If not available substitute with chicken stock.

My Private Notes

Name: Wild Plant and Mussel Soup
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H20M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H30M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H50M0.000S
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons butter; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 small white onion, diced; 3 cups chicken stock* (See Cook's Note); 1 cup fucus (sea vegetable, if available); 1 cup beach greens; 1 cup bullwhip kelp; 1 cup sea lettuce; 2 pounds cleaned mussels; 1 pound ramen noodles