Grilled mussels with hot fish sauce

4 Appetizer

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 pounds Fresh mussels
1 Lemon Grind to paste or 1t powder
3 tablespoons Fish sauce Nuc-Mam
Vietnamese (or Thai)
1 teaspoon Sugar
2 Dried hot red pepper
2 Cloves garlic
2 tablespoons Water

Directions

1. Clean and scrub the mussels as shown in class. 2. While mussels are draining, prepare sauce: Blend garlic and red peppers into a paste.

Add juice of 1 lemon, 3 tb fish sauce, 1 tb sugar, and finally, 2 tb water. 3. Preheat broiler. 4. Place clean, dry mussels in a single layer on a baking sheet. 5. Broil mussels just until they are all open and aromatic. 6. Remove from broiler and serve with rice. Dip mussels into sauce to eat.

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