Peruvian Style Mussels - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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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 tomatoes, peeled,seeded and cut in small cubes
1 tablespoon oil
salt
pepper
1 key lime, cut in wedges to serve
Preparation
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Rinse mussels thoroughly and scrub under running water.
Discard any mussels that are not tightly closed.
Cook mussels in boiling water and remove from pan as soon as they open, to prevent overcooking them.
Discard mussels that do not open.
Cool.
Open mussels with a knife and place half on a serving dish.
Deseed, devein and chop the hot peppers.
Combine in a medium size bowl, onion, hot peppers, tomato, parsley, corn, oil, key lime juice, salt and pepper.
Let mixture stand for 15 minutes.
Place approximately 1 1/2 tablespoon of this mixture over each mussel.
Serve with lime wedges.
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