Reviewed: May 13, 2012

Bed mussels!! I made a few changes though as I have made this recipe at least 10 times. Added a small onion and 2 jalapeño peppers. Sautéed them itch the garlic at the start. Still used green onion as well. Delicious. It was spicy but so flavorful. I used the mussels from costco In a big package. It's enough for 3-4 people.

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Sobel

Reviewed: May 12, 2012

Awesome recipe for any mussel lover out there. I added some thinly sliced red peppers, a handful of mushrooms and some fresh basil to the mix prior to dropping in the mussels. Add a fresh french baguette, some wine and you're set. Thanks Patti :)

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kelbyj

Reviewed: May 12, 2012

This is the only mussels recipe I make. I follow it to a tee & everyone loves it (including me!)!!

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Amanda

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 26, 2012

I`ve made this recipe at least 5 times now, and I`m always thrilled with it. It`s really versatile and I often use it as a base for cooking other seafood dishes. I tend to add sliced leek in with the garlic and sweat them for a few minutes longer than the recipe suggests. I also like to use a bit of extra wine. At the point where you add the mussels, I like to throw a few peices of cod or sole at the bottom, followed by some prawns, then the mussels on top. That was the mussels steam nicely out of the sauce, and you get a great seafood dish that is amazing over pasta! Love this recipe!

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allyorson

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2012

This was my first time cooking mussels and I was slightly freaked out... the prep/cleaning felt like a lot of work and I had to throw out about 1/3 of mine because I didn't know to take them out of the plastic bags to breathe. Other than that, the cooking is easy and this makes a delicious sauce. I doubled the sauce ingredients, and used and entire head of garlic. Also had to cook the sauce much longer to get rid of the alcohol taste. It did turn out yummy though.. good with bread and over pasta with fresh grated parm

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Jen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Long Valley, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2012

My husband, adult son and I loved the gravy. I used frozen mussels, olive oil instead of margarine/butter, dry parsely and regular vine ripened tomatoes since that was what we had in the house. Will definitely make this again.

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 25, 2012

We used clams instead of muscles as my family doesn't like muscles as much. Recipe was still excellent and one of my husband's favorite meals that I've pulled off the website.

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mcgeechelle

Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2012

I made these as written and would give this five stars but changed second time to adjust to our taste. I used 2 lbs. mussels (not sure of the count), Chardonnay for the white wine (use one that you like to drink), instead of green onions used shallots (I like the mellow onion flavor), I don't add parsley until the end of cooking as it lost it's fresh flavor as it cooked in liquid and served with a wedge of lemon to drizzle over mussels. YUM! So good!

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Dawn

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Winter Haven, Florida, USA

Living In: Janesville, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2012

These mussels clearly stand up to any other mussels I have eaten. I don't normally cook w/ wine but I did. I made these as the recipe calls for then I tasted the sauce to wine tasting for me so I added 1/2-1 tsp. of chicken boullion. It helped alot with mellowing the wine down. I also did reduce before tasting to burn off the alchol. Next time I will add half cup of wine and half cup of chicken broth. Got amazing reviews by all that ate these.

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