Fried mussels
2 servings30 min your 15 minRoasted battered mussels are a stunning snack.
Large mussels (boiled frozen) - 300 g, or mussels in shells - 1 kg, Flour - 3 tbsp. spoons, White wine - 100 ml, Eggs - 1 pc., Vegetable oil - 200-250 ml, Lemon - 0.5 pcs., Salt - 0.5 tsp, Ground black pepper - 0.5 tsp.Whatever it takes to make the mussels fried.
How to make fried mussels: Defrost and dry frozen mussels.
Put the prepared mussels on a board, sprinkle 1 tbsp. spoonful of flour. Turn over and sprinkle with another 1 tbsp. spoonful flour. This is done so that batter sticks to the mussels.
Lightly beat the egg.
Pour in the wine, add salt and pepper.
Gradually add flour. Knead the batter - it should be like sour cream.
Dip mussels in dough.
Fry mussels in vegetable (or butter) oil in a hot pan (or in a saute pan). To do this, heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan or a flat-bottomed casan. Reduce the fire to medium-strong. Put the mussels in oil in one layer. If there are a lot of mussels, you need to fry them in portions.
Fry mussels for 5-7 minutes. For mussels to fry evenly, you need to take mussels with a fork and gently turn over.
Put the mussels fried on a napkin to remove excess oil.
Serve the ready-made mussels, watering with lemon juice.
The dish is prepared very simply if you buy frozen peeled mussels. If you have mussels in the shells, then you need to remove the boiled mussels from the shells, and then weigh them. Batter can be made without eggs. To do this, you need to add milk, perets, salt to the flour.