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Thai Style Mussels and Clams

Using a saucepan or a dutch oven on the Big Green Egg is an excellent way of adding a little smoke and theatre to dishes you'd normally only cook on a hob. I've cooked this Thai Style Mussels dish several times at Big Green Egg demos and it goes down extremely well with people willing to give shellfish a go. Having said that I'm amazed at how many people just won't even try mussels.

For this recipe, I also used some beautiful New Zealand clams because I could, this is great with just mussels though.

Thai Style Mussels combines the saltiness of the sea with the five flavour components of thai cooking: sweet, sour, salty, spicy and umami. It's a match made in heaven.

Cooking surfaces

BBQ Temperature

INGREDIENTS

1kg mussels, de-bearded
500g clams
2 banana shallots, finely chopped
2 tbsp groundnut oil
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 thumb sized piece of ginger, finely chopped
1 stick of lemongrass, finely chopped
1 red chilli (add more if you want it really fiery)
1 tbsp palm sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 lime
1 tin coconut milk
5 -6 leaves of Thai basil
Fresh coriander to garnish

Equipment

Dutch Oven

Method

Set up your Egg to cook at 180°C in a direct configuration with the stainless grid.
Preheat your Dutch Oven or pan with the groundnut oil.
Throw in the shallot, garlic, chilli, ginger and lemongrass and sauté for about 5 mins until the shallot is tender.
Add you mussels, clams, palm sugar and half of your coconut milk. Cook for about 3-4 mins until the mussels and clams have opened.
Now add the fish sauce and squeeze in the juice of a lime.
Add the thai basil and coriander and stir through, taking off the Egg.
Serve with some crusty bread.

Thai Style Mussels and Clams