Mussels in Tomato Sauce
Mussels in Tomato Sauce (aka marinara sauce – here’s our recipe) or just get some of the marinara sauce in a jar at the grocery store. I recommend Biutoni. This is one of our go to comfort weeknight dinners. It’s REALLY quick and easy. And it feels like we are back in our favorite good old Italian restaurant on the South Jersey Shore that we frequented when we lived there. We miss it.
Back on the Jersey shore there were some seafood stores that always had fresh seafood, of course. We would bring home the fresh mussels and scrub them getting the beards off. Then throw away the ones that didn’t close up after our scrubbing encounter. Then throw away the ones that didn’t open up after they cooked.
Here in Texas we settle for the frozen precooked mussels in a bag. They are a lot quicker and easier than the fresh versions.
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Here is our VERY easy Mussels in Tomato Sauce recipe
Put a large skillet on at medium high and add the mussels. The frozen ones in a bag come with sone broth.
Add the sauce and the lemon juice. Stir it up. And stir it up again a few more times as the mussels heat up. You could also add a splash of red wine if you want to.
After the tomato sauce comes up to a simmer lower the heat to medium. After about 5 minutes. That’s it!! Serve up!
Now how was that for quick and easy.
I’m gonna fess up and tell you that I multitasked. I had some pasta cooking and threw together a tossed caprice salad and heated up some of my homemade Italian bread while the mussels and the tomato sauce were heating up.
And here is another mussels recipe that I learned about in Barcelona, Spain a long time ago when I was in the Coast Guard.
Mussels in Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
- 16 oz. frozen cooked mussels
- 2 cups Tomato (marinara) sauce
- 1/2 fresh lemon juiced - plus the rind
- 1 splash red wine optional
Instructions
- Put a large skillet on at medium high and add the mussels. The frozen ones in a bag come with sone broth.
- Add the sauce and the lemon juice. Stir it up.
- After the tomato sauce comes up to a simmer lower the heat to medium and after about 5 minutes. That's it!! Serve up!
- Now how was that for quick and easy.I'm gonna fess up and tell you that I multitasked. I had some pasta cooking and threw together a tossed caprice salad and heated up some of my homemade Italian bread while the mussels and the tomato sauce were heating up.
Love it!!