Thai-Style New Zealand Green Shell Mussels Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 1/2 cup very thinly-sliced yellow onions
• 1 tablespoon thinly-sliced garlic
• 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
• 2 serrano chile peppers - or to taste seeded, minced
• 1 cup fish or shrimp stock
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 1/2 pounds New Zealand Green Shell Mussels well rinsed in
• several changes of water, beards removed, any open mussels discarded
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk
• Chopped cilantro leaves
• Chopped mint leaves
• French bread as accompaniment