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December 28th, 2006Malaysian Food, Recipes15 Comments

Stir-fried Black Mussels with Chili and Bean Paste

MUSSELS

Their sweet and tender meats are very tasty, or in Chinese, 鲜味. Stir-fried with pounded ginger, garlic, taucheo and chili paste, this Malaysian recipe is a keeper for those who like their food spicy.

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15 comments... read them below or add one

  1. J-Yee says:

    Wah, so many different kind of lalas…I love lalas.

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  2. Tummythoz says:

    Just looking thru your last 3 posts made my iron intake shoot up. =)

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  3. tigerfish says:

    Part of your drunken clam recipe went into my linguine vongole. Turns out really well. The clams with basil leaves recipe is another easy one. I must try it.

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  4. Rasa Malaysia says:

    Tummythoz – I am not sure about iron, but I smell cholesterol! :P

    Tigerfish – Yeah, I saw the post. Looks like it came straight from an Italian restaurant. :)

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  5. Harro! says:

    Looks VERY yummy.
    We’ve listed you at http://www.harro.com
    Cheers!

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  6. BuddingCook says:

    wow you are amazing!

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  7. sue says:

    Stir fried mussels with chili and bean paste looks very tasty.
    By the way, soft shell clams looks small at a glance, yet it looks like it has a big siphon.

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  8. Chris says:

    Did you make all those lala’s on the same day? Wow, you must have had a high cholesterol lala buffet. =P

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  9. Catatouille says:

    wah, the lala u get in ur place looks so fresh…so unlike the lala i’ve seen here!

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  10. lucia says:

    yeah i would have love the stir fried mussels with chili and bean paste as i love spicy food. i love all my seafood to be spicy!

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  11. Danny Ong says:

    thx for the recipies! i love shellfish~

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  12. Dr ve Thru says:

    Yes, I love all variety of lalas. When I was younger, we were only able to get balitong, blood clams and the simple thin shell lalas that was cooked in simple chillies and bean sauce. Yum….

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  13. Chubbypanda says:

    Shellfish heaven! =D

    - Chubbypanda

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  14. Rasa Malaysia says:

    Harro – thanks for listing me.

    Budding Cook – you can try these recipes…I am sure you and your hubby would love it.

    Sue – The softshells are quite big, bigger than Manila clams.

    Chris – yes, all of them on the same day until I am so sick of lalas now. LOL.

    Catatouille – Yeah, the lalas are fresh…alive and hidup!

    Lucia – it looks like we are very similar, love shrimps and spicy seafood. :)

    Danny Ong – :)

    Dr. Ve Thru – exactly. Those were the foods of my childhood…lalas, balitong, siput, etc.

    CP – indeed!

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  15. Marianne says:

    i love stir-fried clams with basil! Thank you for sharing this easy stir-fried clams with basil recipe.

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