Baked Stuffed Tahong (Stuffed Mussels)

This is a dish of mussels baked and stuffed with butter mixture containing butter, onion, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper. Cooking is this dish is very simple but there is a step that you don’t have to omit before cooking the mussels. Soak the mussels in water containing a teaspoon of salt for the mussels to spit out any sand or impurities. You also have to trim the hairs sticking out of the shell using a scissors.

To cook stuffed tahong; Soak mussels and allow sand to spit out. Boil tahong in water together with onion, salt and pepper. Cook until mussels open. Let cool and set aside. Mix butter, garlic and chopped parsley. Season with salt and pepper. Place tahong on one shell. Cover with butter mixture. Arrange them in a tray and Bake tahong at 350 °F. Wait till butter melts and a film with garlic and parsley mixture settles on top.

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How to Cook Baked Stuffed Tahong (Mussels)

An easy to cook baked mussels.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time30 mins

Course: Seafood Recipe

Cuisine: Filipino

Keyword: baked mussels, baked tahong

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 86kcal

Author: Manny

Equipment

• Baking Oven
• Pot

Ingredients

• 1 kilo tahong mussels
• 2 to 3 cloves garlic chopped finely
• 1 cup butter creamed
• sprig of parsley chopped finely
• 1 piece onion chopped
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

How to cook Stuffed Tahong

• Soak mussels and allow sand to spit out.
• Boil tahong in water together with onion, salt and pepper.
• Cook until mussels open. Let cool and set aside.
• Mix butter, garlic and chopped parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
• Place tahong on one shell. Cover with butter mixture. Arrange them in a tray and Bake tahong at 350°F.
• Wait till butter melts and a film with garlic and parsley mixture settles on top.
• Serve hot.