How to Cook Afritadang Tahong
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 kilo tahong or mussels
- 200 grams potatoes sliced and fried
- 200 grams Baguio beans cut dagonally
- 2 tsp. ginger juice
- 4 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 medium size onion chopped
- 1/4 cup cooking oil
- 1 red bell pepper cut into strips
- 8 ounce can tomato sauce
- 1 cup mussel broth liquid from boiled tahong
- 1 Tbsp. bread crumbs
- 1 Tbsp. ground fried or toasted peanuts
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. MSG
- 4 tsp. liquid from annato soak 1 Tbsp. annato or atsuete in 5 tsp. warm water
Instructions
How to cook afritadang tahong:
- Soak the mussels or tahong in water to remove the debris inside for a few hours.
- Then clean and trim the fibrous clumps of hair and wash in running water.
- Boil tahong in 2 cups water for 2 minutes or until the shell opens.
- Remove the meat from shell and set aside.
- Saute garlic, onions and tahong. Add ginger juice and stir cook for a few seconds.
- Pour tomato sauce, mussel or tahong broth and annato liquid.
- Add vegetable and season with MSG and salt then simmer for 3 minutes.
- Add peanuts, bread crumbs and potatoes then mix to combine all the ingredients.
- Simmer for 5 minutes more until the potatoes are cooked.
- Serve hot.