Green-Lipped Mussel Chowder

Name: Green-Lipped Mussel Chowder
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: New Zealand
Ingredients: 1kg green-lipped mussels, scrubbed; 300g waxy potatoes, diced; 1 onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 200g bacon, diced; 2 cups fish stock; 1 cup thickened cream; 1 cup whole milk; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp plain flour; fresh parsley and crusty bread to serve

A hearty New Zealand seafood chowder built on plump green-lipped mussels and potato. Steaming the mussels first and reserving their liquid to go into the chowder base is what carries their briny flavour straight through the finished soup, rather than leaving it tasting like plain cream.

Total time

45 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

25 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

New Zealand

Ingredients

1kggreen-lipped mussels, scrubbed

300gwaxy potatoes, diced

1onion, diced

3 clovesgarlic, minced

200gbacon, diced

2 cupsfish stock

1 cupthickened cream

1 cupwhole milk

2 tbspbutter

2 tbspplain flour

fresh parsley and crusty breadto serve

Instructions

Steam mussels in a covered pot with 1/2 cup water until opened. Remove meat and reserve liquid.

Fry bacon, then sauté onion and garlic in the same pot.

Stir in butter and flour. Gradually add stock, mussel liquid, cream and milk.

Add potatoes and simmer 15 minutes until tender.

Add mussels. Heat gently and season. Serve with parsley and crusty bread.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

651

Protein

24.9g

Fat

50.3g

Carbs

24.7g

Fiber

2.3g

Sodium

1356mg

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