Mussels with vegetables

Do you want to cook something extraordinarily tasty? Here for you! Mussels with vegetables are a bright, incredibly tasty and delicious dish. Of course, such a dish can hardly be called a budget one, but to please your loved ones from time to time is a great option. Mussels are ideal for taste with vegetables, especially tomatoes. You can put more chili peppers if you want a bit spicier, or vice versa - less if a milder taste is desired.

Ingredients

• Mussels 2.5 kg
• Olive oil60 ml
• Garlic 3 cloves
• Shallots 60 gr
• Chili pepper 10 gr
• Celery100 gr
• Zucchini 200 gr
• Fennel 30 gr
• Sea salt to taste
• Ground black pepper to taste
• Cherry tomatoes500 gr
• Chicken broth125 ml
• White wine60 ml
• Parsley 30 gr
• Greens 20 gr

Directions

1. We will steam the mussels. If you intend to cook fresh seafood, you must first wash them. Pour water into the multicooker (double boiler). Put the mussels in a basket (on a wire rack), cook for two minutes, then rinse with ice water and remove from the shells. If desired, the mussels can not be removed from the shells, but the dish can be cooked with them. If we take frozen mussels without shells, then we just defrost them and wash them, put them on a paper towel to absorb excess moisture.
2. At this time, peel the onion and garlic, finely dice the onion, and cut the garlic into slices. My zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, celery. We also clean the fennel, cut into cubes. We also dice the zucchini, celery and chili peppers. My parsley.
3. Put a large frying pan over medium heat, heat well the olive oil (50 ml) in it. Put onion and garlic in a frying pan, fry, stirring occasionally, until translucent. In time it will take about 2 minutes. Now add chili, celery, zucchini and fennel to the pan, stir, then season with salt and pepper and stir again. Cook everything together until soft (about 2 minutes).
4. At this stage, add the tomatoes (whole) to the pan, pour in the chicken broth and wine. We cook everything together until the tomatoes burst and the vegetables taste tender. It takes no more than 5 minutes in time.
5. So, we are approaching the final ... Put the mussels in the pan, mix everything and cook for 2 minutes. We taste and add salt and pepper if necessary. Sprinkle with the remaining olive oil, sprinkle with chopped herbs, decorate with parsley leaves and sprigs.
6. All is ready!