White Wine & Garlic Mussels

Seafood is my favorite food....hands down. So naturally, grilling seafood is my favorite thing to do on the grill. Mussels are an awesome shellfish, and is much easier to cook than most people think.

White Wine and Garlic Mussels

- 2 lbs fresh Mussels
- 1.5 to 2 cups of white wine (I use a dry chardonnay, stay away from the sweeter wines when cooking with wine)
- 3 tbsp of Unsalted Butter
- 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tsp of Old Bay Seasoning
- 2 tsp of Kosher Salt
- 2 tsp of your favorite hot sauce (cayenne pepper may be used as a substitute)
- Pepper to taste

Garnish
- 1/8 cup of fresh Parsley
- 1/8 cup of fresh Cilantro


1. In a sauce pan on the stove, mix the wine, butter, Old Bay, salt, garlic, hot sauce and pepper to a simmer.
2. Prepare grill for direct heat, around 350-400 degrees.
3. Place the mussels into a 9 x 12 aluminum pan and place directly on grill.

4. Pour the sauce directly over the mussels and cook mussels on grill for 6-8 minutes. Mussels are done when they open.
5. Pour the parsley and cilantro over the mussels and stir while still on the grill. Cook the mussels for another minute.
6. Discard and do not eat any mussels that did not open while cooking.