BBQ Hot plate Mussels with Onions and Garlic 烧烤洋葱蒜末青口

BBQ Seafood Part 1 –Mussels

I'm feeling so worn out today after having two consecutives BBQ outings over a weekend. I was really thankful we were blessed with superb sunny spells for us to enjoy sun, sea and beach outings. It has been long overdue since we had miserable wet winter for months. This winter was exceptionally wet we suffered really bad winter flu. In fact I still have not fully recovered from coughing. I'm really looking forward for the warm weather to come.

Last Friday, hubby told me the weather forecast for the weekend was going to be sunny for the entire Labour day long weekend implying we should plan some outings. Well, in Kiwi culture nobody stays home when the sun is out J.

24^th October Saturday morning, Hubby came to me and suggested an impromptu afternoon tea at nearby park Little Shoal Bay, 10 minutes away from our house. After making a few phone calls we had another two families to join us. When I asked what to prepare? Hubby said "I misses mussels and mussels are on sales at $1.99 per kg, so why not BBQ mussels for afternoon tea?"

Frankly, only in NZ, we can enjoy mussels the way like this, back home in Malaysia these will be delicacy and only be available in fancy buffet meals.

So, we had grilled mussels on BBQ hotplate for adult

Mussels with Onions and Garlic     

onions sausages for kids J

BBQ HOTPLATE MUSSELS WITH ONION AND GARLIC INGREDIENTS: 2kg Mussels 2 cloves of finely chopped garlic 1 sliced Onions 2 Lemons for juice 1 roll of aluminium foil Chopped Chili (optional) White Wine/Cooking wine METHODS: Scrub and de-beard mussels. (I spent more than 30 minutes to scrub and wash 2 kg of mussels) Heat BBQ hot plate. (The park provides a free button pressed BBQ hotplate J) Make a few rectangles aluminium foil and place 8-10 mussels on each. Spread chopped garlic, slices of onions, chili and drizzle some white wine or cooking wine and wrapped the foil. Place the foils on the hot BBQ plate for 5-8 minutes or until the foils puff up. Open the foils to check if mussels are open, squeeze in lemon and serve.   烧烤洋葱蒜末青口 材料2公斤青口 2瓣蒜头切碎 1粒洋葱切片 2粒柠檬 （挤汁） 1卷铝箔 辣椒（可选） 白葡萄酒/料酒 方法： 清洗青口和去胡子。 （我花了30多分钟，洗擦2公斤的青口） 热烧烧烤炉。 （公园提供了一个免费的按钮烧烤炉具） 用铝箔做成方包裹，每个放进8-10 粒青口。 撒上切片洋葱，切碎的蒜头辣椒，和一些白葡萄酒或料酒。 烧烤5-8分钟，或直至铝箔膨胀。 打开铝箔，检查是否青口已打开表示熟了就可挤柠檬汁调味。