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Ingredients

• 3 pounds of fresh mussels (for 2 persons quantity, of course depending on how much one can eat also, so this you have to decide for yourself)
• 4 tomatoes on the vin
• 1/2 white onion
• 4 to 5 cloves of garlic (we love garlic so we normally put more)
• 6 oz of sour cream
• 32 oz (1 bottle) of chicken broth
• 1/2 cup white wine
• Some olive oil
• Some herbs (can be rosemary or thyme, either one works depending on the type of flavor you like
• Some sea salt

Instructions

1. Wash the fresh mussels with clean and cold water thoroughly, we usually use a small tooth brush to do the job, very effective, as you do not want all the “sea stuff” showing up in your final dish 😋.
2. Chop garlic, white onion and tomatoes into small pieces.
3. Put some olive oil into the pot, heat to medium hot, then put garlic and white onion into it, fry till white onion becomes transparent and garlic fragrance 😊 comes out.
4. Put in tomatoes, sour cream, white wine and some rosemary or thyme, add some salt depending on your taste need. Mix everything well and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
5. Add in the chicken broth, let it boil for about 20 mins (this time will let all ingredients to mix together well).
6. Add the mussels into the soup, let it boil for about 8-12 minutes (or until mussels are fully cocked – the indication of that is the mussels are opened up properly. Do NOT eat the unopened mussels…). Et voila!