Baked Tahong Recipe

How To Cook Baked Tahong Recipe

Baked Tahong Recipe or Baked Mussels is a well loved appetizer seafood dish. Mussels are very abundant in coastal areas wherein they are harvested fresh everyday and sold at a cheap price. If you’re in the Philippines, getting some fresh mussels will never be an issue.
This recipe is simple and very tasty. It is like making your own homemade gourmet masterpiece with minimal effort and ingredients.

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Using conventional oven is necessary to complete this dish. However, you may also use electric ovens and it will still produce good results.
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Baked Tahong Recipe INGREDIENTS:

• 2 lbs large tahong (mussels)
• ¼ cup butter
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 6 cloves minced garlic
• ½ cup bread crumbs
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp parsley flakes
• 2 stalks green onions, chopped (for garnishing)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Place tahong in a pan (no water), cover and cook over medium low heat. When shells open up, drain. Remove top shell.
2. Melt butter in microwave. Add minced garlic and stir.
3. Mix cream cheese and cheddar cheese together. Add salt, black pepper andparsley.
4. Preheat oven to 300F. Brush each tahong meat with butter-garlic mixture, top with cheese mixture and cover with Panko bread crumbs.
5.  Arrange tahong on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 15 – 20 minutes or until panko bread crumbs turned light brown.
6.  Transfer to a serving platter. Garnish with chopped green onions. Serve warm.-

Source : Pinay in Texas.

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