Known for soaking in sauces and spices like no one’s business, our Chilean Black Mussels steam to a tender, slightly sweet taste with an oceanic hint, accompanied with a slightly pleasant chew. Our fishing partners bag (4 lb.) quantities after a traditional steaming and flash-freezing for an easy warm-up, add-to a recipe convenient catch. Each order ships "chilled, ready to cook," or "flash frozen, ready for the freezer."
Serve Black Mussels Tonight!
Boasting an oceanic mildness with a hint of “mushroom” and a slightly chewy, tender texture, black mussels find favor from chefs for a seafood paella, garlic butter linguine, or even a meal starter served with toasted crostino. If you’re wondering about the taste, it resembles a flavor between oysters and clams. Add your favorite spices and sauces to the mix. USA black mussels soak in the juices majestically for a briny-sweet delicacy.
Distinguishing a black mussel from clams, oysters, scallops and other bivalves requires a keen eye. It’s quite simple. They exhibit an equivalve or identical shell halves with notched ridges that keep the shell tightly shut. Smooth to touch and purplish brown in color, mussels “stick out” compared to the other filter feeders.
Black mussels rely on floating food particles for energy, which also helps clean the waters as they ingest the nutrients. The cleaner the water, the more beneficial a mussel is for your health. Selenium, ideal for cardiovascular health, and iron, a source in producing red blood cells lead the list of mussel’s health benefits.
