Beer steamed mussels

Last night was mussels steamed in beer sauce. I had been wanting to do this one for a while, but just now got around to it. The dish is quite easy to make, but tastes wonderful, and looks like it should be on the front of a cook book. For starters I made oven fries, and edamame as well. Tried a wide variety of beers actually. Most of them were from Minamishinshu. Not great but solid beers, I especially liked the hefeweizen, and the amber worked quite well as the base for the steaming. The shop is my favorite local beer shop Iseya.

Basic procedure

1. Take basic aromatic veggies , and spices and sweat them in a pan
2. Then  add the mussels and beer, keep on med-high heat, until they open up.
3. shut off the heat and add some garnish/flavor type spices.

Example Ingredients

1. Onions, Garlic, Tomatoes
2. Minamishinshu amber
3. Scallions, Red Pepper, Parsley