Spiced Tomato Coconut Mussels & Chickpeas

Serving size

1 person 2 people 4 people

Ingredients

1 handful of fresh coriander
230g chickpeas

(Chickpeas, water, salt)
500g ready-cooked Scottish mussels (Molluscs)
110g baby tomatoes
11g vegetable stock powder

(Salt, Rice Flour, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Carrot Powder, Tomato Powder, Parsnip Powder, Green Bean Powder, Parsley Flakes, Lovage Root Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Ground Mace, Ground White Pepper, Garlic Powder.)
2 tbsp tomato purée
1 unwaxed lime
80g baby spinach
4 tsp garlic paste

(Garlic, Olive Oil, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
40g creamed coconut
1 tbsp tempero baiano-style blend

(Fine Sea Salt, Sweet Paprika Powder, Cumin, Garlic Granules, Coriander, Cayenne Pepper, Black Pepper, Onion Powder, Chilli Flakes, Turmeric, Parsley, Oregano.)
1 pepper

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Contains: Molluscs

Nutritional Information

Typical values	per 100g	per portion
Energy	88Kcal	560Kcal
	367kJ	2344kJ
Fat	4.0g	26g
of which saturates	2.1g	14g
Carbohydrates	4g	28g
of which sugars	2.0g	13g
Protein	5.5g	35g
Salt	1.1g	6.8g
Fibre	2.7g	17g

Ingredients

1 handful of fresh coriander (use half)
1 unwaxed lime (use half)
11g vegetable stock powder (use half)

(Salt, Rice Flour, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Carrot Powder, Tomato Powder, Parsnip Powder, Green Bean Powder, Parsley Flakes, Lovage Root Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Ground Mace, Ground White Pepper, Garlic Powder.)
230g chickpeas (use half)

(Chickpeas, water, salt)
110g baby tomatoes (use half)
4 tsp garlic paste (use half)

(Garlic, Olive Oil, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
0g ready-cooked Scottish mussels (Molluscs)
40g creamed coconut (use half)
2 tbsp tomato purée (use half)
1 tbsp tempero baiano-style blend (use half)

(Fine Sea Salt, Sweet Paprika Powder, Cumin, Garlic Granules, Coriander, Cayenne Pepper, Black Pepper, Onion Powder, Chilli Flakes, Turmeric, Parsley, Oregano.)
1 pepper (use half)
80g baby spinach (use half)

Allergens

Contains: Molluscs

Nutritional Information

Typical values	per 100g	per portion
Energy	97Kcal	494Kcal
	408kJ	2066kJ
Fat	4.9g	25g
of which saturates	2.6g	13g
Carbohydrates	5g	24g
of which sugars	2.4g	12g
Protein	4.9g	25g
Salt	0.96g	4.9g
Fibre	3.2g	16g

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Spiced Tomato Coconut Mussels & Chickpeas

Prep time: 20 mins

Total time: 20 mins

Cuisine: South American

Food group: Shellfish

The most comforting seafood dish, simmered in a delicious Brazilian-spiced sauce. Ready-cooked mussels and velvety chickpeas simmer with fresh tomatoes and coconut milk. Add red peppers and spinach for colourful veggies. Finish with a squeeze of zingy lime and coriander for freshness.

Cooking Instructions

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Boil a half-full kettle. Halve the tomatoes. Dice the pepper into 2cm squares. Roughly chop the coriander. Dissolve the creamed coconut and stock in a jug with 200ml boiling water (100ml for 1 person). Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Discard any mussels with broken shells.
Heat a large frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium heat. Once hot, add the tomatoes and pepper and cook for 3-4 mins, until softened. Add the garlic paste, tomato puree, spice mix and chickpeas. Cook for 2 mins.
Add the stock mixture and mussels to the pan. Cover with a lid and simmer for 5-7 mins, until the mussels are piping hot and the sauce has thickened. In the final minute of cooking, rinse the spinach, then gently stir through the sauce to wilt. Add a splash of water if it gets too dry.
Once cooked, stir in half the coriander and squeeze in the juice from half the lime. Cut the remaining lime into wedges. Season with salt and pepper (to taste).
Serve the spiced tomato & coconut mussels in bowls. Garnish with the lime wedges and the remaining coriander.