Tinolang Tahong

Tinolang Tahong is a Filipino soup dish prepared with mussels and leafy greens such as spinach, moringa leaves or chilli leaves sauteed in ginger, garlic and onions.

Third day and still no meat, so today we will be putting some protein back to your system by using mussels as the main ingredient.

Tinolang tahong might be one of popular lenten dishses as its easy to prepare and this dish is one of the cheapest dishes you can have in the Philippines.  Having said  that cheap does not equate to tasting really bad as this this surely packs a lot of flavour, the soup flavours are simply stunning and I can have this every day. This dish is the Philippine version of the Moulles Marinieres but instead of cooking it in wine we just simply use water but with the help of ginger and garlic the flavours are greatly enhanced.

Tinolang Tahong

★★★★★ 5 from 6 reviews

• Author: Raymund
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Yield: 4 1x
• Category: Main Course
• Cuisine: Filipino

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Description

Tinolang Tahong is a Filipino soup dish prepared with mussels and leafy greens such as spinach, moringa leaves or chilli leaves sauteed in ginger, garlic and onions.

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Ingredients

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• 1 kg mussels, cleaned
• 1 thumb sized ginger, julienned
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 bunch chilli leaves (can be substituted with moringa leaves or spinach)
• fish sauce
• freshly ground pepper
• oil

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Instructions

1. In a pot sauté garlic, ginger and onions.
2. Add mussels then pour 3-4 cups of water, bring to a boil then simmer covered.
3. Once shells are opened add the chilli leaves.
4. Simmer for two more minutes then season with fish sauce and freshly ground black pepper.

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