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www.RecipeFaire.com Presents:
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Bahia-Style Mussels
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by:
Marcia Mathews
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Bahia-Style Mussels Recipe uses delicious mussels combined with cream cheese, Italian Dressing, coconut milk, diced tomatoes, cilantro, cooked rice and chopped onions to make a very tasty mussel dish served over rice.
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INGREDIENTS
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1/4 cup Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing
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1-1/2 cups chopped onions
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2/3 cup lite coconut milk
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4 oz.(1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, cubed
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1 can (14-1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes with roasted garlic and onion, drained
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2 Tbsp. each: chopped cilantro and fresh parsley
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2 lb. mussels, scrubbed, beards removed
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2 cups hot cooked rice
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DIRECTIONS
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1:
Heat dressing in large saucepan on medium-high heat. Add onions; cook and stir 10 min. or until lightly browned and tender.
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2:
Add coconut milk and cream cheese; stir with wire whisk until well blended. Add tomatoes, cilantro and parsley; stir. Bring to boil.
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3:
Stir in mussels; cover. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5 to 6 min. or until all mussels have opened. (Discard any unopened mussels.) Serve over rice.
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