Starters & Light meals

Seaweed-steamed mussels with wakame-and-miso dressing

By
21 April 2026
4
Easy
15 minutes
15 minutes  

Steaming mussels with seaweed amplifies the oceanic flavour of this dish. If you can’t get fresh kombu, use sheets of dried, which will soften as you cook the mussels.
Rate this recipe

Thanks for your rating!

You must be logged in to rate a recipe. Login

Ingredients

Method
  • 1 kg fresh mussels, cleaned
  • kombu or foraged seaweed, for steaming
  • 300 g wakame seaweed, for serving
    • For the dressing, whisk:

  • 2 T Woolworths white miso paste
  • 2 T Woolworths Asian Everything soya sauce
  • 3 T olive oil
  • 1 t fish sauce
  • 1 t crushed ginger
  • 1 LemonGold, juiced

Method

Ingredients

1. Steam the mussels on a bed of seaweed in a cast-iron pan over hot coals. Discard any that do not open.

2. Serve the steamed mussels over the wakame seaweed and top with the dressing.

Find more Prawns and shellfish recipes

Videographer: Barry de Villiers

Photographer: Jan Ras

Food Assistant: Bianca Jones
Abigail Donnelly

Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

Nothing excites Woolworths TASTE's Food Director quite as much as the challenge of dreaming up recipes with innovative new foods – or the thrill of creating deliciousness on a plate with the humblest of ingredients. With Abi by your side, you’ll be a cooking expert in no time at all.

View all recipes
Register

Comments

There are no comments yet.



Related recipes

Load more