About the dish
Moules-frites, mussels with chips, are regarded as one of Belgium’s national dishes. The mussels are steamed briefly in a large pot with celery, onion, butter and herbs, sometimes with white wine or beer, until the shells open. Everyone gets their own pot and uses an empty shell as tongs to pick out the rest. Alongside comes a bowl of Belgian chips, fried twice so that they are crisp outside and fluffy inside, with mayonnaise. The dish is eaten in seaside restaurants and Brussels brasseries, above all during the mussel season from summer to winter.
Main ingredients
- mussels
- celery
- onion
- butter
- potatoes
- mayonnaise
More: Wikipedia (en)
