Dinner

Coconut Mussels with Rice Noodles and Lime

Name: Coconut Mussels with Rice Noodles and Lime
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 180 g Mussels, cooked and shelled; 1.5 tbsp (25 g) Thai red curry paste; 150 g Reduced-fat coconut milk, tinned; 80 g Sugar snap peas; 30 g Spring onion; One lime Lime juice; A handful Fresh coriander; 150 g Cooked rice noodles

Mussels opened in a red curry coconut broth with sugar snaps, over rice noodles, with lime and coriander at the end. 37 g of protein for 525 kcal.

Calories: 525kcal
Protein: 37g
Fat: 18g
Carbs: 54g

Per serving, makes 1. 20 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Fish
Crustaceans
Molluscs

Most Thai pastes contain shrimp paste and fish sauce. Vegan pastes exist and carry neither.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

Mussels, cooked and shelled180 g
Shelled weight. In the shell, roughly three times this weight.
Thai red curry paste1.5 tbsp (25 g)
Reduced-fat coconut milk, tinned150 g
Sugar snap peas80 g
Spring onion30 g
Lime juiceOne lime
Fresh corianderA handful
Cooked rice noodles150 g
Cooked weight, after soaking.

Method

Scrub and debeard the mussels. Fry the paste in a dry pan over a medium heat for a minute until it darkens and smells toasted.
Pour in the coconut milk with a splash of water, bring it to a simmer and add the sugar snaps for two minutes.
Add the mussels, lid on, and cook for three to four minutes until they open. Discard any that do not.
Off the heat, add the lime, spring onion and coriander. Soften the noodles as the packet says and ladle everything over them.

Worth knowing

The paste does the seasoning. Most jars are salty enough that no fish sauce is needed once the mussel liquor is in, so taste before adding anything.
Reduced-fat coconut milk is 110 kcal for the 150 g here. The full-fat tin would be 255 for the same volume and a heavier, sweeter broth.

Other dinner recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every dinner between 450 and 600 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.