cooking fully cooked frozen mussels

[jermart]

I bought fully cooked frozen mussels - the direction say boil in seaed pouch for 7 minutes. My question is why can I just open the pouch and drop them in simmering sauce that I am cooking.

[bushwickgirl]

Adding them to sauce to reheat will work fine. I have also defrosted them, allowed them to drain if there's a fair amount of extra liquid, depending on how they've been frozen, and cooked them from there. 7 minutes in pouch is a bit of a long cook, but I guess that time recommend takes into account the frozen state. Defrosted, they will reheat much quicker.

[ROCKLES]

Other than the added moisture to your sauce from the defrosting, it will work fine. I have done it that way many times. Just remember the added liquid could take away from your sauce a slight amount.