SEARED SCALLOPS
For a seafood supper tonight, try Alton Brown's foolproof Seared Scallops recipe. The trick is to add a touch of butter to the pan for a golden sear.
Provided by Alton Brown
Categories main-dish
Time 8m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Remove the small side muscle from the scallops, rinse with cold water and thoroughly pat dry.
- Add the butter and oil to a 12 to 14-inch saute pan on high heat. Salt and pepper the scallops. Once the fat begins to smoke, gently add the scallops, making sure they are not touching each other. Sear the scallops for 1 1/2 minutes on each side. The scallops should have a 1/4-inch golden crust on each side while still being translucent in the center. Serve immediately.
PAN SEARED SCALLOPS WITH SESAME SAUCE AND CELLOPHANE NOODLES
Provided by Robin Miller : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Soak cellophane noodles in hot water for 10 minutes, until tender. Strain and set aside.
- While the noodles are soaking, in a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, garlic, vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, cornstarch, and red pepper flakes. Set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add scallops and season the tops with black pepper. Cook 2 minutes, until golden brown. Flip with spatula and cook 2 more minutes, until second side is golden brown. Add soy sauce mixture to pan and bring to a simmer, for 2 minutes, until sauce thickens and scallops are cooked through and have an opaque color.
- Serve half of the scallops over all of the cellophane noodles and top with scallions. Reserve remaining scallops for salad, if desired.
SEARED SCALLOPS WITH ASIAN LIME-CHILE SAUCE
Categories Shellfish Sauté Low Fat Quick & Easy Vinegar Lime Hot Pepper Healthy Gourmet
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Soak skewers in water 30 minutes.
- Pound garlic, chile, and sugar to a fine paste with a mortar and pestle. Stir paste together with vinegar, fish sauce, water, and lime juice. (Alternatively, purée sauce ingredients together in a blender.)
- Pat scallops dry. Thread 4 on each skewer (flat sides facing out; see photo), then brush both sides with oil (2 teaspoons total for 4 skewers). Season scallops with salt and pepper.
- Brush a 12-inch nonstick skillet with remaining teaspoon oil and heat over high heat until hot but not smoking. Sear scallops, turning over once, until just cooked through, about 6 minutes total.
- Serve scallops with sauce spooned over.
PAN SEARED SCALLOPS WITH ASIAN DIPPING SAUCE
These scallops can be grilled too. put I prefer pan seared. To me this dish can be served as a appetizer or as a surf addition to the turf steak, for a home version of surf and turf meal. enjoy
Provided by Shawn C
Categories Asian
Time 9m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- in a nonstick skillet over medium high heat heat oil in skillet and add scallops. season with salt and pepper cook about 3-5 minutes should be lightly browned then flip and do the same on other side.
- mean while in sauce pan combine all the ingredients and bring to a boil then remove from heat.
- serve scallops and sauce immediately.
SEARED SCALLOPS WITH ASIAN LIME-CHILE SAUCE
Make and share this Seared Scallops with Asian Lime-chile Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Dawnab
Categories Asian
Time 26m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Soak skewers in water 30 minutes.
- Pound garlic, chile, and sugar to a fine paste with a mortar and pestle.
- Stir paste together with vinegar, fish sauce, water, and lime juice.
- (Alternatively, purée sauce ingredients together in a blender.) Pat scallops dry.
- Thread 4 on each skewer then brush both sides with oil (2 teaspoons total for 4 skewers).
- Season scallops with salt and pepper.
- Brush a 12-inch nonstick skillet with remaining teaspoon oil and heat over high heat until hot but not smoking.
- Sear scallops, turning over once, until just cooked through, about 6 minutes total.
- Serve scallops with sauce spooned over.
- Cooks' note: Sauce may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
- Bring to room temperature before serving.
SESAME-CRUSTED, PAN-SEARED SCALLOPS WITH ASIAN VINAIGRETTE
Provided by Bob Blumer - Host of Surreal Gourmet and Glutton for Punishment
Categories appetizer
Time 10m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small bowl add ginger, garlic, green onion, cilantro, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, soy, 1 tablespoon of canola oil, and sake. Whisk ingredients together.
- Place 1 teaspoon of vinaigrette in each soup spoon.
- Season scallops with salt and pepper.
- Place sesame seeds on a plate. Pat down top and bottom side of each scallop in sesame seeds.
- In a saute pan, over medium-high heat add remaining tablespoon oil. When oil is hot, add scallops, placing them sesame-crusted side down. Sear for approximately 1 minute, or until sesame seeds brown. Turn and sear on other sesame-crusted side for 1 more minute. Place 1 scallop in each soup spoon. Serve immediately.
- * The same serving format can be achieved with only 4 spoons by replenishing each guests spoon for subsequent servings.
- Recommended beverage: cold sake
ASIAN COLE SLAW WITH SEARED SCALLOPS
Steps:
- Place pea pods in heavy small skillet. Add enough water to cover pea pods. Boil 30 seconds. Drain. Rinse under cold water to cool. Drain and pat dry.
- Combine cabbage, bean sprouts, bell pepper, cucumber, green onion, cilantro and pea pods in medium bowl. Add dressing and toss well. (Can be prepared 2 hours ahead. Refrigerate.)
- Divide cole slaw between plates, mounding slightly in center. Combine scallops and soy sauce in small bowl. Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over high heat until almost smoking. Add scallops to skillet and cook 30 seconds. Turn scallops and continue cooking until scallops are golden brown on top and bottom and just cooked through, about 20 seconds longer. Divide scallops between plates, arranging decoratively around coleslaw.
SEARED SCALLOPS WITH BABY SPINACH
A lovely, very simple Asian dish. This is mildly seasoned, but feel free to add chili paste, chili oil or whatever firey substances you like.
Provided by Chef Kate
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 17m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil and 1 teaspoon of the sesame oil in a skillet over high heat. A.
- dd garlic and ginger; cook, stirring, until garlic softens, 1 minute.
- Add spinach; cook until leaves soften and heat through, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add soy sauce, sesame seeds and pepper to taste; toss to combine.
- Cover skillet; keep warm while scallops cook.
- Heat remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil and 1 teaspoon sesame oil over medium-high heat in a grill pan or heavy skillet.
- Sear scallops until dark golden, about 2 minutes per side.
- Serve scallops over the spinach.
- Note: To toast sesame seeds, place in a dry skillet over low heat, shaking frequently to prevent burning, until fragrant and barely colored, about 3 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 193.4, Fat 11.5, SaturatedFat 1.5, Cholesterol 28.1, Sodium 445.3, Carbohydrate 6, Fiber 2, Sugar 0.4, Protein 17.4
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