Sauteed scallops are a delicious and versatile seafood dish that can be prepared in just a few minutes. They are a flavorful addition to any meal and can be served as an appetizer or main course. Paired with a sweet chili lime butter, the scallops are elevated with a sweet, spicy, and slightly tangy flavor that is sure to impress your taste buds. This dish is perfect for any occasion, whether you are entertaining guests or simply enjoying a weeknight meal with your family.
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SAUTEED SCALLOPS
A very simple recipe for how delicious it is! Just crush the garlic with the side of a chef's knife blade instead of chopping it, and using whole sprigs of rosemary allows them to be easily removed before serving.
Provided by Pati
Categories Seafood Shellfish Scallops
Time 10m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- In a medium size saucepan melt butter over medium-high heat. Add crushed garlic and whole sprigs of rosemary to the saucepan. Add scallops, cook for 2 minutes on each side (or until desired consistency). Remove the garlic and rosemary from pan. Serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 408.6 calories, Carbohydrate 6.5 g, Cholesterol 135.9 mg, Fat 24.8 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 38.5 g, SaturatedFat 14.8 g, Sodium 529.6 mg
SAUTEED BAY SCALLOPS WITH LEMON BUTTER
Provided by Food Network
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Choose a saute pan large enough to hold all of the scallops in one layer without overcrowding the pan or without them touching each other. Cook in batches if necessary. Heat the oil and 1 tablespoon of the butter until nearly smoking. Add the scallops and do not move or shake pan, but allow the scallops to brown well on one side before tossing the pan to flip them or gently turning them with a spatula to cook the second side.
- Remove the scallops from the pan and place on a warm serving platter. Return the pan in which the scallops had been cooked to the fire, add the remaining 2 tablespoons of sweet butter, and cook until the butter begins to turn a light brown color. When the butter has browned to a hazelnut color add the lemon juice and chopped parsley.
- Pour the classic lemon butter over the scallops, garnish with heart-shaped croutons and serve promptly.
SAUTEED SCALLOPS WITH SWEET CHILI LIME BUTTER
Categories Fish
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Using Microplane, finely grate enough peel from limes to measure 2 teaspoons. Cut one lime into wedges and reserve. Mix butter, chili sauce, green onion, and lime peel in small bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Sprinkle scallops with salt and pepper. Melt 1 tablespoon butter mixture in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add scallops and cook just until opaque in center, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Divide scallops between 2 plates. Drop butter mixture in small dollops over scallops on each plate and squeeze lime wedges over.
SAUTéED SCALLOPS WITH LIME
Make and share this Sautéed Scallops With Lime recipe from Food.com.
Provided by dicentra
Categories Very Low Carbs
Time 15m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet until almost smoking. Add the scallops and cook over moderately high heat until browned on the bottom, about 2 minutes.
- Turn the scallops and cook until just opaque throughout, about 2 minutes longer.
- Add the cilantro, garlic and lime juice, season with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Serve with bread.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 241.1, Fat 11.4, SaturatedFat 1.5, Cholesterol 56.3, Sodium 275.1, Carbohydrate 4.4, Protein 28.7
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.
CHILI LIME SCALLOPS
A nice spicy little asian style dish, that is easy and quick to prepare. I invented it for a dinner aboard a charter boat, but its a great dinner party dish too.
Provided by Raxyl
Categories Australian
Time 15m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- sauté the chilli, garlic, cumin and coriander in a hot skillet add the lemongrass and the spring onion until they have softened, but not browned.
- Add the scallops and sauté for one minute or until they turn from translucent to opaque.
- Place one cup of cooked basmati rice in the centre of a plate and arrange the scallops around it, deglaze the pan with the lime juice and drizzle over the scallops.
- Garnish with fresh coriander and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 508.5, Fat 26.9, SaturatedFat 15.6, Cholesterol 163.1, Sodium 661.5, Carbohydrate 14.5, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 2, Protein 51.7
SEARED SCALLOPS WITH SWEET CHILLI SAUCE
Impress your friends with these stylish, healthy canapés
Provided by John Torode
Categories Canapes
Time 20m
Yield Makes 20
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Place the ginger, coriander and garlic in a pestle and mortar, then pound to a paste. Add the oil and mix through. Pour over the scallops and rub in until they are covered with the mixture. Thread each scallop onto a skewer (see Know-how, below). Can be done up to 1 day in advance.
- To cook, heat a non-stick frying pan until really hot. Place a couple of skewers in the pan and cook for 2 mins, until starting to turn golden. Turn over, drizzle with more oil if needed, then cook for another min. Serve with sweet chilli sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 51 calories, Fat 3 grams fat, Protein 6 grams protein, Sodium 0.17 milligram of sodium
SEARED SEA SCALLOPS WITH GINGER-LIME BUTTER
Day-boat scallops, the kind that are dry-packed (never frozen or dosed with preservatives), are what you want for this decadent but very simple dish. The scallops are seared on cast iron, but gradually, for a crisp, well-browned surface that intensifies their natural sweetness. Ginger, lime and hot pepper enhance the rich meatiness of all fresh seafood, and here especially so. A roasted sweet potato and a pile of blanched bok choy complete this quintessentially elegant, fast-food meal.
Provided by David Tanis
Categories dinner, for two, main course
Time 1h
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400 degrees. Wash sweet potatoes and wrap them tightly in foil. Roast until tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. (If you are using larger sweet potatoes, they may require 15 minutes more in the oven.)
- Using a paring knife, remove the small hard "foot" from the edge of each scallop. Pat scallops dry and season on both sides with salt and pepper.
- Put on a medium pot of salted water to boil for the greens.
- Meanwhile, make the ginger butter: Combine butter, ginger, chile and lime zest and juice and stir together until well incorporated. Season with salt to taste. Set aside.
- Take a cast-iron skillet large enough to hold the scallops without crowding and place over medium-high heat. Add a film of olive oil. When the oil is nearly smoking, add the scallops in one layer and let them sizzle. Reduce heat to medium and continue to cook for at least 5 minutes. Use a small spatula to check the scallops as they brown, allowing them to color gradually. They should be quite crisp and well caramelized. Turn off heat and flip scallops. Leave in pan until firm to the touch.
- While the scallops are cooking, blanch the bok choy: Cook it for 1 minute in the salted boiling water, then drain and blot on a kitchen towel. Keep warm.
- Remove and place scallops, browned side up, onto warmed serving plates. Surround with the bok choy leaves and halved or sliced sweet potatoes.
- Quickly warm the butter in the cast-iron pan and spoon over everything. Sprinkle with cilantro if desired.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 362, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams, Carbohydrate 30 grams, Fat 23 grams, Fiber 7 grams, Protein 13 grams, SaturatedFat 12 grams, Sodium 811 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams, TransFat 1 gram
SOY-BUTTER BASTED SCALLOPS WITH WILTED GREENS AND SESAME
This simple dish was inspired by a recipe for steamed scallop and butter rice found in "Donabe: Classic and Modern Japanese Clay Pot Cooking" (Ten Speed, 2015) by Naoko Takei Moore and Kyle Connaughton. Here, sweet sea scallops are seared in a hot pan and basted with melted butter and soy sauce to finish cooking. Tender greens are sautéed in garlic oil, then the scallops are placed on top and everything is drizzled with the remaining soy-butter and a bit of sesame oil. Finish the dish with a good squeeze of lime, thinly sliced scallions and a smattering of sesame seeds. It's wonderful served over steamed white rice, so be sure to get that on the stove before you begin cooking the scallops, as the rest of the meal comes together in no time at all.
Provided by Colu Henry
Categories dinner, weekday, seafood, main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat the oven to 200 degrees. Season the scallops well with salt and pepper. Heat a 12-inch cast-iron skillet over medium-high. Add 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil and, when it shimmers, add the scallops. Cook undisturbed for 2 to 3 minutes, until they begin to brown and form a crust on the bottom.
- Flip the scallops, add the butter and soy sauce to the pan and use a spoon to repeatedly drizzle the sauce over the tops of the scallops to finish cooking, 1 to 2 minutes more.
- Set the scallops on an oven-safe plate and pour the butter mixture on top. Place the plate in the oven to keep the scallops warm while you finish the rest of the dish.
- Add the remaining 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil to the skillet and heat over medium. Add the garlic and red-pepper flakes, if using, and cook until the garlic is pale golden, about 2 minutes, adding a teaspoon or so more of grapeseed oil if needed. Return the heat to medium-high and add the spinach, in batches, if needed, and season with salt. Toss until the spinach wilts, adding a few teaspoons of water to help it along, if needed, and scrape the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Turn off the heat.
- Add the scallops back to the pan and pour any residual butter-sauce over top. Drizzle the dish with sesame oil and a good squeeze of lime. Top with scallions and sesame seeds, if using, and serve with rice.
Tips:
- Choose high-quality scallops. Look for scallops that are plump and have a slightly sweet smell. Avoid scallops that are slimy or have an off odor.
- Sear the scallops properly. Searing the scallops over high heat will caramelize the outside and create a delicious crust. Be sure to sear the scallops for only 1-2 minutes per side, or they will become tough.
- Use a good quality sweet chili sauce. The sweet chili sauce is a key ingredient in this dish, so be sure to use a good quality sauce that has a good balance of sweet, sour, and spicy flavors.
- Don't overcook the scallops. Scallops are a delicate seafood, so it's important to not overcook them. Overcooked scallops will become tough and rubbery.
- Serve the scallops immediately. Scallops are best served immediately after they are cooked. This will ensure that they are still hot and juicy.
Conclusion:
Sautéed scallops with sweet chili lime butter is an easy and delicious seafood dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal or a special occasion. The scallops are seared until golden brown and then tossed in a flavorful sweet chili lime butter sauce. This dish is sure to impress your guests, and it's easy to make ahead of time. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy seafood dish, give this sautéed scallops recipe a try. You won't be disappointed!
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