Best 9 Sea Scallops With Sauce Meuniere Recipes

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Scallops are a delicious and versatile seafood option that can be enjoyed in a variety of ways. One of the most popular methods of preparing sea scallops is to cook them with sauce meunière, a classic French sauce that perfectly complements the delicate flavor of the scallops. This elegant dish is easy to prepare and can be enjoyed as an appetizer, main course, or even a special occasion meal. Whether you're a seasoned chef or a home cook looking for a new recipe to try, this guide will help you create a delicious and memorable sea scallops with sauce meunière dish.

Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!

SEA SCALLOPS WITH SAUCE MEUNIERE



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Delectable pan-seared sea scallops, with a classic French browned butter and lemon sauce! Quick and easy recipe.

Provided by BecR2400

Categories     European

Time 15m

Yield 3 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 lb sea scallops
6 tablespoons butter, divided
4 tablespoons chopped green onions
1 garlic clove, minced
3 tablespoons dry white wine
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 dash cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons snipped fresh parsley
1 fresh lemon, halved

Steps:

  • Rinse scallops in cold water; pat dry with paper towels.
  • In a large saute pan, heat 3 tablespoons butter on high heat until sizzling; add scallops.
  • Immediately reduce heat to medium, and cook scallops 2 to 3 minutes per side until lightly browned, turning once.
  • Melt the rest of the butter in with the scallops then add the chopped green onions and the garlic, tossing to coat and saute for 2 minutes.
  • Add the wine and cook for 1 minute more.
  • Remove from heat and season with salt and cayenne; sprinkle with the snipped parsley.
  • Serve hot with a generous squeeze of fresh lemon.

SEARED SEA SCALLOPS WITH LINGUINI IN A HERB AND WINE SAUCE



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Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 30m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 21

1/2 pound linguini
1 pound sea scallops
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus some for drizzling
3 tablespoons butter, divided
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 large shallot, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
4 springs fresh thyme, leaves removed and chopped
1 cup dry white wine
1 cup seafood stock or clam juice
25 leaves fresh basil, shredded or torn
1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley, a handful
1 lemon, zested and juiced
4 cups baby arugula or any mixed greens
1/2 pint grape or cherry tomatoes, cut in 1/2
Drizzle extra-virgin olive oil
Splash balsamic vinegar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Strawberries
Split of Champagne, perfect for 2

Steps:

  • Place a large pot of water over high heat and bring up to a boil for the pasta. Once at a boil add some salt and cook pasta to package directions. Hold off on starting the scallops until you drop your pasta.
  • Remove the mussel from the scallops then with a paper towel pat them dry and season them with salt and pepper.
  • Preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil, about 1 turn around the pan and 2 tablespoons of the butter. When butter melts into oil, add scallops. Brown scallops 2 minutes on each side, then remove from pan and cover loosely with foil to keep warm.
  • Add an additional drizzle of olive oil to the skillet and add the garlic, shallots, crushed red pepper flakes, thyme, a little salt and pepper. Reduce heat a little and saute garlic and shallots 1 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add wine to the pan and free up any pan drippings. Reduce wine 1 minute, then add seafood stock. Continue to cook for about 1 minute. Add the basil, parsley, lemon zest and juice and the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter, shake and stir the mixture until the butter has melted. Add the cooked linguini and cook for about 30 seconds, just to combine and let the pasta soak up the sauce.
  • Divide the pasta between 2 serving plates and top with reserved scallops.
  • For the side salad, in a bowl combine the arugula and tomatoes, drizzle with a little extra-virgin olive oil, a splash of balsamic vinegar, and season with salt and pepper. Toss to coat and serve.
  • And for dessert, rinse strawberries and arrange on a plate. Serve with a glass of Champagne.

MAINE SEA SCALLOPS WITH BRAISED ENDIVES AND A BROWN BALSAMIC BUTTER SAUCE



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 37m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

4 large Belgian endives
2 cups water
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 lemon, juiced
2 teaspoons olive oil
12 large Maine sea scallops
Salt and pepper
4 ounces unsalted butter
2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon chopped Italian parsley
2 teaspoons diced tomatoes
1 teaspoon chopped shallots

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Place endives in a stainless steel pot. Add water, sugar, and lemon juice. Cover with a napkin or dishtowel and bring to a boil. Simmer 20 minutes and remove endives. Strain cooking liquid and reserve. Let endives cool and cut into quarters lengthwise. Set aside.
  • Heat a medium saute pan until very hot and add 2 teaspoons of olive oil. Season scallops with salt and pepper and quickly sear scallops for 3 minutes. Turn the scallops over and cook for 1 minute more. Remove.
  • In another saute pan, add butter and let brown. Add balsamic vinegar, 2 teaspoons reserved endive cooking liquid, salt, pepper, chopped parsley, tomatoes, and shallots.
  • On 4 dinner plates, fan out 4 pieces of endive. Warm plates in oven for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove plates from oven and place 3 scallops over endives and lightly nappe with sauce. Serve immediately.

MEUNIERE SAUCE



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Make and share this Meuniere Sauce recipe from Food.com.

Provided by kimbearly

Categories     Very Low Carbs

Time 15m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
parsley, minced
2 tablespoons green onions, chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1 dash hot pepper sauce
1 dash Worcestershire sauce

Steps:

  • Combine all ingredients and simmer 5 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 206.1, Fat 23, SaturatedFat 14.6, Cholesterol 61, Sodium 301.6, Carbohydrate 0.8, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 0.3, Protein 0.3

SEARED SEA SCALLOPS



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Seared on the outside with a light crust and tender on the inside. You may vary the amounts of all seasonings to suit your taste.

Provided by CHRISADAMS

Categories     Seafood     Shellfish     Scallops

Time 30m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

½ cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons seasoning salt
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon dried thyme
2 tablespoons lemon pepper
16 sea scallops, rinsed and drained
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, divided
4 teaspoons lemon juice, divided

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt, oregano, thyme and lemon pepper. Roll scallops in flour mixture until lightly coated on all sides.
  • Heat olive oil in a skillet or frying pan over high heat. Add 4 scallops to the pan and sear on all sides (about 2 minutes for each side). After turning scallops, add 1 tablespoon parsley and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Remove scallops from pan and place on a plate in the oven to keep warm until ready to serve.
  • Repeat until remaining scallops are cooked, tossing each batch with parsley and lemon juice.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 179.1 calories, Carbohydrate 15.4 g, Cholesterol 19.8 mg, Fat 7.5 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 12 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 1250.8 mg, Sugar 0.5 g

SKILLET SEA SCALLOPS



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A fast but gourmet meal for dinner guests, these sea scallops are sure to impress!

Provided by Tanaquil

Categories     Seafood     Shellfish     Scallops

Time 20m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

½ cup dry bread crumbs
½ teaspoon salt
1 pound sea scallops
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
¼ cup dry white wine
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon minced fresh parsley
1 clove garlic, minced

Steps:

  • Combine bread crumbs and salt in a large resealable plastic bag. Add scallops, a few at a time, and shake to coat. Repeat with remaining scallops.
  • Melt butter in olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; fry scallops until browned and opaque, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer scallops to a plate and keep warm.
  • Stir wine, lemon juice, parsley, and garlic into skillet and bring to a boil. Simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Pour lemon-wine sauce over scallops to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 340.3 calories, Carbohydrate 20 g, Cholesterol 69.3 mg, Fat 19.5 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 18 g, SaturatedFat 6.6 g, Sodium 842.3 mg, Sugar 1.2 g

SEA SCALLOPS WITH ALMOND SAUCE



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Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories     dinner, weekday, main course

Time 15m

Yield 3 to 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
About 1 1/2 pounds sea or bay scallops
Salt
Pinch cayenne pepper
1/3 cup roughly chopped almonds, skin on
3/4 cup dry white wine
Chopped parsley for garnish, optional

Steps:

  • Combine oil and half the butter in a large skillet, preferably nonstick, and turn heat to medium-high. Sprinkle scallops with salt and cayenne. When butter foam subsides, add scallops to pan, one at a time (or all at once if you're using bay scallops), and turn heat to high. Cook about 2 minutes, or until one side browns, then turn and brown other side for a minute or two longer. (If you like scallops more well done, cook a couple of minutes more.)
  • Remove scallops to a plate, and keep warm. Add nuts to skillet over high heat, and cook, stirring, a minute or two, until dark brown. Add wine, and cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced to a syrup, about 5 minutes. Add remaining butter; when sauce has thickened, pour over scallops. Garnish with parsley if desired.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 302, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 9 grams, Fat 16 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 23 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 670 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams

SEARED SCALLOPS WITH PAN SAUCE



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Seven ingredients and one skillet lead the way to home cooking that's as good as anything you'll eat in restaurants.

Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories     Seafood     Shellfish     Scallop     Butter     Quick & Easy     Dinner     Chive     White Wine

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 pounds sea scallops
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon minced garlic
Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup dry white wine or water, or more as needed
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives

Steps:

  • Cut 2 tablespoons of the butter into pea-sized pieces, put it on a small plate, and stick it in the freezer. Heat a large skillet over medium-heat high for 3 or 4 minutes. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon butter and the olive oil and wait for the butter to melt.
  • Pat the scallops dry with paper towels, add them to the pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper; work in batches if necessary to avoid crowding the skillet. Cook, turning once, until they are well browned on both sides but not quite cooked through, 2 minutes per side (less if the scallops are under 1 inch across; more if they're over). Transfer the scallops to a plate.
  • Stir in the garlic, lemon juice, and wine and scrape all the brown bits off the bottom of the skillet with a spatula. Lower the heat to medium and cook until the liquid in the skillet thickens, a minute or two, then whisk in the butter you chilled in the freezer, one bit at a time, to make a creamy sauce, adding another tablespoon or two of liquid if necessary.
  • Return the scallops to the skillet and add the chives. Adjust the heat so the sauce bubbles gently and toss to coat the scallops with the sauce. To serve, transfer the scallops to a platter and spoon the sauce over all.
  • Variation:
  • Seared Scallops With Cherry Tomatoes and Basil: Skip the lemon juice. Cut 1 pint cherry tomatoes in half. Add the tomatoes with the garlic and wine and cook until they wrinkle a bit and release their juice, 2 or 3 minutes. Use chopped fresh basil leaves instead of chives.
  • Cooks' Notes
  • Releasing From The Pan: The scallops will offer no resistance when they're ready to turn. Press down gently while the scallops cook to encourage full contact with the pan, then listen for a hiss: That's moisture heating and evaporating.
  • Getting A Good Sear: The idea is to brown the scallops well on both sides without overcooking them, so keep the heat as high as you can without creating too much smoke.
  • Building Sauce With Butter: After you add the liquid and deglaze the pan, the addition of butter develops fantastic creaminess and richness.
  • Finishing The Dish: As soon as the scallops are cooked through completely and coated with the sauce, remove the pan from the heat; they will continue to cook. Nick-and-peek into one if you need to check for doneness.

SEA SCALLOPS WITH BROWN BUTTER, CAPERS AND LEMON



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This bright yet rich treatment for scallops came to The Times in a 2009 article about Kevin Zraly, the wine director of Windows on the World from 1976 to 2001. Mr. Zraly turned the restaurant into an international wine mecca: at the time it was destroyed, when the World Trade Center fell, its cellar held close to 100,000 bottles of 1,500 labels. Mr. Zraly and Michael Lomonaco, the chef at the restaurant (both of whom were not at work on Sept. 11 when the planes hit), worked together on hundreds of wine and food pairings throughout the years. This was Mr. Zraly's favorite of Mr. Lomonaco's creations. With it, he recommends a Puligny Montrachet, Olivier Leflaive.

Provided by Alex Witchel

Categories     easy, quick, appetizer, main course

Time 15m

Yield 4 appetizer servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

12 fresh sea scallops
Sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon finely chopped shallot
2 tablespoons salt-packed capers, rinsed of excess salt
Juice of half a lemon
1/3 cup (packed) flat-leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped

Steps:

  • Pat scallops dry with paper towels, and season lightly with salt and pepper. Heat a large sauté pan or nonreactive skillet over medium-high heat, and add oil. After 30 seconds, add scallops; do not crowd pan, work in batches if necessary. Sauté until well browned, about 2 minutes, then turn and cook other side. When second side is dark golden, transfer scallops to a platter; cover and keep warm.
  • Return sauté pan to heat, add butter, and cook until it begins to foam and turn golden. Add shallot and capers, sauté for 1 minute, then add lemon juice (being careful to avoid sputtering butter) and chopped parsley.
  • To serve, place 3 scallops on each of 4 warmed plates. Spoon butter, shallots and capers over scallops, and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 255, UnsaturatedFat 14 grams, Carbohydrate 4 grams, Fat 23 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 10 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 400 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams, TransFat 0 grams

Tips:

  • Use fresh scallops. Fresh scallops have a sweet, briny flavor and a firm texture. Avoid using frozen scallops, as they can be tough and flavorless.
  • Sear the scallops properly. Searing the scallops creates a golden brown crust and helps to lock in the flavor. To sear the scallops, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the scallops and cook for 2-3 minutes per side, or until they are golden brown and opaque.
  • Don't overcrowd the skillet. If you overcrowd the skillet, the scallops will not sear properly and will steam instead. Cook the scallops in batches if necessary.
  • Use a good quality butter. The butter is a key ingredient in sauce meunière, so it's important to use a good quality butter. Unsalted butter is best, as it allows you to control the amount of salt in the sauce.
  • Don't overcook the sauce. Sauce meunière is a simple sauce that should be cooked quickly. Overcooking the sauce will cause it to become thick and gloppy.

Conclusion:

Sea scallops with sauce meunière is a classic French dish that is both elegant and delicious. The scallops are seared until golden brown and then simmered in a creamy, buttery sauce. This dish is perfect for a special occasion or a romantic dinner. With the tips provided in this article, you can easily prepare this dish at home and impress your friends and family.

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