Today on The Stay At Home Chef
I'm showing you how to cook scallops.
Scallops are a tasty little bite of seafood, and they are super quick and easy to make.
Today i'm going to show you how to cook them, as well as 4 different sauce options that you can use.
You'll notice in the grocery store you can either buy wet scallops or dry scallops.
It has to do with how they're packed.
Wet scallops are shucked on the boat and put into a wet solution to preserve them.
Dry scallops are shucked on the boat and then put onto ice,
and they are more translucent and have a better flavor.
They also sear better because they don't soak up any additional water weight.
Regardless of which one you buy you want to take a paper towel or a clean dish towel and pat them as dry as you can.
Once dry we're going to season these with a little bit of salt,
about 1/4 teaspoon, and black pepper.
Once seasoned it's time to head on over to the stove and get these cooked.
Get a large skillet heating on the stove over medium-high heat, because these cook hot and fast.
Pour 2 tablespoons of olive oil into the skillet and heat that until it starts to shimmer.
Once hot add in your scallops, and you're going to let them sear.
I wasn't kidding when I said these cook hot and fast, because they're ready in about 2 minutes per side.
Once seared on both sides remove them from the skillet and set them on a plate.
Bigger scallops take longer to cook, so make sure you adjust accordingly for the size of your scallops.
Next it's time to make our 4 different flavor options.
The first one is probably the most common, with an easy lemon garlic sauce.
We're gonna add 2 tablespoons of butter into the skillet without even cleaning it out,
because those brown bits have a ton of flavor.
Add in 5 cloves of minced garlic and let that cook for just about 30 seconds.
Pour in about 1/4 cup of white wine.
Let that cook scraping up the brown bits for just about 2 minutes to cook off the alcohol.
Then finish it off with 2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
You can pour this sauce directly over your scallops,
or add your scallops back into the skillet and spoon the sauce over.
Garnish that with a little freshly chopped parsley if you want to add a little bit of color,
and then you are ready to eat.
That is one cooked sauce.
Let me show you one more cooked sauce, and then we'll move on to some no cook sauces.
For an easy balsamic sauce you'd add in another tablespoon of olive oil if you need it,
then you're gonna sauté 2 cloves of minced garlic for just about 30 seconds.
Deglaze the pan with 2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar.
Then add in 2 teaspoons of dijon mustard,
and then 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and black pepper.
Stir or whisk this in and let cook for about 1-2 minutes.
Then just drizzle this over your cooked scallops.
Next we'll whip up a quick and easy cilantro lime sauce.
You'll need 1/4 cup of freshly chopped cilantro.
Pour in 1/4 cup of freshly squeezed lime juice,
2 tablespoons of olive oil,
1/2 teaspoon of salt,
and 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper.
Then just whisk this together.
Super simple and quick and it goes great drizzled over scallops as well as cooked shrimp.
Last i'm going to show you how to make an orange ginger glaze.
It's also super simple.
You'll need 1/4 cup of orange juice,
1 1/2 tablespoons of soy sauce,
1 tablespoon of olive oil,
and then 1/2 teaspoon each of ground ginger and brown sugar.
Then all that's left to do is whisk this together.
Drizzle this on your cooked scallops or you can add it to the skillet during the last 30 seconds of cooking.
And then that's it.
See?
Scallops are super easy to make and there's lots of flavor options, so feel free to experiment with your own.
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