Sauted Scallops With Lime Recipes

SEARED SEA SCALLOPS WITH GINGER-LIME BUTTER

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.

BAKED SCALLOPS WITH LIME

Steps:

• Preheat over to 400 degrees.
• Rinse the scallops and pat dry.
• Remove and discard each "foot" (tough piece on the side of each scallop).
• Put the scallops in a glass bowl and toss with basil, zest, cumin, olive oil, lime juice, salt, and pepper.
• Place scallops in a baking dish.
• Sprinkle the wine over the top.
• Lightly cover the scallops with bread crumbs.
• Drizzle olive oil over the top.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes until the scallops are cooked though and tops are nicely browned.

LIME GINGER SCALLOP SAUTE

Steps:

• To make the lime-ginger butter, stir the first four ingredients in a small bowl until smooth. Refrigerate until firm, about one hour.
• Heat the oil & the butter in a large skillet over high heat. Add the scallops and stir until golden. Pour off the fat.
• Stir in the lime juice & cook for 1 minute.
• Lower heat and stir in lime-ginger butter, 1 tbsp at a time. Cook just until a thick sauce forms.
• Stir in walnuts, sprinkle with parsley & serve.

SEARED SCALLOPS WITH ASIAN LIME-CHILE SAUCE

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.

SAUTéED SCALLOPS WITH LIME

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.