Bay Scallops With Scallions And Sesame Seeds
- Total Time
- 15 minutes
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Ingredients
- 8tablespoons (¼ pound) butter
- ½cup thinly sliced scallions
- Freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Salt and pepper
- 20bay scallops
- 2tablespoons lightly toasted sesame seeds
Preparation
- Step 1
Bring 2 tablespoons of water to a boil in a small nonreactive saucepan, lower the heat and whisk in the butter a little at a time until the mixture becomes saucy.
- Step 2
Add the scallions, then lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Keep warm over very low heat while cooking the scallops.
- Step 3
Preheat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat for 2 minutes. Add the scallops; do not crowd. Cook without stirring until they brown lightly on one side, about 2 minutes. Turn and brown the other side.
- Step 4
Serve the scallops drizzled with a little of the sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds.
Private Notes
Comments
I cooked 30 bay scallops in 4 oz butter and it was still a lot of sauce. I found the scallions over powering. The sesame seeds were completely lost. Appreciate the simplicity of the recipe but it didn’t produce the results I had hoped.
Of course, fresh Nantucket bay scallops are a treasure that deserves a very simple preparation. That said, the addition of some chopped scallions and lemon juice in the butter sauce was brilliant! I used salted butter and almost all the juice of half a lemon. Served with orzo and a little salad. Heaven. Thank you, Mark Bittman