Healthy Garlic Scallops Recipe
Scrumptious garlic scallops recipe, seared to perfection in a cast iron pan and cooked in a healthy clarified butter for the ultimate seafood meal! Healthy scallops, you don’t even have to worry about eating too much!The liquid gold butter ghee, is what makes the most delicious sauce for those scallops to swim in. Then you can mop it up with some crusty bread or serve them with rice, asparagus, steamed vegetables, angel hair pasta and lots of lemon. Garlic spinach and pea puree are also lovely pairings.
Important: make sure your scallops are completely patted dry well on paper towels! You can’t work with watery scallops! Simply coated in a little bit of olive oil, seasoned well and quickly seared in a hot skillet for no more than 1 to 2 minutes on each side. Easy, simple, perfect, deliciousness.
Healthy Garlic Scallops Recipe
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Italian garlic scallops, seared to a golden perfection in a cast iron pan and cooked in healthy clarified butter for the ultimate seafood meal!
Course: Main Dishes
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 2
Ingredients
1 lb large scallops
1/4 c clarified butter ghee
5 cloves garlic grated
1 large lemon zested
1/4 c Italian parsley roughly chopped
1/2 tsp sea salt + more to taste
1/4 tsp peppercorn medley freshly ground
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
A pinch of sweet paprika
1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Make sure to pat dry the scallops on paper towels very well before cooking.
- Heat up a large cast iron skillet on medium flame.
- Read full recipes here >> ciaoflorentina.com/garlic-scallops-recipe-healthy/