Crisp Scallops With Horseradish Lime Sauce Food

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.

FIRECRACKER SCALLOPS

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat until crisp, about 10 minutes. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate, reserving about 1 tablespoon of the bacon drippings. Crumble the bacon once cool to the touch.
• Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.
• Heat the reserved bacon drippings in a separate skillet over medium heat. Stir the butter and garlic salt into the bacon drippings; allow the butter to melt completely. Cook the scallops in the butter mixture until there is a light brown coating on each side, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer the scallops to a baking dish. Spoon the butter sauce over the scallops. Drizzle the horseradish sauce over the scallops and sprinkle with the crumbled bacon.
• Bake the scallops under the preheated broiler until the sauce begins to bubble, about 1 minute.

CRISPY SCALLOPS WITH SOY DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450*F.
• Lightly oil a wire rack large enough to hold scallops in a single layer over a baking sheet and set aside.
• In a small bowl, whisk together egg white, vegetable oil, sesame oil and soy sauce until creamy.
• In a shallow dish, stir together bread crumbs, sesame seeds and ginger.
• Add the scallops to the egg white mixture, tossing to coat well.
• Coat each scallop with the bread crumb mixture and place on prepared rack.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until outsides are golden and centers are opaque.
• Prepare dippins sauce by combining ingredients and serve along side of the scallops.

CRISP SCALLOPS WITH HORSERADISH LIME SAUCE

Steps:

• Put graham crackers in a resealable plastic bag and with a rolling pin lightly crush until crumbs are coarse. In a bowl stir together crumbs and salt. Discard small tough muscle from side of each scallop and halve any large scallops. Pat scallops dry.
• In a 4-quart heavy saucepan or heavy kettle heat 1 1/2 inches oil to 365°F. on a deep-fat thermometer. Working in batches of 6, dip scallops in egg to coat, letting excess drip off, and roll in crumb mixture. Fry scallops, stirring gently, 2 minutes, or until browned and cooked through. Transfer scallops as cooked with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain and season with salt and pepper.
• Serve scallops on a platter with sauce.

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 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.
• Cooks' note: Sauce may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Bring to room temperature before serving.