Scallop Corn Bacon Burgers Food

SEARED SCALLOPS WITH A CORN, BACON AND AVOCADO RELISH

Steps:

• Take a small bowl and place it upside-down inside a large bowl. (This will provide a small stand for your corn, making it easier to remove the kernels, and the large bowl will catch them as the fall, avoiding a mess.) Using a knife, remove the kernels from the corn, letting them fall into the bowl.
• Dice the onion and red bell pepper and add them to the bowl with the corn. Add 1 tablespoon of the chopped parsley and season with salt and pepper. Mix to evenly distribute the ingredients.
• Set a pan over medium heat and add some oil. Add the corn mixture to the pan and cook until the onions begin to soften, tossing occasionally, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool.
• Sprinkle the sea scallops with salt and pepper. Set a pan over medium-high heat and add some oil. Add the scallops and sear until golden in color, about 1 minute on each side. Remove from the heat and let rest.
• Dice the avocados and add them to the corn relish along with the chopped bacon. Season with salt and pepper and mix together.
• Evenly distribute the relish among 4 plates and top each with 4 scallops. Garnish with the remaining 1 tablespoon parsley and a squeeze of lemon.

SCALLOP CORN BACON BURGERS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise with the green Tabasco, and lime juice. Mix the sauce together and refrigerate until needed.
• Remove the husks from the orn and lay the cobs on a baking tray. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat barbecue to medium high heat - 375°F.
• Oil the grill to prevent sticking.
• Place corn on the grill and cook for approximately 2 minutes, turning often.
• Remove the corn from the grill. Hold the cob upright on the cutting board and using a sharp knife, cutr downwards removing the corn kernels from the cob. Discard the cobs.
• In a food processor, process half of the corn kernels to a paste. Add 1/3 of the scallops, a pinch of salt nd pepper and Cajun spice and process again to paste. Add the remaining scallops a little at a time and pulse lightly so that the scallops are still chunky.
• Place the mixture into a large bowl.
• Fold the green onion, remaining whole corn kernels, minced bacon, breadcrumbs and lemon zest into the mixture.
• With oiled hands, pat the mixture into burgers and place them on a clean tray, Cover the burgers with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
• Preheat grill to medium high (375F).
• Remove the burgers from the refrigerator and drizzle them with vegetable oil.
• Oil the grill to prevent them from sticking,.
• Place the burger on the grill and cook for 3-4 minutes per side.
• Toast some soft buns on the warming rack while the second side of the burgers cook.
• Serve with avocado slice, drizzled with lime juice, lettuce, tomato and Tabasco mayo.

SCALLOP BURGER SLIDERS WITH A CILANTRO-LIME MAYO

Steps:

• In a small skillet saute onion in butter over medium heat until translucent. Cool.
• Place scallops in food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped or chop by hand. Transfer to large bowl and add remaining ingredients, except vegetable oil. Add in the cooled onions.*
• Shape the mixture into small burgers, approximately 2 inches in diameter. Place on a waxed paper lined sheet tray, cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
• Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add scallop sliders and cook until browned and cooked through. Place on small soft dinner rolls and top with a bit of Cilantro-Lime Mayo. Serve warm or at room temperature.
• Blend all ingredients in food processor except mayonnaise and salt and pepper. Process until cilantro is fine. Add mayonnaise and process just until blended. Season with salt and pepper, to taste

SCALLOP, CORN AND BACON CHOWDER

Steps:

• Blend parsley, oil and salt in food processor until smooth. Pour into small bowl. (Parsley oil can be made a day ahead and refrigerated but be sure its room temperature before you use it.).
• Cook bacon in heavy large pot over med-high heat until crispy and brown. Using a slotted spoon, remove bacon and place on paper towel to drain. Pour off all but 3 tablespoons of bacon drippings from pan.
• Add leeks, garlic and thyme to pot and saute until leeks begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Add corn and saute 2 minutes. Add potatoes, clam juice and cream. Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Crumble bacon. Add scallops and bacon to soup, and simmer until the scallops are opaque in the center, about 5 minutes, not more. Season with salt and pepper.
• Ladle chowder into bowls.
• Drizzle 1 teaspoon parsley oil over chowder in each bowl and serve.

PAN-SEARED SCALLOPS, CORN, AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Remove tough muscle from side of each scallop if necessary and halve any large scallops. Pat scallops dry with paper towels and in a bowl toss with salt and thyme. In a large non-stick skillet cook bacon over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp and with a slotted spoon transfer to paper towels to drain. Increase heat to moderately high and in drippings remaining in skillet sear scallops, stirring occasionally, until golden and cooked through. With slotted spoon transfer scallops to a clean bowl.
• In same skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté scallions, stirring occasionally, until they begin to brown, about 1 minute. Add corn and tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, until corn begins to brown, about 3 minutes. Return scallops to skillet and heat through, seasoning mixture with salt and pepper.
• Serve scallops sprinkled with bacon.

TEXAS BURGERS

Steps:

• Mix raw ground beef with all ingredients. You can add anything else, like green peppers or leave out anything except for the mayonnaise.
• Add enough mayonnaise so it becomes the consistency of ham salad (spreadable). Spread burger mixture on bread (Texas Toast bread or regular bread) very thinly all the way to the edges (it shrinks up as it cooks). Put all on a cookie sheet and broil until meat is done and the bread edges are toasted. My kids laugh because the smoke alarm always goes off when I broil, and they yell, "Dinner's done!".
• You should have about 8 sandwiches per pound of burger.
• Serve open-faced -- either "naked" like I like them or any condiments you choose. Really a different taste instead of just boring burgers.