Thai Curry Scallops Food

THAI CURRY SCALLOPS

Steps:

• One option for this recipe is to start with a sous vide your scallops. You can check this recipe on how to sous vide scallops.
• If you're not going to sous vide them, skip this step and just ensure that you fully cook your scallops when searing them later in the recipe.
• Add oil to a skillet and saute the onions and peppers for about 5 minutes or until the onions are translucent.
• Add in ginger paste, fish sauce, curry paste, chili garlic sauce, coconut milk, juice of 3 limes, and lime zest. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Simmer for about 7 minutes. In a separate pan, sear your sous vide scallop for 1-2 minutes until a nice golden sear emerges.
• In a bowl, spoon the curry over a bed of jasmine rice and top with the scallops.
• Garnish with fresh herbs and lime wedges.

THAI SCALLOPS

Steps:

• Finely chop the chili.
• Peel and finely slice the garlic
• Cut the ginger into thin matchsticks
• Zest the lime and then squeeze the juice out.
• Set these all aside until needed (see note 4)
• Use paper towels to pat the scallops dry. You want to ensure the scallops have no moisture on the surface.
• Place a heavy-based frying pan or skillet over medium-high heat. Add 3 tbsp of oil and let it heat until shimmering (at least 1 minute)
• Season the scallops lightly with salt. Then carefully and quickly add the scallops to the frying pan.
• Do them individually, starting at 12 o'clock and working around the outside of the pan.
• Cook the scallops for 90 seconds on one side.
• Turn the heat off under the pan and add 1 tbsp of butter.
• Use tongs to gently turn each scallop over into the sizzling butter, again starting at 12 o'clock and working around in the same order you added the scallops.
• Leave the scallops for 60 seconds, then remove the scallops from the pan and place them on a plate.
• Put the prepared garlic, chili, and ginger into the frying pan and stir to cook in the hot oil and butter.
• Pour in 2 tbsp fish sauce, the squeezed lime juice, and sprinkling over 1/2 tsp of brown sugar.
• Once everything is bubbling (about 1 minute), pour over the scallops, and serve with fresh cilantro and a little lime zest.

SCALLOPS WITH THAI-SCENTED PEA PUREE

Steps:

• Cook the peas in boiling, slightly salted water until tender, then drain and tip into a blender, adding 1 tablespoon curry paste and the creme fraiche or sour cream. Season to taste with salt and perhaps add more curry paste, depending on how strong it is.
• Heat the oil and butter in a frying pan until foamy, and then fry the scallops for 2 minutes a side. If you are using big scallops then it is sometimes easier to cut them in half across.
• When they are cooked, they will have just lost their raw look in the middle and be lusciously tender, while golden and almost caramelised on the outside.
• Lift the scallops onto two warmed plates and then deglaze the hot pan by squeezing in the lime juice. Stir to mix well and pick up every scrap of flavour, and then pour over the scallops on each plate.
• Dish up the pea puree alongside the scallops, and sprinkle with the chopped cilantro or Thai basil. Serve with another wedge of lime if you feel like it.

THAI GREEN CURRY WITH SEAFOOD

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Add the white and pale green parts of the green onions, 1 tablespoon cilantro, and garlic; sauté until tender, about 2 minutes. Add the curry paste; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add 1 1/4 cups water, coconut milk, chiles, lime leaves, and fish sauce. Bring to simmer. Add the carrot; cover and cook until carrot is just tender, about 5 minutes.
• Layer bok choy, shrimp, scallops, and mussels in pan. Cover and simmer until mussels open and seafood and bok choy are cooked (discard mussels that do not open), about 5 minutes. Stir in the dark green parts of green onions, 2 tablespoons cilantro, and basil.
• Divide rice among four shallow bowls. Ladle curry over rice and serve.

THAI-CURRY SEAFOOD STEW

Steps:

• Place curry paste in large pot. Whisk in 1/2 cup coconut milk. Bring to boil; boil 1 minute. Stir in remaining 2 cups coconut milk and 1 cup water. Add broccoli slaw, shrimp, and scallops. Top with mussels. Return to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer until mussels open and seafood is cooked, about 3 minutes. Discard unopened mussels. Add basil, lime juice, and fish sauce, if desired. Season with salt and pepper.
• Press hot rice into four 2/3-cup custard cups, dividing equally. Invert cups to unmold rice into 4 bowls. Spoon stew around rice and serve.

THAI CURRIED SHRIMP AND SCALLOPS

Steps:

• Using a food processor, puree the ginger and garlic.
• Add in the rest of the sauce ingredients to form a relatively thick paste.
• It's best to refrigerate the paste for a few hours to let the flavors inter-mingle, but if you have to use it right away, than do so.
• Heat the oil over high heat, and add the scallops and shrimp when the pan (or wok) is uniformly hot.
• At the same time, boil some water for the noodles (or you can serve with rice if you want).
• Stir the shrimp and scallops frequently for about 2 minutes, until slightly browned.
• Add in the paste, and reduce heat slightly, coating the scallops and shrimp thoroughly.
• After about 90 seconds, slowly stir in a can of coconut milk.
• Reduce heat and simmer for a few minutes to reduce the liquid.
• Serve over noodles or rice.

LINGUINE WITH SCALLOPS AND SHRIMP IN THAI GREEN CURRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté chile and white parts of scallions, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned.
• Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain.
• Pat scallops and shrimp dry separately and season with salt.
• Heat remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons oil in same skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then cook scallops until browned, 2 to 3 minutes on each side (scallops will be almost cooked through).
• Transfer scallops to a bowl with slotted spoon and sauté shrimp in same skillet, stirring occasionally, until almost cooked through, about 3 minutes.
• Add shrimp to scallops.
• Add coconut milk, curry paste, broth, brown sugar, fish sauce, and lime juice to skillet, then simmer, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook linguine in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente, then drain in a colander.
• Stir scallops and shrimp with any liquid in bowl into sauce in skillet and heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat and simmer until scallops and shrimp are just cooked through, about 2 minutes.
• Transfer seafood to a clean bowl with slotted spoon and add linguine and cilantro to sauce in skillet, tossing to coat.
• Divide pasta and sauce among 4 bowls.
• Top with seafood and sprinkle with scallion greens and chile mixture.