Name: Garlic Butter Scallops with Lemon Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs sea scallops; Salt; Ground black pepper; 4 tablespoons melted unsalted butter; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1/4 cup white wine; 1 tablespoon Japanese mirin (sweet rice wine, optional); 1 tablespoon lemon juice; Salt (to taste); 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Garlic Butter Scallops with Lemon Sauce - better than restaurant's pan-seared scallops with buttery lemon sauce, cheaper and so delicious!

I am a sucker for all thing seafood and I love scallops.

My neighborhood store has a scallops sale this week and I just had to buy them and make these amazing garlic butter scallops with lemon sauce.

And guess what, I finished all of them.

Most people would think of scallop as a super fancy ingredient that you can only get in expensive restaurants.

This is totally wrong.

When scallops are on sale, you can get 1 lb for a fraction of eating out, and you get 10x the quantity and not just two on your plate!

My garlic lemon butter scallops were perfectly cooked, in the most amazing and mouthwatering lemon sauce, and it took me less than 20 minutes.

Serve them with plain spaghetti and slurp down the lemon sauce.

Date nights at home are easier and cheaper than you think!

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Garlic Butter Scallops with Lemon Sauce Recipe

Garlic Butter Scallops with Lemon Sauce - better than restaurant's pan-seared scallops with buttery lemon sauce, cheaper and so delicious | rasamalaysia.com

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 3

Calories 358 kcal

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs sea scallops
Salt
Ground black pepper
4 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup white wine
1 tablespoon Japanese mirin sweet rice wine, optional
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Instructions

Rinse the scallops with cold water, pat dry with paper towels. Remove the side-muscle if you find any still attached. Season with salt and black pepper on both sides of the scallops.
Heat up a skillet with 1 tablespoon melted butter. Pan-seared the scallops until both sides are nicely charred (but inside might not be cooked through). Dish out and set aside. On the same skillet, add the remaining melted butter and saute the garlic until light brown. Add the white wine, mirin (if using), lemon juice. Transfer the scallops back into the skillet. Add salt (to taste) and the parsley. As soon as the sauce comes to a light simmer, turn off the heat and serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts

Garlic Butter Scallops with Lemon Sauce Recipe

Amount Per Serving (3 g)

Calories 358 Calories from Fat 154

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 17.1g 26%

Saturated Fat 9.9g 50%

Cholesterol 116mg 39%

Sodium 421mg 18%

Total Carbohydrates 7.1g 2%

Dietary Fiber 0.1g 0%

Sugars 0.3g

Protein 38.5g 77%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

6 COMMENTS... read them below or add one

Bruce Deniger
December 12, 2017 at 11:30 PM
Can i use mussels instead of Scallops? I really love mussels, and i think this recipe i can even try with mussels.Cook time may vary but , Any ways gonna try it.Please do tell me if i will have to add any extra recipes.
- Rasa Malaysia
  December 14, 2017 at 8:02 AM
  Yes I think mussels will be great provided they are fresh. :)
Linda
February 9, 2018 at 12:10 PM
Can this Lemon and Garlic Butter be used as a lobster Dipping Sauce?
- Rasa Malaysia
  February 9, 2018 at 2:08 PM
  Of course, that would be a very good idea. :)
Brenda Skinner
November 5, 2018 at 12:15 PM
This looks very good but it does not say if the garlic is to be chopped, minced, etc. Looking forward to giving it a try! Can’t rate it if I haven’t tried it yet
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- Rasa Malaysia
  November 5, 2018 at 1:34 PM
  Hi Brenda, garlic is minced. I just updated the recipe. It was an omission.

Garlic Butter Scallops with Lemon Sauce