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Scallop Recipes

Scallops are the most approachable shellfish, being all meat. Overcook them, and you'll be sorry. But just right, they can even be more deeply satisfying than oysters. Tiny bay scallops or giant deep-sea scallops are treated differently; we'll show you how.

Grilled Shrimp & Scallops Skewers -- Grilled Seafood with Uncle Mike's Spice Mix

Simple to make but full of flavor, these grilled shrimp and scallop skewers -- made with Uncle Mike's Spice Mix -- are a real treat!

Seared Scallops & Shrimp with Balsamic Strawberries Recipe

This elegant scallop and shrimp dish, drizzled with a sweet, strawberry-flavored balsamic glaze, tastes like absolute heaven and is perfect for a romantic dinner for two.

Italian Pasta Soup with White Beans & Scallops -- Pasta e Fagioli with Scallops

Pasta e Fagioli with Scallops is a simple white bean, pasta, and seafood dish that's easy, quick, and richly satisfying.

Warm Scallop, Cactus, and Red Potato Salad Recipe -- How to Make Nopale Salad

A deliciously different salad of sweetly briny scallops, creamy red potatoes, crisp-tender nopale cactus strips, and a tangy lime cilantro dressing.

Sea Scallops with Ginger-Lime-Butter Sauce

A recipe for sea scallops seared with a ginger-lime-butter sauce served on a nest of grilled leeks or green onions. This scallop recipe is an easy, delicious way to highlight the seafood.

Seared Spanish Sea Scallops with Saffron

A recipe for seared scallops with saffron, onions and ham, a method used in Galicia in northern Spain. This scallop recipe works best with sea scallops, and tastes best with sweet onions and Serrano ham.

Seared Sea Scallops with Parsley Sauce

This sea scallop recipe uses New England sea scallops, seared simply and served with a parsley-butter-white wine sauce.

Diver Scallops with Blood Orange Sauce

A seared scallop dish with a blood orange sauce

Chinese Scallop Stir-Fry

This is a super-easy dish that can be thrown together in minutes. It has bright flavors and is low in fat. My only modification to Parkinson's recipe is to suggest tiny bay scallops over the sea scallops she prefers. I think they cook faster and you can get the heat up higher without fear of pieces of scallop breaking off.

Scallops Wrapped in Bacon

More of a presentation than a recipe, this dish is a staple for parties on the Atlantic coast, from Long Island down to the Carolinas.

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