Scallops with Lemon Butter Sauce
These Scallops with Lemon Butter Sauce are so easy to make and yet the flavor is straight out of a 5 Star Restaurant. And it cooks in under 10 minutes!
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 215kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Tsp Butter
- 1 Clove Garlic
- 1 Tbsp Shallots Minced
- 1 Tbsp Thyme leaves Fresh
- 1/4 Tsp Sea Salt
- 3/4 Cup Chicken Broth
- 1 Small Lemon Juiced
- 2 Tbsp Butter Chilled
- 2 Tsp Olive oil
- 1/4 Tsp Pepper
- 8 Sea Scallops Rinsed and muscle removed
- Chopped parsley
Instructions
- Add butter to medium sized sauce pan over medium high heat. Add minced garlic and shallots and saute for 1 minute. Then add chicken broth, lemon juice, thyme and 1/2 Tsp salt.
- Continue to cook 4-5 minutes until broth has reduced by half.
- Whisk in the chilled butter a little at a time as you continue whisking to ensure smoothness.
- Sieve the sauce through a strainer and return the sauce to the pan to keep warm over low heat.
- Salt and pepper both sides of the scallops.
- Add olive oil to frying pan over medium high heat. Then add the scallops and cook 2 minutes. Then turn and cook 2 minutes more.
- To plate, add 2 Tbsp sauce to each serving platter. Swish with the back of the spoon. Then add 4 scallops in a row and sprinkle with parsley.
Nutrition
Calories: 215kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 50mg | Sodium: 968mg | Potassium: 214mg | Vitamin A: 585IU | Vitamin C: 12.2mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg