Seared Scallops with Brown Butter and Capers
Seared Scallops with Brown Butter and Capers is a quick French recipe: about 25 minutes from start to finish, for 2 servings. The main ingredients are sea scallops, butter and capers. The cooking is mostly searing. It is gluten-free. It is on the lighter side, at about 380 calories and 28 g of protein per serving.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Servings
- 2
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Calories
- 380 kcal
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Ingredients
For 2 servings
- 300 gsea scallops
- 60 gbutter
- 2 tbspcapers
- 1lemon
- 2 clovesgarlic
- 3 sprigsfresh parsley
- 1 tbspolive oil
- 1 pinchsalt
- 1 pinchblack pepper
Instructions
- Pat the sea scallops thoroughly dry with paper towels and season both sides with salt and black pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over high heat until smoking. Place scallops in the pan and sear without moving for 2 minutes until a deep golden crust forms, then flip and cook 1 minute more.
- Remove scallops to a plate. Reduce heat to medium, add butter to the pan and cook until it turns golden brown and smells nutty, about 2 minutes. Add minced garlic and capers, swirling the pan.
- Squeeze the lemon juice into the brown butter, swirl to combine, and spoon the sauce over the plated scallops. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 380 kcal
- Protein
- 28 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Carbs
- 12 g
Approximate values for one serving.
About this recipe
- Cuisine: French
- Diet: gluten-free
- In cookbook: Date Night In
