Scallops Charleston Style Recipes

Steps:

• Season scallops with salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, and basil. Dust scallops with flour. Saute in a pan that has been lightly coated with nonstick cooking spray and a small amount of olive oil. Cook scallops on both sides until browned. Remove scallops from pan.
• To the drippings in the pan, add sherry, shallots, and mushrooms; cook for approximately 3 to 4 minutes.
• In a separate saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and add 3 tablespoons flour. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes over low heat, stirring constantly. Pour shallots, mushrooms, and liquid from scallops into flour mixture. Mix well. Stir scallops into sauce. (If too thick, you can thin with clam juice or fish or chicken stock.)
• Transfer to 4 individual baking dishes, top with cheese, and broil for 1 minute, until browned. Serve with wild rice.

Steps:

• place shallots mushrooms, scallops and parsley in saute pan. do not mix. add wine lemon juice and water. season with salt, pepper, and paprika. gently stir and cover with sheet of waxed paper. bring to a boil over med heat.
• as soon as liquid starts to boil, remove pan from heat, let stand 2 minutes.
• using a slotted spoon, remove scallops from pan and set aside in bowl.
• return pan to stove and cook mushrooms and liquid 4 minutes over high heat.
• melt butter in saucepan over med heat. add flour and mix well, cook 2 minutes over low heat.
• pour mushrooms and cooking liquid from scallops into flour mixture in saucepan, mix well, and cook sauce 10 minutes over low heat.
• stir scallops into mushroom sauce. transfer mixture to ovenproof baking dish and top with cheese. broil in oven 4 minutes to brown.
• Serve while hot.

Steps:

• If you're using bay scallops, keep them whole. If you're using sea scallops, cut each 1 in half horizontally. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, toss with flour, and shake off the excess.
• In a very large saute pan, heat 2 tablespoons of the butter over high heat until sizzling and add the scallops in 1 layer. Lower the heat to medium and allow the scallops to brown lightly on 1 side without moving them, then turn and brown lightly on the other side. This should take 3 to 4 minutes, total. Melt the rest of the butter in the pan with the scallops, then add the shallots, garlic, and parsley and saute for 2 more minutes, tossing the seasonings with the scallops. Add the wine, cook for 1 minute, and taste for seasoning. Serve hot with a squeeze of lemon juice.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in garlic, and cook for a few seconds until fragrant. Add scallops, and cook for several minutes on one side, then turn over, and continue cooking until firm and opaque.
• Remove scallops to a platter, then whisk salt, pepper, and lemon juice into butter. Pour sauce over scallops to serve.