Bacon wrapped sea scallops

[FuriousMeow]

Sea scallops were "on sale" for $14/lb today, normally they are closer to $20/lb so I picked up a pound. I already had some bacon at home and decided tonight would be bacon wrapped scallops with a side of Stroganoff. The scallops were delicious, and something I regularly prepare when they are on sale so I figured I'd toss the "recipe" out there for anyone who wants to give it a try.

 

1lb sea scallops (the big fellas, not the bay scallops)

1lb Hormel Black Label Maple bacon (brand not important, maple part is though)

3 garlic cloves minced (sliced/diced/slapchop/whatever, I just chop them into smallish chunks)

2 tablespoon butter

3/4 cub extra virgin olive oil

 

How I make them (super easy):

 

Wash scallops, just take a couple in the hand and run under water a few seconds and drain on paper towel - repeat until all are washed.

Cut the bacon in half down the middle of the pack

Slice the scallops in half

Wrap each half scallop in half a slice of bacon, pierce through with toothpick to retain bacon around scallop

 

Grab medium skillet, toss extra virgin olive oil, butter, and first clove of garlic into skillet - get to a nice frying temp.

Place as many bacon wrapped scallops as you can in the skillet and fry up - be sure that they sit vertical so that the scallop is getting fried and only half of the bacon slice is (I'm sure the majority know this)

Fry on each side for about 3 to 5 minutes - keep an eye on them, you don't want the scallop to blacken or burn - but a little tinge/browning to the scallop is fine.

Should create about three cooked batches, I add a new clove each batch.

 

Doesn't require any additional sauces as the maple flavor cooks in, but some warmed sweet asian chili sauces, or any moderately sweet sauces work well as a dipping sauce.

 

Produces between 18 to 25 bacon wrapped scallops, and are great for parties as appetizers - just up the number of scallops and packages of bacon for larger amounts. When I did double the amount for appetizers at a beach house party, I added more butter, and removed any old garlic, when I did the second batch but continued reusing the same oil and they didn't have any burned garlic or butter taste.

Edited December 1, 2013 by FuriousMeow

[ImPeRaToR]

Nice to see a thread in the off-topic section that is not totally nuts

[DD_bongodriver]

No nuts in the recipe at all.

[FlatSpinMan]

No nuts in the recipe at all.

Tiddy-boom!

[Bearcat]

No tiddies either...

[Feathered_IV]

Fair bit of clam though.