Butter & Garlic Scallops

Name: Butter & Garlic Scallops
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 2 to 3 servings
Ingredients: 1 pint bay scallop meat, patted dry; 3 tablespoons butter; 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; Pinch of red pepper flakes; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley; 1/2 lemon; Salt

Over rice or with crusty bread for the sauce.

Min Prep: 3
Min Cook: 5
Servings: 2 to 3
Scallop Meat: 1 pt

Bay scallops in garlic butter with parsley in a steel skillet, crusty bread beside it

Ingredients

Serves 2 to 3

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Steps

Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat.
Add the garlic and pepper flakes. Cook, stirring, until the garlic is soft and just turning gold, 1 to 2 minutes.
Turn the heat to medium-high and add the scallops with a pinch of salt.
Stir until the scallops are opaque all the way through, 2 to 3 minutes.
Take the pan off the heat. Squeeze in the lemon and stir in the parsley.

Butter & Garlic Scallops

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