PrintMy family bought wet scallops and wants me to prepare them.
My family went to the grocery store and found a good deal on scallops and hoped that I would be able to prepare them really well for them. My mom has tried before but was never able to get that great restaurant taste. Having never done scallops before I started looking it up online. Turns out they are wet scallops which seems to be a sin compared to dry scallops. What might be the best way to prepare them now? Anyone have any good tips for me? Thanks!
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3 Comments:
Ok make sure that you dry them first, pan sear with a little bit of oil (nuetral flavored) for a minute 30 seconds both sides. Season it with pepper and a little bit of salt, since the scallop has been treated in a salt solution you don't need to much. Toss it with some linguine with garlic, olive oil and parsley. Awesome fast filling. Hell I'm doing it for dinner myself!
nelson5757 at 4:04PM on 04/28/08
Alton brown makes a scallop mousse with wet pack scallops
ag3208 at 12:05AM on 04/29/08
I've written about my dislike of wet scallops in the past... But not all is lost. I'm going to plagiarize myself for an answer:
"The scallops that one generally purchases from a grocery store tend to have been soaked in water to increase their weight (and therefore their selling price…grrrrr). This means that when you, the enterprising amateur chef, go to sear your pillowy little scallops, you end up steaming them instead. This is because all of that aforementioned excess water leaches out of your scallops into the pan, which means that your scallops become stringy, tough and altogether unpleasant in the mouth. You can avoid this by either (1) purchasing truly fresh scallops that haven’t been presoaked in water or (2) making sure to pour any excess water off after searing the first side of your scallops. But seeing as how #2 is entirely too much effort for something that shouldn’t have to be done in the first place, I recommend buying them fresh whenever possible."
Good luck!
sheeats at 10:24AM on 04/29/08