Feast your taste buds on a culinary adventure with our exquisite wild-caught sea scallops, masterfully paired with spaghetti squash. This harmonious marriage of flavors is a seafood lover's dream come true. Savor the tender, succulent scallops, seared to perfection, while the spaghetti squash, reminiscent of delicate angel hair pasta, provides a delightful textural contrast. Embark on a culinary journey with our curated selection of recipes, each offering a unique twist on this classic combination. From a light and refreshing citrus-herb sauce to a rich, decadent creamy sauce, these recipes cater to every palate. Let your taste buds dance with joy as you indulge in this symphony of seafood and squash.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
SAUTEED SCALLOPS OVER SPAGHETTI SQUASH
Scallops, sauteed with leeks and shallots, rest on a bed of spaghetti squash.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Seafood Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375 degrees. Place squash, cut-sides down, on an oiled baking pan. Cook until easily pierced with a knife tip, about 45 minutes. Using a fork, separate the flesh into strands, and transfer to a bowl; cover.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a saute pan over medium heat. Cook leeks and shallots, stirring, until crisp, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
- Place flour in a small bowl; dredge scallops. Return pan to heat; add remaining tablespoon oil. Cook half of scallops until golden, about 3 minutes per side. Season with salt and pepper. Cook remaining scallops.
- Increase heat to medium high; add wine or 3/4 cup water. Using a wooden spoon, scrape up any brown bits on bottom of pan. Cook until liquid has reduced by half. Slowly whisk in the butter until sauce begins to thicken, about 2 minutes; season with salt and pepper.
- Divide the squash and the leek mixture among four dinner plates; top with scallops. Drizzle with sauce, and garnish with chives. Serve.
LOW CARB SEARED SCALLOPS AND SPAGHETTI SQUASH RECIPE
A restaurant quality spaghetti squash recipe with seared scallops that looks and sounds fancy, but is so easy to make! From stove top to table top in 30 minutes!
Provided by Jordan
Categories Dinner Main Course
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Prepare the ingredients: cook the spaghetti squash (this post will give you step by step instructions), slice the tomatoes in half, and pull apart each mushroom "leaf". This article does a great job of explaining how to prepare maitake mushrooms.
- Heat a non-stick pan with 1 tbsp of olive oil on medium-high heat. Add the panko and toast for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly until lightly browned. Set aside.
- Melt 2 tbsps butter, garlic, white cooking wine, and lemon juice in a small sauce pan on medium-low heat, then slowly whisk in half and half, thyme, oregano, and flour. Stir constantly until fully combined and sauce has thickened. Then remove from heat and sprinkle in 1 tbsp of grated parmesan cheese, return the sauce to the burner and simmer until ready to use.
- Pat the scallops dry with a paper towel.
- Heat 1 tbsp of butter and 1/2 tbsp of olive oil in a large non-stick pan on high heat.
- Add scallops to the pan, being careful not to overcrowd. Sear for 3-4 minutes on one side, then flip and finish searing for and additional minute. Immediately remove scallops from pan and transfer to a plate.
- Using the same pan you cooked the scallops in, sauté the mushrooms with 1 tbsp of olive oil for 2-3 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to low and add the spaghetti squash, tomatoes, and spinach to the pan with the mushrooms and slowly mix in the cream sauce. Adjust the amount of cream sauce added to your liking.
- Transfer scallops back to pan and garnish with toasted panko, parmesan cheese and fresh chopped parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 248 kcal, Carbohydrate 22 g, Protein 20 g, Fat 6 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Cholesterol 22 mg, Sodium 433 mg, Fiber 5 g, Sugar 8 g, ServingSize 1 serving
GRIDDLED SEA SCALLOPS WITH SPAGHETTI SQUASH, FIELD PEA RELISH AND "RED HOT" LEMON BUTTER
Steps:
- For the squash: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. and roast the whole squash on a baking sheet about 45 minutes. Let cool and cut the squash in half. Scoop the seeds out and gently spoon the squash out of the skin into a bowl, keeping the strands as intact as possible. Gently stir in the butter and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- For the field pea relish: Cook the bacon in a saucepan over medium heat until crisp. Add the carrot celery and onion and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Add the peas and cover with water. Raise the heat to high and bring to a boil. Cook until the peas are tender. Strain and cool the peas in a large bowl. Add the red bell pepper, basil, garlic oil, lemon zest and juice, salt and pepper and toss well.
- For the lemon beurre blanc: Simmer the wine, garlic, shallots and lemon zest and juice in a saucepot over medium-high heat until reduced by half. Add the heavy cream and reduce by half again. Reduce the heat to low and whisk in the butter slowly, piece by piece, until incorporated fully. Strain through a fine strainer and hold in a warm place until ready to use.
- For the scallops: Heat the vegetable oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet or griddle over high heat.
- Add the scallops and brown them on one side. Turn them over and cook to medium, about 3 minutes. Remove the scallops and add the rest of the butter. Add 2 separate piles of spaghetti squash to the pan and flatten with a spatula. Cook until brown, turn them over and continue to cook until browned on both sides.
- Plate the scallops on 2 plates with the spaghetti squash "hash" in the center
- Drizzle some of the buere blanc around the scallops and finish the plates with some field pea relish and a drizzle of hot sauce.
WILD CAUGHT SEA SCALLOPS WITH SPAGHETTI SQUASH
The idea of al dente perfectly seasoned roasted squash together with plump Sea Scallops topped with a tomato basil sauce will have you forgetting there is not a starch in the recipe.
Provided by preynolds
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 50m
Yield 14 ounces, 1 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- preheat oven to 425 degrees. cut squash in half the long way. place squash, flat side down, on a pan sprayed sheet pan with kosher salt. Add 1/2 cup water and place in over for 40-50 minutes.
- create sauce by heating olive oil in sauce pot, until just smoking, add garlic and "toast", saute until golden brown.
- add crushed tomatoes and simmer around 10-15 minutes. season with salt, pepper and fresh basil.
- Pan sear seasoned rice flour dusted, scallops in a pan with scant amount of oil. Sear for approx, 1 minute on each side.
- Deglaze wtih 2 T of lemon juice.
- Remove from pan and add 1/2 cup tomato sacue to pull flavors from pan. add back into the sauce pot of tomato sauce.
- Remove squash from oven. allow to cool until you are able to handle. using a fork scrap spaghetti squash into a bowl. fluff by using two forks, by pulling apart strands.
- reheat by sauteing breifly in a heated pan.
- to plate you will place a nest of squash in the center of the plate. place 6 scallops falling off the nest and top with 1/2 cup or so of tomato basil sauce.
- sprinkle with fresh grated cheese, optional.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 351.8, Fat 7.5, SaturatedFat 1.1, Cholesterol 75.4, Sodium 580.3, Carbohydrate 31.3, Fiber 1.6, Sugar 3.9, Protein 40.8
SPAGHETTI WITH SPICY SCALLOP MARINARA SAUCE
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook as the label directs.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring, until the garlic softens, about 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, parmesan rind, 1/2 cup water and half of the basil. Bring the sauce to a boil, then stir and reduce the heat to medium low; simmer 15 minutes. Season with salt.
- Increase the heat under the sauce to medium high, add the scallops and cook, stirring occasionally, until opaque, about 5 minutes. Remove the parmesan rind, add the remaining basil and season with salt and more red pepper flakes.
- Drain the pasta and add to the skillet with the sauce; toss. Divide the pasta among bowls, drizzle with olive oil and top with more basil.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 449, Fat 5 grams, SaturatedFat 1 grams, Cholesterol 28 milligrams, Sodium 177 milligrams, Carbohydrate 75 grams, Fiber 15 grams, Protein 29 grams
CREAMY BAY SCALLOP SPAGHETTI
This scallop and spaghetti dinner with a creamy sauce is fast and easy. I cook the scallops a bit longer than many chefs, but that's gives the dish more flavor and they're still tender and moist. I think you'll agree, the sherry sauce benefits significantly from the longer cook time.
Provided by Chef John
Categories Seafood Shellfish Scallops
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, about 10 minutes or 1 minute less than directed on the package.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. When oil just starts to smoke, add scallops and move them into a single layer. Let sear on high for 60 seconds. Toss to turn. Add butter and stir scallops until butter melts. Stir in garlic. Add lemon zest and red pepper flakes. Stir in sherry and cook and stir until alcohol cooks off, about 1 minute. Pour in cream. When mixture begins to simmer, reduce heat to medium-low. Add salt, pepper, and lemon juice.
- Drain pasta. Transfer to skillet with scallops; bring to a simmer. Add half the parsley. Cook until pasta is heated through and tender, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Grate generously with grated cheese. Add the rest of the parsley. Serve in warm bowls.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 671.2 calories, Carbohydrate 53.1 g, Cholesterol 166.4 mg, Fat 33.5 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 37.8 g, SaturatedFat 18.3 g, Sodium 572.5 mg, Sugar 1.8 g
SCALLOPS WITH SPAGHETTI
"My mom used to serve this speedy stir-fry when I was young," shares Susan D'Amore of West Chester, Pennsylvania. "Now it's one of my family's most-requested dinners. It tastes great with shrimp, too."
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Cook spaghetti according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet or wok, stir-fry scallops and garlic in oil and butter for 5 minutes or until scallops are opaque; remove and keep warm., In the same skillet, stir-fry the carrots, beans and red pepper until crisp-tender. Stir in the lemon juice, parsley, basil, salt and pepper. Drain spaghetti. Add scallops and spaghetti to the vegetable mixture; toss to coat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 422 calories, Fat 12g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 45mg cholesterol, Sodium 383mg sodium, Carbohydrate 52g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 5g fiber), Protein 27g protein.
Tips:
- Choose high-quality scallops: Opt for wild-caught sea scallops that are firm and plump, with a slightly briny aroma. Avoid scallops that appear slimy or have an off odor.
- Properly clean the scallops: Before cooking, remove the tough side muscle from each scallop. You can do this by gently inserting a small knife or your fingernail between the muscle and the scallop meat and pulling it away.
- Don't overcrowd the pan: When searing the scallops, make sure not to overcrowd the pan as this will prevent them from getting a nice golden brown crust.
- Cook the scallops quickly: Scallops cook very quickly, so it's important not to overcook them. Sear them for 1-2 minutes per side, or until they are just opaque in the center.
- Use a variety of cooking methods: In addition to searing, you can also bake, grill, or poach scallops. Try experimenting with different cooking methods to find your favorite way to enjoy them.
- Pair scallops with complementary flavors: Scallops go well with a variety of flavors, including citrus, herbs, garlic, and butter. Experiment with different flavor combinations to create a dish that is both delicious and visually appealing.
Conclusion:
Scallops are a versatile and delicious seafood that can be enjoyed in a variety of ways. Whether you're searing them, baking them, grilling them, or poaching them, there's sure to be a scallop recipe that you'll love. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy meal, consider making scallops. You won't be disappointed!
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