Hello from TINA KASHIAN! I love seafood, but I was hesitant to cook my own scallops. I had tried in the past and they came out tough and didn’t taste good. I found myself ordering scallops from restaurants and paying two or three times as much as if I cooked them myself. Then I tried this recipe, and it was delicious! The scallops were tender and full of flavor. I talked to the fishmonger at my local supermarket, and he recommended fresh scallops, not frozen. The trick is not to overcook them and to use fresh herbs. Since they cook so fast, you want to prepare your side dishes first then serve everything together. I served mine with Mediterranean couscous and a fresh vegetable.
For the Scallops:
2 tablespoons butter
1 pound scallops (I used fresh scallops, not frozen)
Salt and pepper to taste
For the Lemon Butter Herb Sauce
2 tablespoons butter
2 cloves minced garlic
Juice of 1 lemon (about 4-5 tablespoons)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Over medium heat, melt two tablespoons butter in a large skillet. Season scallops with salt and pepper to taste. Add scallops to the skillet in a single layer and cook, flipping once, until golden brown. You may have to do this in batches. They cook very fast, 2 minutes per side. Remove scallops and put them on a plate.
For the lemon butter herb sauce: Over medium heat, melt two tablespoons butter in the same skillet. Add garlic, lemon juice, parsley, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Let it simmer for two minutes.
Serve scallops with the lemon butter herb sauce. Enjoy!
What is your favorite seafood dish? Please share for a chance to win Kebab Kitchen Mediterranean recipe cards!
Hummus and Homicide is the first book in my Kebab Kitchen mystery series.
When Lucy Berberian quits her Philadelphia law firm and heads home to Ocean Crest, she knows what she’s getting—the scent of funnel cake, the sight of the wooden roller coaster, and the tastes of her family’s Mediterranean restaurant. But murder wasn’t on the menu…
Things are slow in the off-season in this Jersey Shore town, but Lucy doesn’t mind. She doesn’t even mind waitressing at the Kebab Kitchen. Her parents have put in a new hummus bar, with every flavor from lemon to roasted red pepper. It’s fun to see their calico cat again, and to catch up with her old BFF, who’s married to a cop now.
She could do without Heather Banks, though. The Gucci-toting ex-cheerleader is still as nasty as she was back in high school…and unfortunately, she’s just taken over as the local health inspector. Just minutes after eating at the Kebab Kitchen—where she’s tallied up a whole list of bogus violations—she falls down dead in the street. Word on the grapevine is it’s homicide, and Lucy’s the number one suspect…
Recipes Included!
Please visit www.tinakashiancom to sign up for my newsletter, find out what I’m working on, and to enter my monthly giveaways of one of my books and books from other authors.
Tina Kashian is an attorney and a former mechanical engineer whose love of reading for pleasure helped her get through years of academia. Tina spent her childhood summers at the Jersey shore building sandcastles, boogie boarding, and riding the boardwalk Ferris wheel. She also grew up in the restaurant business, as her Armenian parents owned a restaurant for thirty years. Tina still lives in New Jersey with her supportive husband and two daughters.
Please visit her website at www.tinakashian.com to join her newsletter, receive delicious recipes, enter contests, and more!
You can also connect with Tina at:
Website: www.tinakashian.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TinaKashianAuthor/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TinaKashian1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinakashian/
