Another stupid easy and fast seafood recipe…and oh so delicious!
First chop up some bacon and put in cold pan. Crank heat up and start the crisping and fat rendering process. My preference for this recipe was to slice the bacon thin, to end up with crispy strings of bacon
Cook the bacon to your desired level of crispness. I wanted to achieve a crispy bed of bacon bits beneath a bed of pillowy soft scallops
Remove bacon when it us cooked
Transfer a few spoons of rendered bacon grease to another pan, through sieve to remove any bits. I did this to have more control over frying the scallops (they have a tendency to stick and lose their crispy skin, and bacon bits could scorch and ruin the taste)
Bring bacon oil to scorching high temperature
Meanwhile, dry scallops surface. Then salt and pepper all sides
Transfer scallops to scorching hot grease in pan
Cook about 3 minutes each side. CAREFULLY flip the scallops over, without losing their gorgeous brown seared skin. When done, place on a bed of crispy bacon. Here is the final plating
Close up of seared scallops
Close up of perfect bite. Note that scallop was done to perfection, as center of scallop slight raw, as well as pillowy soft and juicy. Fresh squeeze of lemon juice brings taste to a whole new level, too!
Good job !