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Ginger Soy Scallops Wrapped in Bacon Recipe
These scallops wrapped in bacon are easy party appetizers and your guests will love them. For the best flavor, ask for "dry" sea scallops rather than wet ones. These have not been treated with a shelf life prolonging solution and will brown better. They also have a better flavor, texture, and taste fresher than the treated ones. You can soak them in water for an hour before making this sea scallops wrapped in bacon recipe to remove any salt solution.
So, how do you make scallops wrapped in bacon? The tastiest way to make these great appetizers is to follow our easy recipe and these tasty snacks will be the most popular thing at your party. Combining seafood with bacon is not something that non-creative cooks might feel comfortable with but you will never know how delicious scallops and bacon taste together unless you try out this heavenly mixture for yourself.
The ginger, soy sauce, and sugar marinade gives the scallops a really nice Asian flavor. If you are serving these as an appetizer recipe at a dinner party, you might like to give each person two or three, because they are not so big, and a pair of chopsticks to pick them up with. This also lets your guests know they should expect an Asian flavor.
How Do You Make Scallops Wrapped in Bacon
Ingredients -
6 big dry sea scallops
8 oz can sliced water chestnuts, drained
¼ cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
12 slices bacon, halved crosswise
1 ½ teaspoons minced fresh ginger
Daikon sprouts and halved cherry tomatoes, to serve
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F with a foil lined broiler pan on a rack near the top.
Mix together the ginger, soy sauce and sugar.
Peel the muscle tabs from the scallop sides and discard them.
Cut each scallop into 4 and marinate them in the soy sauce mixture for 15 minutes.
Keep the marinade. Stack 2 water chestnut slices in the middle of each bacon piece, then a scallop on top.
Wrap the bacon over the top and use a toothpick to secure.
Repeat with the rest of the ingredients.
You might have water chestnuts left over.
Take the broiler pan out of the oven and arrange the bacon wrapped scallops so an exposed part of each scallop faces upward.
Drizzle the rest of the marinade over the scallops and bake then for about 15 minutes, turning them over after 10 minutes.
They are done when the scallops are cooked through and the bacon is browned around the edges.
Serve hot on a bed of daikon sprouts and cherry tomato halves.
(Makes 24)
Photo Description:
This scallops wrapped in bacon recipe is simple to follow and these wonderful appetizers are definitely going to become one of your favorite appetizers of all time. Not only are they easy to make but the flavor is brilliant. The Asian flavors of soy sauce and ginger give a gentle flavor to the scallops and the salty bacon contrasts nicely with the fish flavor. If you are thinking about seafood appetizers, why not make these scallops wrapped in bacon? They look very impressive and everyone will love them. Serve them nice and hot for the best results.
