- 50g chorizo, finely chopped
- 30g salted butter
- 10ml olive oil
- 8 scallops, frozen
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 20g fresh coriander, finely chopped
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
Scallops & Chorizo & Lemon Butter
Cook: 13min
Easy
Serves 4
A starter that tastes as though it took hours of slaving away in the kitchen, but is very easy indeed. This recipe scales up or down really well, so it’s a perfect treat if you’re dining along; just remember the crusty bread for mopping up the herby, chorizo-spiked juices.
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Ingredients
Method
- Fry the chorizo in the butter and oil for 2 minutes in a large frying pan over a medium heat.
- Remove the chorizo with a slotted spoon and place in a bowl.
- Add the frozen scallops to the pan (which will be full of reddish-pink oil from the chorizo).
- Fry the scallops for 3 minutes on each side until cooked through, then return the chorizo to the pan along with the lemon juice, coriander and chilli.
- Give the pan a good stir. Serve scallops with crusty bread.
Note – If you’re using defrosted scallops, just sear them for 1 minute on each side
