Sea Scallops Mediterranean Recipe


Ingredients:
  • Sweet red pepper, cored, seeded and julienned
  • Olive oil
  • Garlic, chopped
  • Tomatoes, cored and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • Green olives, pitted and chopped coarsely
  • Capers, drained
  • Fresh thyme leaves, chopped
  • Salt
  • Ground pepper to taste
  • Butter
  • Bay or sea scallops, cut in half crosswise if very large
  • Lemon juice
  • Basil or parsley, coarsely chopped



Instructions:
  • Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Add garlic, tomatoes, red pepper, thyme and capers. Season with salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
  • In another skillet, melt butter until bubbling. Add scallops and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Make sure you do not overcook the sea scallops.
  • Sprinkle lemon juice and add basil. Cook and stir.
  • Divide and spread the tomato mixture onto the serving plates. Divide the scallops  as well and distribute over the tomato mixture.
  • Serve while hot.

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