Steamed Scallops In Shells Recipes

CANTONESE STEAMED SCALLOPS WITH VERMICELLI GLASS NOODLES

Steps:

• Soak vermicelli noodles in warm water for 10-20 minutes while you prepare the sauce and clean the scallops
• Mix light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, Thai chili (optional), garlic, and parsley in a bowl until the sugar dissolves
• Heat sesame oil in a pan over medium high heat and fry the ginger and scallion for a minute until fragrant
• Add oil mixture into sauce bowl and mix well. Set aside for serving
• Boil of pot of water and place steamer over it
• Clean the scallops, remove from shell, and set them aside. Drain the vermicelli and cut in half with food scissors
• Place a portion of noodles on each scallop shell. Add a scallop on top of each portion of noodles, and sprinkle some garlic on top of the scallops
• Once the water is boiling and the steamer is ready, carefully place each scallop shell into the steamer and steam for 3 minutes. You may have to do this in batches depending on the size of the steamer. I was able to fit three per batch.
• Remove cooked scallops and pour some sauce over each using a small spoon
• Sprinkle any leftover spring onions over the scallops and serve.

SCALLOPS STEAMED IN THEIR SHELLS

Steps:

• Melt 1 1/2 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat. Add the leeks and salt and cook until very soft but not brown, about 15 minutes. Set aside.
• Scrub the scallop shells well. With a thin, sharp knife, pry open the shell, slip the knife inside and cut through the large white muscle tab to release one side of the shell. Open the shell fully and pull out and discard everything but the white muscle and the reddish roe. Rinse under cold running water to remove all grit. Pat inside and outside of shells dry. Repeat with the remaining scallops.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Roll out the pastry and cut into 12 strips, 1 by 13 inches long. Keep refrigerated until ready to use.
• Place some of the leek mixture and 1 teaspoon of butter into each scallop shell. Use a strip of pastry to seal the shells tightly shut. Leave no gaps. Brush the dough with the egg yolks beaten with 1 teaspoon water. (If you can't get scallops in their shells, use 12 large sea scallops and place them in 12 scallop shells, available from kitchen-supply stores.) Scallops can also be baked with their shells tightly wrapped in aluminum foil.
• Spread kosher salt evenly on two baking sheets, nestle the shells in the salt and bake 13 minutes, or until pastry is browned and puffed. Serve immediately on warm plates.

STEAMED SCALLOPS WITH GLASS NOODLES

Steps:

• Boil a small pot of water and remove from heat. Immediately add the dry vermicelli noodles and let cook, stirring for 30 seconds. Rinse with cold water and transfer to a colander to drain. Set aside. This step is needed to hydrate and soften the noodles, but be careful not to overcook them!
• Heat a saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and oil, and stir until just starting to sizzle. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
• If using a single shallow serving plate, spread the cooked mung bean noodles evenly. If using small dim sum style plates or scallop shells, distribute the noodles evenly (one shell/plate per scallop). Be sure that the dishes you use have enough rim to contain the sauce.
• Place the scallops on top of the mung bean vermicelli, and spoon a small amount of garlic on top of each scallop. Add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, the sugar, 1/3 cup water to the remaining garlic and oil in your pot and bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Set aside.
• Heat water in your steamer or pot/wok set up with a steamer rack until boiling and turn off the heat. Carefully place the shells/plate(s) of scallops into the steamer and cover tightly. Turn the heat back up to a boil. Steam the scallops for 2 minutes if using medium or large sized scallops and 4 minutes for jumbo scallops like we used in this post.
• Immediately remove the scallops from the steamer and pour off some of the liquid if there is too much to safely transfer them. Wet scallops will release more liquid than dry scallops.
• Reheat the sauce if needed and distribute it evenly over each scallop until all the sauce is gone. Garnish with cilantro and serve hot!

STEAMED CHINESE SCALLOPS

Steps:

• Clean the scallops and reserve one of the shells.
• Brush the scallops with garlic. Put the scallops in a scallop shell.
• Mix the soy sauce and chili garlic sauce together, and pour the mixture onto the scallops.
• Put the shell into a bamboo steamer, and steam for 4 to 5 minutes. Take the scallops out the shell and serve immediately, garnished with ginger.

QUICK STEAMED SCALLOPS

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix together the scallops, lemon juice, garlic and chili power if desired along with any other seasonings you like with scallops.
• Prepare a a small steamer with 2 cups of water and bring it to the boil until steaming well.
• Place the noodles and vegies in the bottom of the steamer in with the water, scallops at the top.
• Once back at the boil drop heat to around medium so it continues to steam without boiling too hard. Steam for 8-10 minutes.
• Drain noodles and vegetables, stir through soy sauce (once again to taste) and serve with scallops on top.