• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Recipes
  • Snacks, Games and Movie Night
  • Contact Us
  • About Us

Our Fantastic Recipes logo

menu icon
go to homepage
subscribe
search icon
Homepage link
  • Home
  • Recipes
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Dessert
  • Chicken
  • Drinks
  • Vegetables
  • Pies, Tarts, and Crisps
  • Ice Cream
  • Cakes and cupcakes
  • Appetizers
  • Sauces and Seasonings
  • Sandwiches
×

Home » Appetizers » Lemon Garlic Scallops Appetizers

July 31, 2020

Lemon Garlic Scallops Appetizers

This post contains affiliate links. Click on the link to see our disclosure here.

Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe

 

small cast iron skillet with cooked scallops and a slice of lemon on a brown surface this Recipe

Little appetizer skillet of scallops with lemon

 

Lemon garlic scallops appetizers are a delicious first ourse. The sweet and tender shellfish are  a perfect choice when you want something special to go with your meal.

Scallops are always quick and easy  to cook which makes them the perfect choice when you are in a hurry. The addition of garlic and lemon just puts the scallops over the top with flavor. This recipe doesn't take long to make and you only need a few ingredients.

2 small cast iron skillets with a few small glass bowls of scallops, olive oil, butter, lemon juice, and minced garlic

Ingredients for a scallop appetizer

 

 

 

In a 6 inch cast iron pan, add some olive oil. Pat your scallops dry and add to the pan. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper. When they get golden, turn them.

Scallops in a cast iron pan cooking in oil and butter

Scallops sizzling to perfection

 

Now, take out the scallops and  add olive oil, lemon juice, and minced garlic to the pan.

Cast iron pan filled with oil and butter and lemon juice, and minced garlic.

Oil cooking with butter, lemon juice and minced garlic

 

 

 

 

Add the scallops back into the pan and garnish with a wedge of lemon. Eat as a small appetizer before your main meal.

small cast iron skillet with cooked scallops and a slice of lemon on a brown surface

Little appetizer skillet of scallops with lemon

 

 

 

Print

Lemon Garlic Scallops Appetizers

Print Recipe

A wonderful appetizer before your meal. Easy to make with a few simple ingredients.

  • Author: ourfantasticrecipes
  • Prep Time: 5 mins.
  • Cook Time: 5 mins.
  • Total Time: 10 mins.

Ingredients

Scale
  • 10 oz. sea scallops
  • 2 T. olive oil, split 1 Tbsp. in each pan
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 T. butter, split 1 Tbsp. in each pan
  • 2 tsp. lemon juice, 1 tsp. each pan
  • 1 tsp. minced garlic, split ½ tsp. each pan

Instructions

  1. In 2 (6 inch cast iron pans) put 1 Tbsp. of olive oil.
  2. Dry the scallops and split them into 2 pans.
  3. Cook on medium heat until cooked through and browned on both sides.
  4. Take scallops out of the pans and put 1 Tbsp. of butter into each pan.
  5. Add 1 tsp. of the lemon juice to each pan.
  6. Add ½ tsp. of minced into each pan and stir.
  7. Now, add the scallops back into the pans and serve .
  8. Add a thin slice of lemon for garnish.

Notes

  1. If using frozen scallops let them thaw out and pat dry.
  2. These can be made into a full meal and just use any old pan that you have.

Did you make this recipe?

Share a photo and tag us — we can't wait to see what you've made!

More Appetizers

  • Fresh, Puffy Popovers
    Fresh, Puffy Popovers
  • Appetizer Eggplant Parmesan
    Appetizer Eggplant Parmesan
  • Air Fryer Eggplant
    Air Fryer Eggplant
  • Game day dips- Buffalo Chicken and Spinach Queso
    Game day dips- Buffalo Chicken and Spinach Queso

Reader Interactions

"Leave a Reply" Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe rating ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆
Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Hi. welcome to our site

New-ezgif
We are Travis and Cassie

Our Fantastic Recipes is a food blog featuring good food from breakfast till dinner, snacks and desserts are included. Most are quick because they are easy to make.

Popular Posts

  • Pancakes and "Gravy"
    Pancakes and "Gravy"
  • Bread Machine Yeasty Parker House Rolls
    Bread Machine Yeasty Parker House Rolls
  • Berry Agave Simple Syrup
    Berry Agave Simple Syrup
  • Chocolate Water Ice
    Chocolate Water Ice

 

Our blog uses affiliate links and if you click on them, we get a commission, if you decide to purchase a product you don’t pay anything more. We like to recommend only products that we like to use ourselves.

affiliate

Food Blogger Pro: Video training and blogger community helping you to start your food blog.

Affiliate

WP-TASTY-BANNER

Footer

↑ back to top

About

  • Opt-out Preferences
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Terms & Conditions

Newsletter

  • Sign Up! for newsletter

Contact

  • Contact

.

Copyright © 2020OurFantasticRecipes

Copyright © 2023 Our Fantastic Recipes on the Brunch Pro Theme

Manage your Privacy
We use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. We do this to improve browsing experience and to show personalized ads. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
Settings
{title} {title} {title}
Manage your Privacy
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
Settings
{title} {title} {title}

Privacy Policy - Terms and Conditions