Baked Scallops

By MaryEllen

Yummy way to help zest fresh scallops!

This is the recipe my family has used for quite some time, but there are lots of things you can do and different ingredients you can use to lower the sodium and fat content.
If you use the big sea scallops, its also nice to cut them up into bite size pieces before you do anything else to make sure all the flavor gets into them.

Made this for Christmas Eve. I coated the scallop pieces with the breadcrumb mixture, but BEFORE I put them in he butter. Turned out great. Nice tasty dish.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs fresh sea scallops
• 4 tbsps margarine spread, melted
• 1/2 cup dried seasoned bread crumbs
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp dried parsley
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Details

Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 40mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Pour melted butter into a 2 quart casserole dish. Distribute butter and scallops evenly inside the dish.

(make sure the scallops aren't cold when you do this or it will turn the butter hard again and you'll just have a big old mess!)

Combine dry ingredients in another bowl and sprinkle over scallops.
Bake in preheated oven until scallops are firm, about 20 minutes.




Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SARAHBRING.