Pan-Seared Scallops with Bacony Quinoa

Pan-Seared Scallops with Bacony Quinoa

  Ready in : 45 mins

Pan-Seared Scallops with Bacony Quinoa might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 252 calories, 19g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4 and costs $2.63 per serving. It is brought to you by Foodista. 1 person were impressed by this recipe. A mixture of paprika, onion, center-cut bacon, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 50%, which is pretty good.

Ingredients

pepper

pepper

0.25 teaspoon

cauliflower

cauliflower

0.5 cup

quinoa

quinoa

1 cup

parsley

parsley

0.25 cup

garlic cloves

garlic cloves

2

kosher salt

kosher salt

0.25 teaspoon

lemon juice

lemon juice

4 servings

onion

onion

1 cup

sea scallops

sea scallops

1 pound

paprika

paprika

0.25 teaspoon

center-cut bacon

center-cut bacon

4 slices

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Cut the bacon into 1" pieces and cook until dark brown and crumbly

    bacon

    bacon

  2. 2
    Move about half the bacon grease to another pan, heat, and add onion and garlic until translucent, then add cauliflower until soft enough to cut with a fork

    bacon drippings

    bacon drippings

    cauliflower

    cauliflower

    garlic

    garlic

    onion

    onion

    frying pan
    frying pan
  3. 3
    While that cooks, chop parsley and add to cooked quinoa

    cooked quinoa

    cooked quinoa

    parsley

    parsley

  4. 4
    Add the cooked veggies to the quinoa as well...Now add the smoked paprika to the quinoa along with a pinch of salt, and mix the whole thing up good-like.In original pan with the remainder of the bacon grease, turn the heat all the way up, and add scallops

    smoked paprika

    smoked paprika

    bacon drippings

    bacon drippings

    scallops

    scallops

    quinoa

    quinoa

    salt

    salt

    frying pan
    frying pan
  5. 5
    Add the lemon juice, to the pan, and cook the scallops until they are a deep brown on both sides (I didn't turn the heat up quite enough, so these didn't quite brown as much as I would like)While these cook, crumble the bacon and mix into the quinoa

    lemon juice

    lemon juice

    scallops

    scallops

    quinoa

    quinoa

    bacon

    bacon

    frying pan
    frying pan
  6. 6
    Scoop the quinoa mixture into a bowl, and toss the scallops on top and you are good to go.

    scallops

    scallops

    quinoa

    quinoa

    bowl
    bowl