Citrus Arugula Salad with Seared Scallops

Ready in : 45 mins

Citrus Arugula Salad with Seared Scallops is a hor d'oeuvre that serves 2. One serving contains 91 calories, 9g of protein, and 1g of fat. For $1.6 per serving, this recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Foodista has 7 fans. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and primal diet. Head to the store and pick up arugula, cara cars orange, scallops, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a good spoonacular score of 60%.

Diets

GLUTEN FREE

DAIRY FREE

PALEOLITHIC

PRIMAL

WHOLE 30

PESCATARIAN

Ingredients

arugula

2 cups

cara cars orange

1

radish

2

persian cucumber

0.5

green onion

1

salt

2 servings

scallops

8

Cooking in Steps

1
First, you'll want to thinly slice the radishes and cucumber; and, dice the green onion.

green onions

cucumber

radish
2
In a bowl, squeeze half of the Cara Cara orange and pulp, add salt and whisk together.

orange

salt

whisk

bowl
3
Add in the radish and cucumber slices, arugula and toss together.

cucumber

arugula

radish
4
For the scallops: heat oil in a high heat.

scallops

cooking oil
5
Place the scallops flat-side down in the hot pan. Don't overcrowd the pan, or the pan won't stay hot enough to give the scallops a good sear. If you have a lot of scallops, it's better to work in batches.

scallops

frying pan
6
Once you've placed the scallops in the pan, don't touch them. (

scallops

frying pan
7
Let them do their thing!) If you give in to the temptation to move the scallops around the pan, all you'll be doing is preventing them from forming the nice brown crust that you want. Because of variations in scallop thickness, pan temperatures and so on, it's not easy to pinpoint an exact cooking time. But after a couple of minutes, it's OK to peek underneath. If you see a nice, caramel-colored crust on the underside, they're ready to flip.

scallops

caramel

frying pan
8
Plate your salad and place 4 scallops on top. Scallops start to turn rubbery if you wait too long to serve them, so get them on the plate right away. And be sure to serve them with the beautiful caramel-colored crust facing up.

scallops

caramel