Monday, January 28, 2008

Lite Dinner Tonight - Scallops Gremolata

This might be the easiest recipe I have and yet looks like a restaurant quality dish. Nice sea scallops are readily available at most grocery stores and are frequently on sale. While the other ingredients seem mundane, when put together the flavor of this is delicious. I make this frequently and my boyfriend asks for it all the time. Enjoy!

Scallops Gremolata

Ingredients

1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
Cooking spray
3 tablespoons Italian-seasoned breadcrumbs
1 1/2 pounds sea scallops
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
3/4 teaspoon bottled minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper

Preparation
Heat oil in large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Place breadcrumbs in large zip-top plastic bag; add scallops. Seal bag; shake to coat. Add scallops to pan; cook 4 minutes. Turn scallops; cook 3 minutes or until done. Remove from heat. Add parsley and remaining ingredients; stir gently to coat.

4 servings (serving size: about 5 ounces scallops) – 4 WW POINTS

Nutritional Information
CALORIES 217(28% from fat); FAT 6.7g (sat 0.8g,mono 3.8g,poly 0.9g); PROTEIN 29.3g; CHOLESTEROL 56mg; CALCIUM 60mg; SODIUM 557mg; FIBER 0.6g; IRON 1mg; CARBOHYDRATE 8.5g

1 comment:

Stacey said...

I've made this a few times, but last week I came up with a twist. As a fan of the breadcrumbs that stick to the pan, I decided to deglazing was in order. The result was a delicious sauce. Simply add a little white wine (I used cooking wine) and lemon juice to scrape up the browned bits, add the parsley and remaining ingredients, drizzle over the scallops and enjoy!