Seared Sea Scallops In Mandarin Sauce

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 10 sea scallops (tendon removed)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 mandarin oranges (1 peeled and divided into slices, the other to juice as per below)
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons chopped shallots (approx 2-inchtubes")
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons mandarin juice
• 4 tablespoons sweet
• 1 tablespoon cold butter
• 1 pinch salt & pepper
• 1 pinch parsley
• 1 wedge lemon
• 1 cup jasmine rice

Recipe

• 1 start on the rice, prepare as standard.
• 2 heat up olive oil in medium sauté pan at a medium flame.
• 3 sear scallops on both sides until lightly browned.
• 4 add your chopped onions, garlic & mandarin oranges and stir while cooking for 1 ½ minutes.
• 5 then add sweet and reduce to a low flame.
• 6 add mandarin juice, shallots, and wedge of lemon and let stand for 1 minute.
• 7 add cold butter and stir for 2 minutes.
• 8 add a touch of salt, pepper and parsley to taste.
• 9 serve and enjoy!