Lemon Garlic Scallops and Spaghetti | Salt and Sage Nutrition
Lemon Garlic Scallops and Spaghetti
15 mins prepServes 4
A delightful recipe for lemon garlic scallops served on a bed of spaghetti with fresh tomatoes and basil. This dish combines the ease of cooking scallops with the freshness of garden-grown ingredients for a truly impressive meal.
1: Cook spaghetti according to package directions.
2: While spaghetti is boiling, heat 4 Tbsp olive oil over medium heat in a skillet.
3: Add minced garlic and sauté for 3 minutes.
4: Place scallops carefully in pan and let them sit for 4 minutes.
5: While sautéing, pour 1 Tbsp lemon juice over scallops.
6: Flip scallops (they should be relatively easy to pull off the pan) and pour other Tbsp of lemon juice over them.
7: Drain pasta and save 1/4 cup pasta water.
8: Once scallops are opaque, move them to a paper towel and add pasta to the pan that scallops were in.
9: Add tomatoes and pasta water and mix well into pasta - try to get the garlic and oil from the pan to totally coat pasta.
10: Mix in sliced basil and season with salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper.
11: Top with scallops.
