
Pan-Seared Scallops with Bacony Quinoa
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.
Cook time
45 min
Servings
4
Ingredients
11
Nutrition
per serving252 kcal
Calories
19 g
Protein
10 g
Fat
20 g
Carbs
Ingredients
For 4 servings
Instructions
- 1
Cut the bacon into 1" pieces and cook until dark brown and crumbly
- 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
- 3
While that cooks, chop parsley and add to cooked quinoa
- 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
- 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
- 6
Scoop the quinoa mixture into a bowl, and toss the scallops on top and you are good to go.
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