Scallops with black bean sauce

Cooking scallops is quick and easy. Scallops with black bean sauce salt the scallops and refrigerate for 10 minutes.

Carefully pat dry using kitchen paper. Heat oil in a frying pan until it is very hot and add the scallops to the pan, you want an inch of space between each scallop. The scallop should spring back a little when pressed, be opaque and any pink color should be gone. To serve, drizzle over a little lemon juice or follow a recipe as directed. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.

Access to this page has been denied because we believe you are using automation tools to browse the website. Scallops are members of a large family of bivalves that live in oceans around the world. Learn more with these scallop facts. She serves as the executive director of the Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation. Scallops have anywhere up to 200 eyes that line their mantle. These eyes may be a brilliant blue color, and they allow the scallop to detect light, dark, and motion.