Baked Scallops with Spring Onion Oil

I found this recipe in Gordon's Great Escape Southeast Asia. It looked beautiful and so delicious. The scallops were very good. I did not barbecue them, although I think they would have been tastier if I did. It was pouring rain here and we only have charcoal at the moment, so I baked them instead. I didn't have any fried shallots or chili oil and they still had good flavour. I was able to find scallops in the shell at a local Asian supermarket. My husband did not buy enough though and had to run out to get scallops from a different store that was closer to home, so I have more than one scallop in each shell.

 

Ingredients:

8 scallops in the shell

16 scallops not in the shell

4 tbsp canola oil

8 green onions, minced

2 tsp fish sauce

pinch of salt and white pepper

2 tbsp minced peanuts

2 chili's sliced

Clean the scallops and shells. Heat a pan over high heat, add the oil, saute the green onions for a few minutes then add in a dash off fish sauce and pepper.

Season the scallops with salt and pepper, place them in the clean shells, I did 3 to a shell. Spoon the green onion mix on top of the scallops. Put them on a baking sheet  and put them under the broiler for about 5 minutes. Scatter the peanuts and chili's overtop.