Seared Scallops with Grapefruit Avocado Salad
Make seared scallops with grapefruit avocado salad for a fresh 28-minute dinner with golden seafood, peppery greens, citrus, and lime.
Prep
: 10
Total
: 25 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 pound large sea scallops side muscles removed and patted dry
- 1 tablespoon olive oil divided
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt divided
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 red grapefruit peeled and segmented
- 1 ripe avocado sliced
- 4 cups baby arugula
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
Instructions
Instructions
- Arrange the baby arugula, red grapefruit segments, and sliced avocado on four plates.
- Whisk half the olive oil with the lime juice and half the salt, then drizzle it over the salad.
- Season the dry sea scallops with the remaining salt and black pepper.
- Heat the remaining olive oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering.
- Add the scallops in one layer and sear without moving for 2 to 3 minutes, until deeply golden.
- Turn the scallops and cook for 1 to 2 minutes more, until just opaque in the center.
- Set the hot scallops over the grapefruit avocado salad and serve immediately.