I gave the bacon-wrapped scallops a kick since I prefer my food a little hot. On our date nights, I frequently make them for my husband and serve them with steak.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 5 |
Ingredients
- 10 slices bacon
- 10 sea scallops
- 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges
Instructions
- Arrange bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until lightly browned but still pliable, about 5 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels.
- Wrap each slice of bacon around one sea scallop and secure with a toothpick. Season with Cajun seasoning.
- Heat olive oil in a clean skillet over medium-high heat; sear scallops until golden and bacon is crisp, 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Squeeze lemon over scallops. Serve immediately.
Reviews
If you’re using bay scallops cook the bacon strips at 5minutes per side, place on paper towel & then cut them in half. Plenty long enough for the smaller yet more succulent bay scallops. A winning recipe!
This was very good — I cut down the amount of the bacon only using half slices on the scallops. It was a little messy but VERY good!
These were marvelous ! followed directions except forgot the seasoning & lemon, didn’t matter !!! will certainly be doing this again, thanks
Follow the instructions….PERFECT and so tasty!
Great recipe they turned out really yummy. Thank you
Very easy and delicious.Did overcook the bacon a little which made it hard to wrap but got it done regardless. Will make it again.
Turned out great and definitely a keeper. Will make again
Great recipe! I used Piri Piri seasoning in place of the Cajun. So good!
Wife & I LOVED these! Scallops and Bacon … what’s not to love! Only changes were to fry them in bacon grease and seasoned with Zatarain’s Creole Seasoning that I had on hand. Used el cheapo streaky bacon for it’s thin cut to ensure complete cooking after two minutes in microwave. Served with Jasmine rice and garden salad. Soooo GOOD.
Great, easy and quick! Very special meal. I totally recommend this dish.
these were super tasty and pretty simple to make.. i used Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning for the cajun seasoning.. didn’t really measure anything.. just eyeballed.. i fried the bacon wrapped scallops in the bacon grease so no extra oil was needed.. ty for the recipe
very quick and easy. get a good sear and use low sodium bacon or the bacon will over power the east of the scallops
Enjoyed these very much! Easy to prepare and didn’t lose the delicious taste of the fresh scallops!
My husband did not want the bacon but the recipe was perfect. Especially with the tip about getting the pan really hot and searing for 3 minutes on both sides and not
Hubs loved – anything with bacon- right? Didn’t have cajun seasoning – used Montreal Steak Seasoning. Used thick bacon from the butcher block. Skewered them and grilled them. Pefection! Thanks for a great recipe.
Talk about easy and my girlfriend was SO impressed. My scallops were large so in the end the bacon only stayed on one of them so I lost some points on presentation but truly, without changing a thing I thought these were delicious.
Disappointed. Had for New Years Eve & the bacon took over in flavor. You didn’t even taste the scallop. With the price of scallops we’ll stick to other recipes to use. It was quick & easy to make.
Yep, very yummy! I found a great recipe for Cajun Seasoning here and mixed up a batch of that to use for later. Cooked these up and both my husband and I loved these. Definitely a keeper!
The Baking Nana instructions of not moving the scallops was perfect. These were a huge hit at my family party this weekend. Very tasty and very easy. We used our 1000W microwave to pre-cook the bacon. We had 4 slices on a plate for 2:30 on high. Then when searing in the oil, they became perfectly crispy. We made about 20 scallops at a time. Will do this one again.
Delicious. A crowd pleaser.
The best ever!!!!!