Scallops broiled in pork fat with nuoc mam sauce

"Discover how to cook this seafood recipe. Seafood recipe for free. Delicious healthy recipe. Seafood recipe, cooking tips and food recipe. Easy and quick seafood recipe!"
Recipe by: emeryc

Rate this recipe (6 votes)

795 people have saved this recipe

scallopsbroiledinporkfatwithnuocmamsauce

click for zoom

Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Easy

Cost:

Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

4 Scallops -- cleaned
Quartered
12 ts Salt
Juice of 1 lime or lemon
1 Piece fresh pork fat
OR
8 Bacon slices rind
4 tb Nuoc Mam sauce
OR
4 tb Maggi liquid seasoning mixed
WITH:
2 tb Lemon juice
1 Clove garlice, diced
1/2 Green onion, thinly chopped

* (So Nuong Voi Mo Heo An Voi Nuoc Mam).

1. Cover the scallops with water and add the salt and lime or lemon
juice. Simmer for 1-2 minutes (do not overcook). Remove the scallops
from the liquid and drain them. 2. Place each scallop in a shell or
heatproof dish, place some pork or bacon rind on the scallops and put
under a preheated high broiler for at most 4 minutes. The pork fat
should drip down on to the scallops, giving them a smoky pork flavor.
Remove an

Recipe Source: VIETNAMESE COOKING - EXOTIC DELIGHTS FROM INDO-CHINA by
Paulette Do Van. Published by Chartwell Books, Inc. Copyright (c)
1993. Recipe formatted by Olivia Liebermann RDSE68B on May, 1995.

Recipe By : "Vietnamese Cooking" by Paulette Do Van, Chartwell
Books