Maple Balsamic Glazed Scallops

With only 6 ingredients, this scallop dish makes for a quick, easy and tasty date night meal – or just a mid-week treat on a night you don’t want to slave in the kitchen  for hours. These are great paired with a salad – double score for not having to prep any crazy sides, right? And rumor has it, the sauce for these scallops makes a pretty banging salad dressing – so there’s another reason to give this one a shot.

Ingredients

• 7- 8 oz scallops (about 7- 8 medium to large scallops)
• 1/2 to 1 tbsp salted butter or oil (use less if you are wanting lighter)
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 3 tbsp pomegranate seeds (cleaned and dried)
• 1/2 to 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 tsp minced garlic
• sea salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Wash and dry scallops. Set aside.
2. Heat a pan on between medium high to high, add your butter and maple syrup.
3. once it’s starts sizzling, add your scallops, pomegranate seeds, and balsamic vinegar.
4. The vinegar will start to caramelize with the butter/syrup fast so keep mixing the sauce around with the seeds and scallops to form a glaze.
5. Add in your garlic and dash sea salt.
6. Pan sear for 6-8 minutes on medium high, flipping the scallops once or twice.
7. Remove from heat.
8. Serve into dishes and spoon sauce and pomegranate seeds over top.
9. Garnish with cracked black pepper.

Thanks, Cotter Crunch, for another great recipe!