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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal51
  • fat3g
  • saturates0g
  • carbs0g
  • sugars0g
  • fibre0g
  • protein6g
  • salt0.17g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Place the ginger, coriander and garlic in a pestle and mortar, then pound to a paste. Add the oil and mix through. Pour over the scallops and rub in until they are covered with the mixture. Thread each scallop onto a skewer (see Know-how, below). Can be done up to 1 day in advance.

  • step 2

    To cook, heat a non-stick frying pan until really hot. Place a couple of skewers in the pan and cook for 2 mins, until starting to turn golden. Turn over, drizzle with more oil if needed, then cook for another min. Serve with sweet chilli sauce.

RECIPE TIPS
SWEET CHILLI SAUCE

Place 1 deseeded chopped red pepper, 2 halved deseeded red chillies, 100g caster sugar and 100ml white or rice vinegar in a pan with 100ml water. Bring to the boil, then leave to simmer for 30 mins until it turns pinkish. Cool, then place in a food processor and blend until smooth. Return to the pan and cook until slightly sticky, about 20 mins more.

KNOW-HOW

If you've got wooden or bamboo skewers, soak them in warm water for an hour before using, otherwise they might burn when cooked. Independent cookshops often sell smart skewers, so it's worth hunting around.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2008

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jamiemay

question

is the chilli sauce best served hot/warm or cold?

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goodfoodteam

Hi, either will work but we'd opt for warm if possible. Just avoid serving it fridge-cold with this particular dish. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

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Nickolaus Hendel

question

I will be looking forward to making this recipes however, I am an american who don't use these units but other units such as the metric. Can you show me how to convert your recipes to such?

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goodfoodteam

Thanks for your question. We don't have a US measurement converter on this site but there are many available online. There are also charts available with the different ingredients to help you convert recipes. We hope this helps.

fairystoryteller

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

This was GORGEOUS! I served them as a starter for 4 people with a few leaves and with a lemony dressing. I griddled the scallops and didn't bother putting them on skewers. The sweet chilli sauce is amazing - the recipe makes quite a lot. It made a reappearance at the end of our meal because it goes…

smithtr

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Lovely and easy to follow..my first attempt to use scallops. As this was a main course added prawns and marinated in the ginger and garlic etc.

uttons

I added chilli,really gave it a kick.

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