Savory Scallops


Ingredients


  • 1/4 cup chopped bacon, about 4 slices
  • 1/4 cup minced ham
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon hot sauce
  • 12 ounces fresh or frozen scallops, thawed
  • 3 tablespoons water or liquid from thawed scallops
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice

Method


Fry bacon slowly in heavy skillet with tight fitting lid. Add onion; cook until golden. Sprinkle of salt, flour and hot sauce; do not stir. Simmer until flour is absorbed in fat. Add thawed scallops to skillet; stir gently to mix. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring after 5 minutes. Add Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice to scallop juice or water; add with parsley to scallop mixture. Stir; turn off heat. Continue stirring over the warm burner until sauce covers each scallop