bacon and bay scallops over pasta

We tried this on Saturday, which seems to be turning into our seafood night.   I am going to critique some of what ended up happening in hopes that we don't do the same thing next time. :D  


Sea scallops are bigger, but they were $16.99 compared to the $5.99 for the bay scallops.  Unfortunately, even then the grocery was out of them, so DH had to get frozen.  He started to quick-thaw the pound of scallops by immersing them in water directly.  

I think that part of this should have been that as soon as he put the scallops in water, he should have started to pasta water.  He also cut up a package of bacon into small crumbles and started frying them up.  Personally, I like my bacon cripsy, and unfortunately, DH didn't leave it in long enough.  But that's okay.

When the bacon is done frying up, remove as much of the bacon as you can while leaving the oil behind, and set the bacon aside.  Drain the scallops as best as you can, and start sauteing them in the bacon oil.  (Whenever the water starts to boil, add the pasta!)  When the scallops are finished mostly cooking, add in the bacon, maybe a little onion powder and/or salt to taste.  Serve over cooked pasta.

We added some broccoli to this (the steamed in the microwave kind), and it added some freshness to the dish.  Plus an extra veggie. :)  Winner all-around!  C ate his all up, then more the next day for early dinner.

Oh, and for those that are wondering about the pasta, we cook C's pasta separately, because we use Tinkyada gluten-free brown rice pasta for him. :)