10 minutes or so.
In fact, although the scallop looks bigger, but open its shell, its meat is mainly in the middle of a piece, so the cold water on the pot steaming, first open the fire will boil the water, and then open the fire on the steam on the 10 or so minutes, basically can be scallops steamed. After steaming, the scallop tastes very tender and delicious.
How to eat scallops
Garlic scallops are actually steamed scallops covered with a layer of garlic. The garlic is best seasoned in advance, you can add some salt and monosodium glutamate (MSG), so that the garlic added to the scallops, steamed scallops floating garlic flavor, and the flavor of the garlic inside the scallop meat is also absorbed by the scallop meat, it will be more delicious.
Roasted scallops believe that many people have eaten, in the barbecue restaurant is also a very high order rate of a dish. In fact, grilled scallops and garlic steamed scallops are somewhat similar, both need garlic, but one is added to the garlic steamed, and one is placed on the grill above the grill. The grilled scallops will be more flavorful, and you can also add some Sriracha to make the grilled scallops taste even better.
Introduction of scallops
Also known as sea scallop clams, shells are mostly disk or fan-shaped; shell tops anterior and posterior with ears, two ears equal or unequal, most of the right shells below the front ear with obvious pedunculated holes and fine pectinate teeth. Shell surface with radial ribs or concentric lamellar carvings. Closed-shell muscle scars obvious, outer coat scars simple, without water pipes; inner ligament, located in the triangular ligament groove below the shell top. More than 50 species have been found along our coasts.