Recipe: Spiced Sea Scallops with Soy/Scallion Reduction

It's been a while since my last post, so I thought I'd come back with a recipe that was just outstanding. I made this tonight, although I have made this exact same recipe before.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lbs. of sea scallops

2 1/2 tsp. of Chinese Five Spice powder (contains ground cinnamon, anise seed, cloves, ginger, and fennel seed)

1 tsp. sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/3 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce

1 cup chopped scallions

3 tbsp. olive oil

Directions:

Mix all of the dry spice ingredients together to make a spice rub. Coat the scallops with the spice rub. Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Place the scallops in the pan and sear for approximately 2 minutes on each side. Remove the scallops from the pan. Drain off all but about 1 tsp. of the oil in the pan. Add the scallions. Saute the scallions for about 2 minutes then add the soy sauce. Stir vigorously for about 3 - 4 minutes as the sauce reduces. Poor the sauce over the scallops. Serve immediately with sticky jasmine rice.

Makes 4 servings.