Baked Scallops with Garlic Sauce

Scallops are relatively simple to make and gorgeous on a plate and their sweet mild flavor are usually enjoyed by those  who are not particularly fond of fish or other shellfish.  You will find recipes to make them baked, fried & bacon wrapped.   We picked a baked scallop recipe that offered garlic & mushrooms with a bit of breading.

Baked Scallops with Garlic Sauce
~off taste of home forums

1 1/2 pounds scallops, cut in halves

3 cloves garlic, mashed

1/4 c butter, melted

10 firm white mushrooms, sliced

1 dash onion salt

1 dash freshly grated pepper

1/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs

1 teaspoon finely minced fresh parsley

Wipe scallops with damp paper towel.  Mash garlic cloves and add to butter; stir well to blend.  Keep warm.  Pour a little of the melted garlic sauce into the bottom of a baking dish;  add the mushrooms and season.  Place the scallops on top of the mushrooms.  Reserve 1 tablespoon garlic sauce and dribble rest on the scallops.  Sprinkle with bread crumbs, parsley and reserved garlic sauce.

Bake in preheated 375F oven until the top is nicely browned and bubbly hot.

Tupps Tidbits ~ we had larger scallops so we cut our in quarters 

Well as you can see from the picture, these did not bake up well & the breading did not stick to the scallops. They were over soaked in butter/margarine and really did not have & flavor.  Also, the recipe did not tell us how long to bake the scallops.  After one bite, we both new this was not a KEEPER, unfortunately we did scrape off the ingredients & ate the scallops themselves.