Scallops And Shrimp In Lime Vodka Butter Sauce Recipe

Scallops and Shrimp in Lime Vodka Butter Sauce

From notyourmomma 17 years ago

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12 minutes to make
Serves 6

Made this for dinner tonight. Went to add the white wine to the sauce, didn't have any? So, I improvised with a bit of vodka and it reduced beautifully and the sauce was wonderful.

easy
sauce
onion
garlic
lime
vodka
butter
scallop
grilled
bacon
spinach
buttery
smokey
shrimp
grill

Ingredients

2 packages of frozen defrosted chopped spinach shopping list
24 large shimp (15-24 ct) peeled deveined shopping list
Under 20 ct scallops 3 each person shopping list
8 strips of bacon, partially cooked shopping list
salt and pepper shopping list
1 stick of butter divided use shopping list
1 small onion minced shopping list
1 clove of garlic minced shopping list
juice from five limes shopping list
1/2 cup of vodka shopping list
big squeeze of honey shopping list

How to make it

Squeeze spinach dry, reserve.
Skewer shimp.
Skewer scallops with bacon pieces in between.
In a small sauce pan, heat 1 tablespoon of butter, add onion and garlic, saute briefly.
Add lime juice, vodka, and honey.
Reduce over high heat until syrupy and nearly evaporated.
Whisk in 4 tablespoons of butter.
Reserve.
Quickly heat spinach in remaining butter.
Season spinach with some salt/pepper and a scrape of nutmeg.
Grill over medium heat the scallops and shrimp basting often with sauce until just done and not dried up or over cooked. About 4 minutes one side, two minutes other side.
Put the spinach in the middle of the platter, top with scallops and bacon
Serve shrimp alongside.
Drizzle any remaining sauce over the top.

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eazy 13 years ago
Can you tell me exactly how much honey and lime juice is used for this receipe..thank you!
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ahmz 14 years ago
your recipes sound great i love it, i wish i could make it.. thanks for sharing. http://ahmz-homecooking.blogspot.com
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mrtnzangel8 15 years ago
I agree with lovethedepp, can't go wrong with those ingredients. I am just now seeing this because up until recently I didn't think I liked scallops. But I do! I do.

Luv ya GF.
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ilvfd 16 years ago
A perfect "10"!!! Just got done eatin! Put a filet and a glass of wine with it. OUTSTANDING! Thank you!

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" It was excellent "
trigger ate it and said...
Well Tina this sounds fantastic sometimes we have to try something new and wait and see what will result. I will have to try this we are big seafood fans and that sauce sounds divine.

Five forks and a big smile :)
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" It was excellent "
lovethedepp ate it and said...
Seafood, butter, bacon and booze. Can it get any better? This will be part of my labor day celebration!
Thanks :)
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" It was excellent "
kimberry ate it and said...
Very wonderful recipe High 5 You go girl Our Taste compatibility is High
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" It was excellent "
lunasea ate it and said...
I saw this on your food page and had to come in....and I'm wondering how in the world I missed this.

Wow, Tina baby - this looks soooooo delicious and that sauce is to die for. I am printing this out to try before I drink up all my vodka. Heh. Okay, I confess....I know where to get more. But I do have all the ingredients except the seafood and I can get that from Lombardi's.

Thanks so much! :)
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" It was excellent "
mark555 ate it and said...
Aha man…I’m dieing here this is wonderful.
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" It was excellent "
linebb956 ate it and said...
And I missed this how? This is wonderful! I have shrimp in freezer.. no scallops.. so will double the shrimp... Feeds 2 .. right? lol
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" It was excellent "
waterlily ate it and said...
WOW! I can't wait to try this one, thanks!
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" It was excellent "
theiris ate it and said...
This really sounds like a new favorite. Can't wait to try. All those lovely ingredients. Thanks, Mare
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" It was excellent "
invisiblechef ate it and said...
vodka is always a great improvision. Awesome post.
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lunasea ate it and said...
This sounds amazing - can't wait to try it. Thanks for sharing....yummm! =)
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pqsunny 17 years ago
Yummy, I can't wait to try this. I'll try it this week.
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dixiejet 17 years ago
WOW ! This sounds "too-die-for" ! We adore scallops and we live on the N.C. coast so seafood is plentiful. I'm going to print this out & try it as soon as I possibly can !
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image 17 years ago
OMG this sounds AWESOME!!! It's definitely going to be added to my list. Great post - thanks.
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notyourmomma 17 years ago
We liked the sauce a lot but there wasn't a lot left after basting the seafood, so I might add a little more "butter" (WHEW) or not reduce it as much as I did. It does need the honey because my limes were near to "going bad" and they gave up a lot of juice and the honey was needed to mellow it out. I hear that alcohol is a flavor transmitter and it certainly tranmitted well last night! The sauce that seeped down to the spinach made it so flavorful. I wish I had some leftover! No one had room for dessert! Thanks for the comments.
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dugger 17 years ago
Whew... wait while I catch my breath. This sounds fantastic. Off to the store tomorrow for the seafood. Gonna grill this puppy up. Thanks for the post...
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krumkake 17 years ago
nymomma, you are on a ROLL tonight! I wish I'd been at your place for dinner - these look amazing. We love seafood around here, so this one has been printed off (I just happen to have 4 limes in the fridge, and we're going to Costco tomorrow for shrimp, crab legs and scallops - perfect timing!)...and I always have vodka (or wine) ready!!!
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Reviewed by 14 people

Seafood, butter, bacon and booze. Can it get any better? This will be part of my labor day celebration!
Thanks :)

lovethedepp in Central loved it
I saw this on your food page and had to come in....and I'm wondering how in the world I missed this.

Wow, Tina baby - this looks soooooo delicious and that sauce is to die for. I am printing this out to try before I drink up all my vodka....more

lunasea in Orlando loved it
Very wonderful recipe High 5 You go girl Our Taste compatibility is High

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