Scallops and Mango Skewers
Updated April 30, 2024
- Total Time
- 15 minutes
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Ingredients
- Vegetable oil, for brushing
- Large scallops
- Fresh mango, cut into 1-inch pieces
- Red bell pepper, cut into bite-size pieces
- Red onion, cut into wedges
- Salt and pepper
- Chopped cilantro and lime wedges, for serving
Preparation
- Step 1
Heat a charcoal or gas grill until very hot. Brush the grill grate with a little oil and put it 3 or 4 inches from the heat.
- Step 2
Thread the scallops through their equators onto metal or soaked wooden skewers, alternating them with mango, red bell pepper and onion. Brush with oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Step 3
Grill skewers until browned and release easily from the grill, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Take the scallops off the grill before the interior becomes totally opaque.
- Step 4
Sprinkle with cilantro and serve with lime wedges.
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Cooking Notes
WeaselBookmite
Cooked this again with similarly disappointing results. My grill is hot too! Covered 550* I think this is a fake recipe- go back and look at the grill marks in the photo. They don’t line up, ergo they weren’t cooked together.
kelsey
Second time cooking and delicious! Easy weeknight dinner when scallops are on sale at the grocery store. Heat gas grill, 450, cook 6 min. Everything cooked well.
Justine
I made this recipe with a broiler because I don’t have a grill. I used mini sweet peppers and cut them small so that they would not be completely raw by the time the scallops were done. I also brushed the scallops with a miso olive oil soy sauce a dash of maple syrup mixture before grilling them. It was great and the mango scallop mango is really a keeper.
kelsey
No charcoal grill, instead heated gas grill to 450 degrees and cooked about 3 minutes each side - delicious! 6 large scallops fed 2 people.
Heather
Grilling 101- it’s not possible to cook scallops (or shrimp or any other quick cooking protein) on the same skewer as veggies - if you cook the veggies enough your scallops will be way overdone. So thread on separate skewers - presentation isn’t as sexy but the food will be properly cooked!
JR
Not impressed with this one -- mango done way before everything else, fell into grill. veggies take much longer than scallops -- pass on this one.
Succubus
I wasn’t crazy about this either. It was fine, but I wouldn’t make the effort again. I used a skewer set (skewers that fit into a rack and can be set over open coals without a grate) so I wasn’t concerned about getting grill marks, but the scallops spun on the skewers when turned, so a grate might be preferable. I used mini-peppers, so there was no problem with cook time. The mangoes caramelized nicely.
WeaselBookmite
Cooked this again with similarly disappointing results. My grill is hot too! Covered 550* I think this is a fake recipe- go back and look at the grill marks in the photo. They don’t line up, ergo they weren’t cooked together.
WeaselBookmite
Grilled for 3 min/side until scallops were just opaque. The mango was hot and sweet but the peppers not cooked at all and the onions just barely but not enough. Next time I’ll try and chop the veggies even smaller.
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