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Photo:Biegel: Getty Images. Recipe: EatingWell.

a side by side of Katie Lee Biegel and EatingWell’s Brown Butter Scallops

Biegel: Getty Images. Recipe: EatingWell.

It’s no secret that butter, citrus and seafood are meant for each other, andKatie Lee Biegeljust showed us how to enjoy the flavorful trio in 10 minutes.

TheKitchenco-host recently took toInstagramfrom her home to show us how to make the tastiest Sea Scallops in Brown Butter White Wine Sauce. The scallops are seared to perfection, glazed with a super simple sauce and ready to eat in no time at all. Here’s how she makes them, plus a few other tasty ways of preparing this shellfish.

Biegel makes this dish with four ingredients: scallops, butter, white wine and lemon juice, plus a few pantry items like salt, pepper and olive oil.

To start, she dries both sides of the scallops with a paper towel and seasons them with salt and pepper. At this point of the video, you can see Iris, Biegel’s daughter, flicking her fingers towards the scallops to help with the salting process.

Then, Biegel places a skillet over medium-high heat on her stovetop and adds a light drizzle of olive oil (about 1 tablespoon). To that, she drops in a few tablespoons of butter—a genius move. The olive oil helps prevent the butter from burning and allows the milk solids to become dark brown, fragrant and nutty. Next, Biegel adds all six scallops to the pan and cooks them for 2 minutes on each side, until they’re opaque throughout. She then removes the scallops to a serving plate before making the sauce.

Everything You Need to Know About Cooking Scallops

Oftentimes, scallops are mistaken for an expensive seafood purchased mostly at fancy restaurants for special occasions. But Biegel’s reel is proof that all you really need to make dishes like ourBrown Butter Seared Scallopsis 10 minutes and a skillet.

Scallops are delicious when cooked in other ways, too. You can broil them in your oven to make ourProsciutto-Wrapped Scallops with Spinach. You’ll be left with a mouthwatering excuse to keep scallops in your dinner rotation.

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