{"id":55630,"date":"2025-11-20T18:56:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/?p=55630"},"modified":"2025-11-20T18:56:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:56:22","slug":"shrimp-scallop-medley-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2025\/11\/20\/shrimp-scallop-medley-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrimp Scallop Medley 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yields: 2 to 3<\/h4>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Scott Nowell<\/h6>\n<p>Circa 2004: This started out with salmon, but without the couscous.  I added couscous around 2015.<br \/>\nI made this new version in 2025 without any salmon but added some vegetables.<br \/>\n11\/25 The salmon is back \ud83d\ude0a.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=quantity><\/span><span class=ingredient-name>oz salmon filet, skinned, deboned and cut in half for two servings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=quantity>12<\/span><span class=ingredient-name>sea scallops, foot removed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=quantity>12<\/span><span class=ingredient-name>21-25 count shrimp, peeled and deveined<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=quantity>\u00bd<\/span><span class=ingredient-name>cup pearl onions, frozen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=quantity>\u00bd<\/span><span class=ingredient-name>cup corn, frozen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=quantity>\u00bd<\/span><span class=ingredient-name>cup peas, frozen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=quantity>1\u00bd<\/span><span class=ingredient-name>cups shrimp stock or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=quantity>1\u00bd<\/span><span class=ingredient-name>water<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=quantity>1<\/span><span class=ingredient-name>cup shrimp shells and tails to make shrimp stock<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=quantity>1<\/span><span class=ingredient-name>cup Israeli couscous<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=quantity>\u00bd<\/span><span class=ingredient-name>tsp fish sauce<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">salt &#038; pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">butter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">oil<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><\/span><\/li>\n<p>Prep:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Defrost, rinse and dry scallops and shrimp dry on paper towel.  <\/p>\n<p>Place frozen peas, onions and corn in a microwave safe bowl. Cover and microwave for 2 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For shrimp stock: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Place shrimp shells in a saucepan and add 12 oz of water. Bring to boil and reduce to medium low heat. Bowl lightly for 10 minutes, occasionally mashing with a masher or large fork. Pour through a fine mesh strainer into heat proof container. Discard shells and rinse saucepan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For couscous:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Return saucepan to heat and add 2 TBS butter. Add couscous and saut\u00e9 until it is light brown, about 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Add shrimp stock and \u00bd tsp fish sauce to saucepan with couscous. Bring to boil and reduce heat to simmer. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Remove cover and add peas, onions and corn on top of couscous. Cover and cook for another 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Heat a 12-inch skillet over medium high heat, add butter and melt until it foams. Add 1 TBS oil. Mix. Place salmon filets in center of dish\/pan. Cover and cook for 8 minutes. Turn salmon over, add shrimp and scallops to pan, spread out and cook on the first side until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Turn shrimp and scallops over and cook on the other side until lightly browned. Push shrimp and scallops to the edges of pan.<\/p>\n<p>Remove cover from couscous, stir to mix vegetables and dump into skillet around salmon. Mix gently with shrimp and scallops.<\/p>\n<p>Season to taste with salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<p>Serve, placing a pat of butter on top of each serving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yields: 2 to 3 Scott Nowell Circa 2004: This started out with salmon, but without the couscous. I added couscous around 2015. I made this new version in 2025 without any salmon but added some vegetables. 11\/25 The salmon is back \ud83d\ude0a. oz salmon filet, skinned, deboned and cut in half for two servings 12sea scallops, foot removed 1221-25 count shrimp, peeled and deveined \u00bdcup pearl onions, frozen \u00bdcup corn, frozen \u00bdcup peas, frozen 1\u00bdcups shrimp stock or 1\u00bdwater 1cup&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2025\/11\/20\/shrimp-scallop-medley-3\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[280,206,455,218],"class_list":["post-55630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seafood","tag-israeli-couscous","tag-salmon","tag-scallop","tag-shrimp"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/01\/Scallop-Shrimp-Salmonsm.jpg?fit=1296%2C968&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55632,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55630\/revisions\/55632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}