Food experiments from my little kitchen

I happened to have some celery in my fridge so I decided to combine it with scallops to make a stir fry. My favourite scallops go well with anything. :) Ingredients Approx. 15 scallops 3 celery sticks (cut into slices) some chopped carrot slices chopped garlic 1 Tbsp oyster sauce salt pepper Recipe 1. Season the scallops with salt and pepper then pat dry with kitchen towel. 2. In a heated pan with oil, add in the scallops in a clockwise direction. Let it cook for 2 minutes till you see the juice oozing and slightly turning brown then flip over to the other side and let it cook for another 2 minutes. Remove from the pan both the scallops and the juice. Do NOT discard the juice. 3. In the wok, heat up the oil and add in chopped garlic. When the garlic is fragrant, add in the carrot and celery to stir fry. As you can see the celery is sliced thin, there is no need to cook too long as we do not want to lose the crispy texture. 4. Add in oyster sauce and stir fry to mix b...

I cannot remember when I bought this pack of scallops but I do know it has 6 more months to expiry. Since it is Chinese New Year period, I thought it will be good to cook it for the festive season. I was trying to decide on what recipes to use for cooking the scallops and ended up pairing it with mandarin orange since I have many leftover oranges. Found a similar recipe at Martha Stewart - scallops with orange butter sauce and simplified with whatever I have in my kitchen. It was yummy and my husband was pleased. Ingredients 14 scallops (frozen/Australian) 1 mandarin orange Black pepper Salt Butter Recipe 1. After thawing the scallops, give it a rinse and pat dry using kitchen towel. 2. Season it with black pepper and salt. 3. Heat up the pan with some olive oil and pan fry the scallops for about 2-3 minutes each side. Place on the serving dish once it is done. 4. Peel the mandarin orange. Find a nice piece of the peel and cut some strips using a sharp knife. The peel w...