Scallop Pasta Salad

Total Time

Prep: 10 min. + chilling Cook: 10 min.

Makes

2 servings

Updated: Sep. 22, 2022
If you're a scallop-lover, you'll really enjoy this chilled pasta salad seasoned with lemon juice, olive oil and red wine vinegar. "You can serve it hot, too," notes Bernadette Johnson of Woodstock, Georgia.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound bay scallops
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 large tomato, peeled, seeded and chopped
  • 4 green onions, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 2 ounces uncooked angel hair pasta, broken in half
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • Coarsely ground pepper to taste

Directions

  1. In a microwave-safe dish, combine scallops and lemon juice. Cover and microwave on high for 2-3 minutes or until scallops are opaque. In a small bowl, combine the tomato, onions, vinegar and vinegar. Chill the scallops and tomato mixture separately for 2 hours.
  2. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. In a serving bowl, toss the pasta, scallops, tomato mixture, salt and pepper.