Smoked Scallops with Black Bean Garlic Sauce

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  • Serves

    6 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Chinese-American Barbecue: Big-Flavor Asian BBQ from the Smoke Queen

By Winnie Yee

Published 2026

  • About

Scallops are one of those proteins that looks fancy, tastes sophisticated, and is so simple to make once you know the tricks. They seem so complicated to cook correctly and may feel intimidating, especially when you don’t know when they are done. Undercook them and you may turn your guests off; overcook them and you’ve got a dry and rubbery expensive piece of meat. Most recipes call for searing them on high heat, then basting them until they cook through the center. A more forgiving method

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