Stir fried scallops with whole wheat noodles. This delicious easy healthy dish is ready to eat in less than half an hour and using frozen scallops keeps the costs as low as possible too!
Simple recipes. Quick healthy meals, like this stir fried scallops with whole wheat noodles that's what we're all about here.
This dish was complimented with a nice glass of sauvignon blanc after a particularly hectic week at work.
And why not?
I’m definitely not in any way Mr Perfect and after a hard day in the office I can fully understand the temptation to grab a ready meal off the supermarket shelf.
I find the secret to stopping that happening is to plan in advance as best you can for when you think you’re going to have a particularly tiring and/or stressful day at work.
Take this recipe, it takes less than half an hour to get it on the table.
That's probably about the length of time it would take to heat up something shop bought up anyway.
So to me, it makes sense just spending that half hour making something much healthier like this delicious stir fried scallops recipe.
It’s effort, yes, but it’s also worth that effort. Plus then there’s that rewarding glass of wine at the end to go with it!
The frozen scallops I used in this stir fry recipe are about £5 for a bag of 190g mini scallops in my local supermarket, which gives about 4 portions.
If you’re making this recipe for 4, just double up the recipe quantities above and use the whole bag.
This recipe provides a good amount of your daily protein requirement and it’s a reasonably low calorie dish too.
There's a delicious mix of oils and sesame seeds to compliment. But in no way do they overpower those tasty scallops!
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Stir Fried Scallops with Whole Wheat Noodles Recipe
If you’re used to using normal noodles, give whole wheat noodles a try. They’re so much better for you being made with whole grains and not processed, refined grains.
You know sometimes it’s just about making those small dietary changes for a healthier lifestyle.
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Stir Fried Scallops with Whole Wheat Noodles Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 nests (approximately 100g) of whole wheat noodles
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- 2 garlic cloves , finely chopped
- 1 red chilli , de-seeded and finely sliced
- 15 g piece of fresh ginger , finely sliced
- 16 mini scallops , or 4 – 5 large ones, quartered (about 50g per person)
- 1 teaspoon light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander
Instructions
- Cook the whole wheat noodles as per the instructions on the packet and allow to drain.
- Heat the oil in a wok over a medium heat and gently stir fry the garlic, chilli and ginger for approximately 1 – 2 minutes.
- Turn up the heat slightly and add the scallops and stir fry quickly for about 2 minutes.
- Remove the wok from the heat and add the cooked noodles, soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds and coriander. Combine everything together well in the wok, and serve.
Susie @ SuzLyfe
I'm glad that you've added the pinterest button! I've had to ghetto do it for your stuff for a while, and I"M SICK OF IT. But your pics are so great, your recipes are so on point, they are PERFECT for pinterest. PINNING
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Humbled Susie, thank you kindly for your comments, and for pinning my recipes. 🙂
The Pinterest button has been a real frustration. I'm sure I added it last year, to show when you hover over pictures in the post, but I only checked recently and it was gone! Maybe those plugin updates threw it out of the window? Still I'll be keeping an eye on it from now on! 😀
Chrissy @ Snacking in Sneakers
This sounds delicious! I LOVE scallops - they are probably one of my favorite foods. I can't have soy right now, but I bet I could add in some other fresh herbs and it would still be just as tasty. I plan to give it a try next week!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hey Chrissy, I just love scallops too, so I'm glad you're a fan also!
I would just add a touch more fish sauce when you leave out that soy, that should do the trick there nicely. It certainly wont spoil the dish because it has those lovely scallops anyway. 😉
Thanks for commenting. 🙂
Liz
This looks fantastic! I love stir frys- especially when they are loaded with yummy ingredients like this recipe!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Liz, it's a simple one, but it's certainly a yummy one. Agreed! 🙂
lindsay
i just had scallops last night. dang, i should have tried it with your recipe and GF noodles! AMAZING!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
There's always next time Lindsay, you just can't get enough of these delicious little morsels can you? 😀
THE HUNGRY MUM
Scallops are my fav! Such delightful little morsels. This dish looks fab.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Glad you like the dish, and thanks for stopping on by and commenting. 🙂
Scallops are a big fav of mine, and I see many other people too. I Might have to further conjur up some more dishes like this, seeing as it's proved to popular. 😀
Arman @ thebigmansworld
Now I'm craving scallops- Why do they have to be so expensive and able to consume a huge batch to be satisfied! this looks great- And yes to pinterest- I swear 3/4 of Australia don't know what it is and it's so darn confusing!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hey Arman, thanks for your comment. 🙂
Yeah, you know scallops are something that if I hadn't discovered the "mini-scallops" I can get here in the UK, frozen and lower cost, then because of the cost of them fresh, I'd probably steer clear of using them in a recipe.
Australia and the UK just seem to be behind on such excellent sites like Pinterest eh? And still stuck on Faceboook......... 😉
Tracy Rowan
Hi Neil, how are you? I've been really enjoying reading all your recipes and finally managed to make this one at the weekend...it was gorgeous and so very straight forward to make. I also tried it with chicken, which was lovely but the scallops were fab!
Beetroot & chocolate muffins are next on my list. Sounds like a strange combination but def worth a try!
🙂 Tracy
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hi Tracy, thank you for your note. It's great to hear from you, I'm well and I hope that you are too! 🙂
I'm so glad that you've been enjoying reading my recipes, and that you loved this recipe. I makes it all the more worthwhile for me, when comments are made like this about my food. Especially that you also tried it with chicken which everyone that reads this recipe will be able to see and try that variation too.
Looking forward to your feedback on the Beetroot and Chocolate Muffins!
Neil 🙂