Vegan Scallop Scampi in a Creamy Lemon Sauce
Super realistic and flavorful vegan "scallops" in a creamy lemon sauce with Trader Joe's hearts of palm pasta.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
Scallops
- 300 g King Oyster Mushrooms, sliced into 1 inch rounds
- 3 tbsp Sesame Oil
- 3 tbsp Tamari
- 1.5 tbsp Olive Oil or Vegan Butter use 1/2 tbsp for each round
Pasta
- 8 oz Spaghetti
- 1 cups White Wine
- 2 1/2 cups Soy Milk any plant based milk works
- 3 tbsp Corn Starch
- 6 tbsp Water
- 1/2 cup Fresh Parsley, finely chopped
- 1 Lemon, juice from
- 1 tsp Sea Salt
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
- vegan parmesan cheese optional topping
Instructions
Vegan Scallops
- Cut scallops into 1 inch – 1.5 inch thick circles - keep in mind they will shrink a bit during searing. Using a knife, score each "scallop." Add to a bowl (or ziploc bag) with the soy sauce and sesame oil and toss to ensure each “scallop” is coated. Let marinate for at least 10 minutes.
- Heat 1/2 tbsp vegan butter or olive oil on a frying pan. You will be frying the scallops in 3 rounds using 1/2 tbsp of butter or oil each time. Doing them in a few rounds is important as crowding the frying pan will result in sloppy and inconsistent scallops.
- Turn the heat on high and arrange 1/3 of your scallops onto the frying pan. Sear the scallops until there is a nice golden ring around your scallop - it should be no more than a minute each side. Flip and repeat. Set scallops aside until you are ready to plate.
Pasta
- Cook the pasta in salted water until tender. Set aside.
- Add the wine to a pan on low medium heat. Wait a few minutes for it to reduce.
- While it's reducing, whisk the corn starch and water together in a small dish. Once the wine has reduced, add the corn starch/water mixture to the pan along with the soy milk, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Whisk often to avoid clumping, and ensure the heat is on LOW to avoid the soy milk curdling. If it does a little, that's okay.
- Once the sauce has thickened a bit, remove from heat and add the cooked pasta, chopped parsley, and scallops. Toss to combine and plate immediately.