Air Fryer Bacon Scallops with Garlic Butter Recipe

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Air Fryer Bacon Scallops with Garlic Butter Recipe

Upgrade your seafood game with these Air Fryer Bacon Scallops with Garlic Butter! The salty bacon perfectly compliments the sweet delicate scallops and the garlic butter adds an extra layer of delicious flavour. They cook super quickly and make an ideal canape, appetizer or side.

5 from 2 votes

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 25

Servings scallops

Author Chloe

Equipment

Air Fryer

Saucepan - Small or heatproof bowl

Chopping Board - Plastic

Ingredients

9 Scallops - roughly 25g each
9 rashers Smoked Streaky Bacon
50 g Salted Butter - see notes
1 tsp Garlic Paste
½ tsp Dried Parsley

Instructions

Thoroughly dry 9 Scallops. Trim any bits of connective tissue if needed.
Also get 9 Rashers Streaky Bacon ready near your workstation.
Add 50g Salted Butter along with 1 tsp Garlic Paste and ½ tsp Parsley to a small pan or microwaveable bowl.
Heat over a low heat on the stove or microwave in short increments until the butter has melted and the garlic and parsley are fully incorporated.
Note - you could use a small heatproof bowl in the air fryer if you like. The preheat setting will likely do the trick.
If your air fryer requires pre-heating, Start this setting now.
Put the scallops into a small bowl and spoon over around half of the melted garlic butter mixture.
Gently turn the scallops in the butter to fully coat them. The butter will start to solidify a little as it hits the cold scallops and starts to cool - this is a good thing.
Lay a rasher of bacon out on a board and place a scallop at one end. Roll the scallop in the bacon until fully wrapped.
Note - You can work in batches to speed the process up - 3 at a time worked perfectly on my board.
Secure the end of the bacon with a cocktail stick pushed right the way through the scallop and out the other side. Be careful not to poke your fingers and try to keep the cocktail stick halfway up the scallop for maximum hold.
Spoon the remaining garlic butter onto the visible tops of the scallops. The butter will have hardened more by this time which will make it easier. Make sure to scrape out and use any butter left in the garlic coating bowl too.
Place the scallops into the air fryer. Leave a little space between them so the air can circulate. Be careful not to catch your hands on the side of the hot basket.
Cook for 12 minutes at 200c/390f. You shouldn't need to turn the scallops during cooking as you may lose some of the garlic butter on top.
Note - If you bacon is substantially thicker or scallops bigger than mine you may want to add a couple of minutes to the cooking time. The opposite is true for very thin bacon or much smaller scallops. It is better to check early and then continue cooking than leaving it too long.
Be careful removing the scallops from the fryer as they will be delicate.
Remove the cocktail sticks and serve hot straight away.

To Air Fry From Frozen

You can prepare the scallops right up to the point that they should go in the air fryer then freeze them.
Air fry from frozen for 13 minutes at 200c/390f.

Notes

This recipe is tested in a Cosori Lite (‎CAF-LI401S) with a 3.8 litre capacity. The square(ish) shaped basket is 21cm x 21cm and 24cm on the diagonal.
Not all models advise preheating is required. Please follow the recommended instructions for your model. Mine has a specific preheat setting which is 4 minutes at 205c.
For this recipe, I can easily fit 9 scallops in the basket at one time. This gives plenty of room to allow air to circulate.
As all air fryer models are a little different, you may find that you can fit more or less in at a time. Some models include stacking shelves which will increase capacity.
Required cooking times and temperatures can also vary between models and brands. If you know that your air fryer runs a little hotter than most recipes suggest, use a lower temperature. And vice versa. Equally if you find that food cooks more quickly in your machine than instructions usually state, reduce the cooking time (or check it earlier) and vice versa.

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