Pan fried Scallop with pasta

Hi everyone..

this is the continuing part of a scallop dish..

Today.. the menu is Pan fried Scallop with pasta..

Ingredients:

8 scallops, roe removed

1/2  lemon

1 big red chili, de-seeded, and chopped roughly

1 clove garlic

1 tomato, diced roughly

1 tsp dried oregano or 1-2tbsp chopped parsley or  sprigs of thyme

butter

cooked pasta for 2 people

salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Heat up the pan with a bit of oil with HIGH heat

2. Sear the scallop for 1.5 minutes, turn it over, cook for another 1.5 minutes

3. Take it off the heat, set a side

---at this stage, your pan is really hot, so wait for a while or you might smoke the whole house---

4. Add knob of butter to the same pan, until it starts sizzling

5. Add the chopped red chili, and garlic, and tomato, cook until fragrant

6. Add in the pasta, a juice of lemon, and the zest

7. Add in the scallop, and dried oregano/parsley/thyme, add salt and pepper to taste, toss it well

8. Serves 2 people

I do suggest you to try add in white wine *just a splash*, to lift up the dish *I don't have any at the moment*

I'm a newbie in this seafood world.
I don't like sashimi *what a shame.. I know*
I don't really cook seafood much in syd.
so, I searched on how to cook scallop perfectly..
Some says Cook it on a very high heat for just a minute..
or cook it very slowly with low heat..
I do what I was told..
so.. COOK IT on a very high heat..
It's perfect, I have to say..

p.s I smoked the whole house, because I was impatient to wait for the pan to cool down a little bit..