Fried scallop and kani mayo don

Name: Fried scallop and kani mayo don
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: Cooked rice; 125 g Crabsticks; Japanese mayonnaise (Kewpie brand); (opt) 1 tbsp sesame seed oil; (opt) 1 tbsp sushi soy sauce; (opt) 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce; Coarse black pepper; Handful scallops, salted; 1 cup Buttermilk; 1 cup flour (or a mixture of plain, rice and corn flour); 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp onion powder; 1 tsp garlic powder; Salt and pepper

Lydia Sahrom @lydiasahrom

Just a random idea I had and also an experimentation: kani mayo on a bed of rice with deep fried scallops on top. There are other ways to batter and fry the scallops too (e.g. flour egg and breadcrumb) if you prefer. If you don't have buttermilk on hand, you can mix 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar with 1 cup of milk. Japanese short-grain rice with rice vinegar would probably have been ideal, but I used whatever I had in the kitchen. Again, this was an experiment done with eyeballing the ingredients so do make your own variations however you like it ;)

Lydia Sahrom @lydiasahrom

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Ingredients

45min

2 people

Cooked rice
Kani Mayo
125 gCrabsticks
Japanese mayonnaise (Kewpie brand)
(opt) 1 tbsp sesame seed oil
(opt) 1 tbsp sushi soy sauce
(opt) 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
Coarse black pepper
Fried scallops
Handfulscallops, salted
1 cupButtermilk
1 cupflour (or a mixture of plain, rice and corn flour)
1 tspsmoked paprika
1 tsponion powder
1 tspgarlic powder
Salt and pepper

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Steps

45min

1

To cook rice: Wash the rice till water is clear then cook it with the water level 1 inch above the rice.
2

Boil some water with 1 tbsp of salt sprinkled in, cook the crabsticks for 5 min. Drain the water.
3

Shred the crabsticks with a fork.
4

This is optional: mix the shredded crab with 1 tbsp sesame seed oil, 1 tbsp sushi soy sauce and 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce. Compulsory: Add 2 tbsp of Japanese mayonnaise (or just drizzle it all over) and mix.
5

Dry and salt the scallops for a while before soaking in buttermilk for a few min.
6

Mix flour, smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Dredge the scallops in the flour mixture till fully covered. You can pour the scallops into a colander to separate from the flour.
7

Fry the scallops in oil over medium heat for about 3min or golden brown.
8

Fill a bowl with the cooked rice, drizzle with mayo, spread a layor of the kani mayo, sprinkle lemon pepper (or coarse black pepper), add the fried scallops on top. Makes 2 bowls.