Oven Baked Bacon Wrapped Scallops

I think I found my new favorite way to do scallops!   And if you like bacon, well, you are in luck here.  Here is what I did.  And here is what I will do again.

Bacon Wrapped Scallops

1 lb. scallops, muscle removed, rinsed and dried

Bacon strips (1/2 the number of scallops you have)

Olive oil

Salt

Pepper

Garlic Powder

Paprika

Prebake your bacon strips so they start to cook but are still soft.  I did mine for about 8 minutes.  Cut each strip in half the long way. I do my bacon in the oven on 400 degrees on a wire rack on a foil lined sheet pan.

Wrap each scallop in a half cooked bacon strip and secure it with a toothpick.  Trim off the bacon if it is too long.

Put the wrapped scallops on a wire rack.  I used the same one I used for the bacon.  Brush each scallop with olive oil and sprinkle with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika.  Flip the scallops over and repeat on the other side.

Bake the scallops for 15 minutes at 425 degrees.  Recommended internal temp is 115-125 degrees.  At 15 minutes, mine were mid 140's degrees and I prefer them a bit higher temp.  They were really, really nice.

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lb  = pound