Scallop Satay

Tom Shepherd

Tom Shepherd

16th June 2025
Tom Shepherd

Scallop Satay

30 min

A favourite on the starter menu at Upstairs by Tom Shepherd.

Ingredients

scallops

  • 4 hand-dived scallops
  • 50g unsalted butter, diced
  • Half of 1 lemon
  • salt

satay sauce

  • 1 shallot, sliced
  • 1 garlic clove, sliced
  • 1 deseeded chilli, sliced
  • 15g peeled ginger, sliced
  • 20g unsalted butter, diced
  • 50g light soy sauce
  • 120g peanut butter
  • 250g coconut milk
  • 50g water

pickled radish salad

  • 1 bunch of breakfast radishes
  • Picked coriander (optional)
  • 100g sugar
  • 125g rice wine vinegar
  • salt

Method

scallop

Get a non-stick pan hot, add a small amount of oil to the pan.
Season the top of the scallops and place seasoned side down in the pan and then season the bottom.
Cook the scallop until golden, add butter, and start basting.
Add a squeeze of lemon juice, turn scallop over and rest for 1-2 minutes.

satay sauce

Gently sweat off the shallots, garlic, ginger, and chilli in the butter, until completely soft, add the remaining ingredients and boil, once boiled, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Your sauce is finished, if you’d prefer a smoother sauce, you can try blending it with either a small stick blender or in an actual blender.

pickled radish salad

Bring the sugar and rice wine vinegar to the boil, until the sugar is dissolved and set aside to cool, this is your pickle liquor.
Slice all the radishes to your desired thickness or shape and just before serving, dress lightly in the pickled liquor, and chop some coriander through the mix for some extra freshness.

Built by Chefs. Powered by You.

For 17 years, The Staff Canteen has been the meeting place for chefs and hospitality professionals—your stories, your skills, your space.

Every recipe, every video, every news update exists because this community makes it possible.

We’ll never hide content behind a paywall, but we need your help to keep it free.

If The Staff Canteen has inspired you, informed you, or simply made you smile, chip in £3—less than a coffee—to keep this space thriving.

Together, we keep the industry connected. Together, we move forward.