Scallop Corn Bacon Burgers

Total Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 lime, juice and zest of
• 1 teaspoon tabasco jalapeno sauce (or more)
• salt and pepper
• 3 ears corn, shucked silks removed
• olive oil
• 1 1/2 lbs sea scallops, debearded
• 1 teaspoon cajun spices
• 1/4 cup green onion, minced
• 12 slices cooked crispy bacon, minced
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 2 lemons, zest of
• 3 green onions, minced
• french greens
• tomato, sliced
• avocado, sliced
• hamburger bun

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise with the green tabasco, and lime juice. mix the sauce together and refrigerate until needed.
• 2 remove the husks from the orn and lay the cobs on a baking tray. drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• 3 preheat barbecue to medium high heat - 375°f.
• 4 oil the grill to prevent sticking.
• 5 place corn on the grill and cook for approximately 2 minutes, turning often.
• 6 remove the corn from the grill. hold the cob upright on the cutting board and using a sharp knife, cutr downwards removing the corn kernels from the cob. discard the cobs.
• 7 in a food processor, process half of the corn kernels to a paste. add 1/3 of the scallops, a pinch of salt nd pepper and cajun spice and process again to paste. add the remaining scallops a little at a time and pulse lightly so that the scallops are still chunky.
• 8 place the mixture into a large bowl.
• 9 fold the green onion, remaining whole corn kernels, minced bacon, breadcrumbs and lemon zest into the mixture.
• 10 with oiled hands, pat the mixture into burgers and place them on a clean tray, cover the burgers with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
• 11 preheat grill to medium high (375f).
• 12 remove the burgers from the refrigerator and drizzle them with vegetable oil.
• 13 oil the grill to prevent them from sticking,.
• 14 place the burger on the grill and cook for 3-4 minutes per side.
• 15 toast some soft buns on the warming rack while the second side of the burgers cook.
• 16 serve with avocado slice, drizzled with lime juice, lettuce, tomato and tabasco mayo.