SMACKALICIOUS SHELLFISH FEAST: Lobster, scallops, and crawfish swimming in a dairy-free copycat of Smackalicious sauce. Don't wear white... This is going to be messy!
Shellfish platters are SO easy to put together. Especially when the seafood is top-quality and clean like these scallops and lobster tails from SizzleFish. I was so impressed when I went to remove the tough abductor muscles from the scallops and found that they were already perfectly prepped! And they were so sweet!
Special seafood deserves a special sauce. Smackalicious sauce is slightly spicy, buttery, tangy... and addictive. BUT, the recipe calls for 4 STICKS of butter!
I swapped out the butter with butter-flavored coconut oil and added twice the regular amount of chicken broth. Healo Foods bone broth works perfectly because it doesn't add a lot of salt to an already salty-ish sauce.
You can buy the sauce mix, but I'll bet you have most of the ingredients in your pantry already... and who wants to spend $24 on one packet? Plus, it contains soy and other stuff I don't need to eat.
DAIRY-FREE SMACKALICIOUS SAUCE
Dry Ingredients:
1 T Garlic Powder
1 T Paprika
1 T Black pepper
1 T Cayenne Pepper
1 T Onion powder
1 T Oregano* dried
1 T Chili powder
1 T Old Bay seasoning
Main Ingredients:
4 cloves Garlic minced
1/2 Onion slices
1 T Brown sugar
1 c Butter-Flavor Coconut Oil
2 c Healo Foods Heritage Chicken Bone Broth
1 T Lemon juice
1 T Vinegar
1/3 c Pickled Ginger, minced
Salt to taste
INSTRUCTIONS:
In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
Heat a pan on medium-low and warm the coconut oil/butter substitute.
Add onion & garlic. Saute until soft.
Stir in the spice mix and rest of the ingredients.
Bring to a slow boil and cook until reduced to desired thickness.
This sauce tastes even better when made a day ahead of time.
Leftover sauce? It freezes like a dream!
