Triple Sesame Salad with Scallops

• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup rice wine or other vinegar
• 2 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste) or smooth peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1/4 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes, cayenne, or ground dried chile, or to taste
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic
• 1 teaspoon chopped peeled fresh ginger
• 1 1/2 to 2 pounds sea scallops
• Salt
• 6 to 8 cups mesclun or other salad greens
• 1/4 cup torn fresh Thai or other basil (optional)
• 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds

1. Start a grill.
2. Combine the soy sauce, vinegar, tahini, sesame oil, hot pepper, honey, garlic, and ginger in a blender and whiz until smooth.
3. When the grill is hot, sprinkle the scallops with salt and grill them for about 2 minutes per side; they should remain tender and undercooked in the middle.
4. Combine the greens and basil if youre using it and divide among 4 plates.
5. When the scallops are done, top the greens with them, then drizzle with the dressing; sprinkle with the sesame seeds and serve.

soy sauce, rice wine, tahini, sesame oil, hot red pepper, honey, garlic, fresh ginger, salt, other basil, sesame seeds

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/triple-sesame-salad-with-scallops-386592 (may not work)