ocean packets

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh lemon peel
• 32 clams in shell, scrubbed
• 32 uncooked shrimp, deveined but with shells
• 32 sea scallops
• 8 ears corn on the cob, cut into quarters
• 32 large cherry tomatoes
• 8 12x12-inch squares aluminum foil
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat, and lightly oil the grate. mix the butter with lemon peel in a bowl.
• spread out the sheets of foil a flat work surface, and place 4 clams, 4 shrimp, 4 scallops, 4 pieces of corn on the cob, and 4 cherry tomatoes in the center of each piece of foil. drizzle 1 tablespoon of lemon-butter mixture over the seafood and vegetables. bring two opposite ends of a foil sheet together and fold over several times to seal. leave room for steam. fold the remaining ends over several times to seal the packet completely.
• place the foil packets on the preheated grill, cover the grill, and bake until the clams are open and the shrimp are pink and opaque, 15 to 20 minutes (open a packet a little to take a peek).
• to serve, place a foil packet on a plate, cut a diagonal x through the foil, and peel back the foil. garnish each packet with about 1/2 teaspoon of chives.