SEARED SCALLOPS ON RICE NOODLES WITH ASPARAGUS AND CHILLI SAUCE.

Ingredients.......3 bunches of asparagus, trimmed and halved, 375 gm of rice noodles, 4 spring onions, sliced thinly on the diagonal, 1 tbs of sesame oil, 30 large scallops, 280 ml of sweet chilli sauce. Heat a large pot of water to boiling. Drop in the asparagus and return to the boil, remove the asparagus after 5 minutes and set aside. Put the rice noodles into the boiling water and simmer for 3 minutes, drain through a colander. Mix through the sliced spring onions. Simmer the chilli sauce in a small saucepan. Heat the sesame oil in a frying pan over a high heat. Sear the scallops in batches for 1 minute on each side. To serve divide the noodles between the serving plates, top with asparagus and scallops. Spoon over the warmed chilli sauce and serve immediately.