Scallops With Onions

INGREDIENTS:
1 tablespoon [15 mL] olive oil 
2 green onions, chopped 
1 garlic clove, finely minced 
1 pound [454 g] whole large scallops 
Lemon juice, to taste 
4 large lettuce leaves 
2 tablespoons [30 mL] white wine 
Salt and pepper, to taste 
Fresh parsley [optional] 
Lemon rind [optional] 
	
DIRECTIONS:
Into a large frypan, brown together green onions and garlic in hot olive oil for 2 minutes. 
Mix in scallops and lemon juice; cook over medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes, until skin comes off scallops. 
Do not overcook scallops. 
Remove scallops onto 4 individual plates, over lettuce leaves. 
Pour white wine into frypan; salt and pepper to taste. 
Stir, scraping bottom. 
Evenly pour sauce over scallops. 
Decorate each plate, to taste, with fresh parsley or lemon rind.