Easy Mediterranean Shrimp
I love easy, quick meals that have big flavors. Easy Mediterranean Shrimp is exactly that dish. It’s one you’ll find on menus in many Mediterranean restaurants and now you can make it at home and have it on the table in less than 30 minutes. I betcha it’s even better than what you would get at the restaurant!
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Organize all of the ingredients – raw shrimp, cherry or grape tomatoes, Kalamata olives, fresh feta, white wine (the real stuff!), garlic, shallots and oregano.
Cooking the Sauce Base and Shrimp
Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large pan. Once oil is heated, add garlic and shallots to the pan and sauté for 1 minute until fragrant. Then add the tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes. Next, add the white wine and season the sauce with kosher salt, pepper, and oregano. Cook for 5 minutes until tomatoes begin to soften and wine has slightly reduced. Add shrimp in a single layer to the pan. Cook shrimp until bottom side turns color, approx 2 minutes and then flip shrimp over using tongs to cook the other side, another 1 minute or so. Do not overcook the shrimp. They should be beautifully pink on each side.
Easy Mediterranean Shrimp
To assemble the dish, finish by sprinkling crumbled feta and olives over the shrimp and season with more oregano, salt and pepper. Give a final drizzle of olive oil. Garnish with some finely chopped chives and/or parsley. Serve directly from the pan. White or brown rice goes well with this dish.
Easy Mediterranean Shrimp
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil plus more for drizzling
- 11/2 pounds large raw shrimp 8-12 count, peeled and cleaned
- 2 teaspoons garlic minced
- 1 shallot thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 pints cherry or grape tomatoes about 2 dozen, washed and dried
- 1/2 cup white wine stuff you would drink(See NOTE section below.)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano plus more for garnishing
- 1/2 cup Kalamata olives pitted either whole, halved or a mix of both
- 1/2 cup fresh feta crumbled more if desired, I prefer Israeli or French feta
- Kosher salt and pepper for seasoning
Instructions
- Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large pan (or a cast iron skillet if you'd like to finish the dish under the broiler to brown the feta).
- Once oil is heated, add garlic and shallots to the pan and sauté for 1 minute until fragrant.
- Then add the tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes.
- Next, add the white wine and season the sauce with kosher salt, pepper and oregano. Cook for 5 minutes until tomatoes begin to soften and wine has slightly reduced.
- Add shrimp in a single layer to the pan. Cook until bottom side of shrimp turns color, approx 2 minutes and then flip shrimp over using tongs to cook the other side, another 1 minute or so. Do not overcook the shrimp. They should be beautifully pink on each side.
- To assemble the dish, finish by sprinkling crumbled feta and olives over the shrimp and season with more oregano, salt and pepper. Give a final drizzle of olive oil. Garnish with some finely chopped chives and/or parsley. Serve directly from the pan. White or brown rice goes well with this dish.
Notes
Recipe created by me.
If you like this recipe, you may also like these other GFchow recipes. Sheet Pan Mediterranean Halibut and Vegetables, Mediterranean Style Grilled Swordfish with an Oregano-Caper Dressing, and Roasted Cherry Tomatoes with Fresh Mozzarella.
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The recipes you find here are considered by me to be gluten free. However, it is up to you to make sure the ingredients you use are gluten free. Whenever possible, I will list specific brands of ingredients that I use, but always be sure to check the labels yourself to verify the item is gluten free.
I made this last night, and loved its ease and great flavors. I substituted capers for the olives, because we are not fans of olives! Thanks, Michelle! I am such a huge fan.
Subbing capers was a great idea! Thanks for being such a loyal fan :-)!
This looks soooo gooood! Mouth is watering!
Thanks How! It tastes as good as it looks!