Simple Mediterranean Shrimp

March 6, 2026

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This straightforward Mediterranean shrimp recipe comes collectively in minutes in a single skillet with garlic, feta, lemon and recent dill. It’s a flavorful dinner that matches completely right into a Mediterranean food regimen life-style!

There’s a selected form of magic that occurs when a brief listing of elements makes an precise scrumptious dinner in underneath 20 minutes. That is the magic of my new weeknight Mediterranean shrimp recipe!

When you’ve been round for some time, you’ll know that I’m at present writing a Mediterranean food regimen cookbook (my third!), so this fashion of consuming is commonly on my thoughts. This recipe is the proper Mediterranean food regimen dinner thought: all it’s important to do is sauté garlic and shallot, then add the shrimp and feta and let the oven do its factor. Add a squeeze of lemon and recent dill and it’s a real chef’s kiss!

Elements You’ll Want

This recipe retains the ingredient listing targeted, and each merchandise earns its place:

Shrimp: I take advantage of 1½ kilos, deveined, tail on or off. I often like utilizing tail on as a result of it appears one of the best, however tail off is less complicated to eat.
Garlic and shallot: It’s completely price mincing and sautéing these two fragrant greens, they usually take solely 30 seconds to sauté.
Dried oregano and smoked paprika: These add scrumptious depth to the recipe (the latter is my secret weapon: see my smoked paprika recipes).
Crimson pepper flakes: Non-obligatory, however only a pinch provides a pleasant complexity with out being spicy.
Feta cheese: The cheese softens barely within the oven, much like my baked feta salmon pasta.
Lemon: This provides a vibrant end that ties all the things collectively!
Recent dill: I like including torn sprigs throughout the highest. I’m obsessive about dill!

Methods to Make Mediterranean Shrimp

The approach here’s a fast stovetop-to-oven technique. What’s good about this technique is whereas I like to make sauteed shrimp, it does require a little bit of finesse to ensure they arrive out excellent and never overcooked. The baked technique can also be simpler to cook dinner a bigger quantity of shrimp without delay! Right here’s what to do:

1. Begin your aromatics. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Heat a really massive forged iron skillet over medium warmth, then add the olive oil, minced garlic, and shallot and sauté for 30 seconds.

2. Season the shrimp. Flip off the warmth and add the shrimp to the skillet together with the spices and salt. Stir, then scatter the feta crumbles excessive.

3. Bake. Switch the pan to the oven and bake for 7 to 10 minutes, till the shrimp are pink and opaque. Begin checking early: the dimensions of the shrimp makes the precise timing fluctuate.

4. End and serve. Fastidiously take away the skillet from the oven. Garnish with lemon juice, lemon zest and recent dill and serve instantly.

A Few Ideas

Don’t skip patting the shrimp dry. Moist shrimp launch steam within the oven and may come out with a rubbery texture.

Use a really massive oven-proof skillet: forged iron is nice you probably have it! I’ve a 12-inch forged iron skillet which is proven in these photographs.

Watch the clock. At 400°F, shrimp are absolutely cooked in 7 to 10 minutes. Begin checking early: it needs to be opaque with a slight curl, When you see a good curl the shrimp are overcooked!

Recent dill is non-negotiable. I provides simply the proper herby hit. When you can’t discover recent dill, finely chopped recent parsley works (and is cheaper).

Mediterranean shrimp in cast iron skillet

What to Serve Alongside

To maintain this as a simple weeknight dinner thought, I like including a brilliant quick aspect dish like orzo or couscous: however there are many choices!

Orzo or couscous: This orzo recipe or couscous recipe take simply 10 minutes!
Rice, farro, quinoa or millet: I like lemon rice, farro, seasoned quinoa, or millet.
A easy inexperienced salad: My Mediterranean salad or easy arugula salad are an ideal pairing.
Cucumber salad: This cucumber vinegar salad or cucumber feta salad could be enjoyable concepts.
Pasta: In fact, you possibly can add linguine, angel hair pasta, and even brief shapes like penne or gemelli.

Storage and Reheating

This shrimp recipe is greatest eaten the day it’s made. Truthfully, shrimp don’t reheat fairly like different proteins: they’ll get rubbery and be much less interesting on day 2. Nevertheless, leftovers do last as long as 2 days refrigerated.

Each time I make this, I eat all of the shrimp: so I’ve but to have leftovers!

Dietary Notes

This Mediterranean shrimp recipe is pescatarian and gluten-free, and suits the Mediterranean food regimen. For dairy-free, omit the feta and add a couple of extra pinches salt.

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