This Greek Style Garlicky Shrimp with Feta is incredibly delicious and the recipe is easy. A steaming pot of shrimp in spicy, lemony, buttery garlic sauce with melted feta that's ready in 35 minutes. Serve it with crusty bread to sop up every delicious drop of amazing sauce.
I can't rave enough about this recipe. It's a treasure. Perfectly cooked shrimp simmered in lemony, garlicky melted feta sauce. Truly outstanding! And it practically cooks itself. All you do is scatter a bunch of stuff in a pot, put the cover on, turn on the heat, and the magic happens.
How To Make Greek-Style Garlicky Shrimp with Feta
Gather all of your ingredients together: Shrimp, butter, oil, garlic, parsley, lemon juice, chili powder, salt and feta cheese.
Layer everything into the pot except the lemon juice and feta:
You'll need a heavy casserole dish or shallow pot with a lid.
- Cut the butter and sprinkle it over the bottom of the pot.
- Lay half the shrimp over the butter.
- Next scatter on half the garlic, parsley and chili powder.
- Then add the rest of the shrimp, the rest of the garlic, parsley, chili powder and salt. Drizzle with olive oil.
- Cover the pot and simmer for 8 minutes.
- Add the lemon juice and feta cheese and cook for another 8 minutes, until the shrimp is just cooked through and the cheese is melted.
Inside the steamy chamber the flavors meld and everything gets warm and tender. When you take off the cover an intoxicating aroma is unleashed and the sight of steamy fresh shrimp, floating in a lemony, garlicky sauce with melted feta on top is truly irresistible.
If you like a lot of heat, add extra chili pepper. I adapted this recipe from Pure Simple Cooking by Diana Henry. She uses a fiery hot South African red chili pepper called peri-peri in her version.
How To Serve This Garlicky Shrimp:
- Serve Greek Style Garlicky Shrimp for dinner with this simple green salad or this green salad, and crusty bread.
- This dish also works really well over pasta. There's plenty of delicious sauce to coat the noodles and make a delicious garlic shrimp pasta.
- My favorite way to serve this dish is at the start of a party, as an appetizer. I take the pot right from the stove, steaming hot, and set it on my kitchen island. I have a basket of sliced crusty bread nearby, a stack of bowls, spoons and forks. It's also good to have napkins on hand in case people want to pick up the shrimp by the tails. When guests arrive, I take off the lid and let people dig in. Pure heaven!
It's great to have some recipes like this in the repertoire. So nice when you don't have to work very hard and you can still get something incredibly delicious on the table fast. This garlic shrimp recipe gives way more than it takes.
If you like quick and delicious shrimp recipes, you'll love this recipe for Gambas Al Ajillo (Spanish spicy garlic shrimp)
Here's the recipe for Greek-Style Garlicky Shrimp with Feta. If you try this recipe I hope you'll come back to leave a star rating and a comment. I'd love to know what you think!
PrintGreek-style Garlicky Shrimp with Feta
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: 8 1x
Description
Garlicky shrimp with lemon, parsley and feta. A quick and easy recipe that's delicious enough for a special occasion and easy enough for a weeknight.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds peeled and deveined shrimp, tails on
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 garlic cloves, finely minced
- ½ cup chopped flat leaf parsley
- 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt.
- 2 cups crumbled feta cheese (about 10 ounces)
- For serving Thick slices of crusty bread
Instructions
You'll need a shallow heavy pot or Dutch oven with a lid.
- Chop butter into pieces and scatter around the bottom of the pot. Scatter half the shrimp over the butter. Scatter half the garlic, half the parsley, half the chili powder and half the salt over the shrimp. Drizzle on 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Arrange the rest of the shrimp on top, followed by the rest of the garlic, parsley, chili powder and salt. Drizzle on the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
- Cover the pot and turn the heat to medium high. Cook for 8 minutes or until the shrimp have lost their raw color. Pour in lemon juice and scatter the feta cheese on top. Baste the shrimp with a few spoons of sauce from the bottom of the pot, and gently jiggle the pot to distribute the sauce throughout.
- Lower the heat to medium-low, cover and cook for another 8 minutes or until the feta is just melted. Serve hot with crusty bread for dipping.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Main course or Appetizer
- Method: stove top
- Cuisine: Greek
[Originally published December, 2013. Updated December 2018 with added nutritional information and some tweaks to the writing]
Michelle | A Dish of Daily Life
I am practically drooling looking at this recipe! I can't wait to try this...it looks AMAZING!
Lisa
Thanks Michelle!
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Donna
So I made this for my husband since he missed it the first time I made it. I cooked up some linguine and tossed it with the shrimp a little extra squeeze of lemon juice and it was a great meal. All gone!
Kathy
I served this over linguine too and it was absolutely delicious. I also made a caesar salad to go along.
Pixie
I had to comment...my married daughter is on a diet and I was looking for recipes for those nights when we're together that might spark her appetite without too many calories. I found your site and have downloaded about seven recipes; I hope you don't mind:). Honestly, if I hadn't just spent two hours on a Cajun meat pie, I would head to the kitchen right now to start one of your delightful looking recipes!!! Thank you very much and I look forward to commenting, with apologies for not having tried one yet. I'm very comfortable knowing they will be great.
I would surely appreciate your latke recipe; I get the slaving effort but so worth the tradition:)
Lisa Goldfinger
Hi Pixie - I'm delighted that you downloaded 7 recipes!
Yes, I totally agree that slaving over latkes is totally worth it! Here's my recipe: 4 large russet potatoes, 1 large onion, lemon juice (to keep the potatoes from turning brown) 2 large eggs (beaten), 1/4 cup flour (or matzo meal), 2 teaspoons salt, a pinch of white pepper. vegetable oil for frying. Directions: Grate the potatoes (I use my food processor). Put them in a big bowl, squeeze them with a dish towel to dry them, wring out the towel. Toss with a teaspoon or two of lemon juice. Grate the onion. Add that to the potatoes along with the eggs, flour, salt and pepper. Mix well. Heat 1/4-inch of oil in a large (preferably cast-iron) skillet until hot. Drop in heaping tablespoons of potato mixture and fry on both sides until nice and brown. Transfer to a paper-towel lined oven tray. Keep them warm in a 225F oven until it's time to eat.
Donna
I made this last night for a few friends and it was so delicious no one could stop eating it. It was really easy and a perfect dish for guests. Thank you!
Lisa Goldfinger
Thanks Donna!!
Katie
So delish! Just made this and I wish I could eat it forever!!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Drkgrlx
So, I made this last night and followed the recipe almost to a tee. I couldn't find a birds eye chilling, so I used crushed red pepper flakes instead. Also, I used the feta with tomato and basil blended in. OMG. This was restaurant quality and I was in awe at how delicious this was! I was bragging all over about how awesome this was. I will definitely make this a favorite for entertaining and just for me!!
Drkgrlx
Pardon the reference to the chili, that was another seafood recipe I made to pair with this. ☺️
Gloria
Love this recipe ! So easy to make and impressive on the table. I have made this three times, by itself, over rice and over angel hair pasta. All very good.
Thanks Lisa and Panning the Globe.
Cookin Canuck
This looks as though it is packed with flavors, and I always appreciate a short ingredient list!
Claudia
This was wonderful, and so easy! I had the leftovers on top of pasta the next day...yum
Diana Pierson
Sounds so good I will definitely be making this.
Diana Pierson
Looks wonderful will definitely be making this.
Rachel @LittleChefBigAppetite
Well your pictures are just so gorgeous I want to jump right in them!
Chris Crooks
I made this dish last night. It was so easy to put together.....................and so delicious. Whole family loved it. Can't wait for leftovers.
Marte Humbert
Made this last night - DELICIOUS!
Christopher Crooks
My family love shrimp, and they love garlic! I will be making this this weekend, I can't wait!
Ronny K
Looks really good. I buy local Georgia shrimp at Russo's in the Savannah historic district every Tuesday and I am going to try this one next week.
Lisa Goldfinger
yum - it should be even better with fresh Georgia shrimp!
Mindy Sieber
Looks incredible! Can't wait to try this recipe and I'm so excited to know that it's quick and easy. 🙂
Mindy Sieber
And, your photos are just amazing!
Alina Duckham
One of my favorite dishes!! Yumm....
Becky
I can't wait to make this!!
jen
This looks SO good! I am making it this week!!! Can't wait. Thank, Lisa!