Shrimp for a Small Kitchen (Shrimp with Capers, Lemon and Feta)
- Yield: 2 servings
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 5 mins
Ingredients
- 2tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3cloves garlic, minced
- 1pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/3cup crumbled feta cheese
- -- Juice of ½ lemon
- 1 to 2tablespoons capers
- 1/4teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/8teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
- 2tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro or basil, plus additional for garnish
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant but not browned, about 1 minute. Stir in shrimp, feta, lemon juice, capers, salt and pepper.
- Continue stirring over heat until shrimp become just opaque and sauce begins to thicken, about 2 minutes. Add cilantro or basil and stir to combine.
Recipe adapted with permission from Melissa Clark's In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite (Hyperion, 2010).
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 360
- Glycemic Load 0
- Fat 21g
- Saturated Fat 6g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
- Monounsaturated Fat 11g
- Cholesterol 310mg
- Sodium 1960mg
- Potassium 310mg
- Carbohydrate 6g
- Fiber 0g
- Sugars 1g
- Protein 35g
- Trans Fat 0g
- Vitamin A 10%
- Vitamin C 10%
- Calcium 25%
- Iron 6%