Shrimp Pasta with Tomatoes, Feta, and Olives
This easy shrimp pasta recipe is a great weeknight meal and features delicious greek-inspired flavors of fresh tomatoes, feta cheese, and black olives.
Servings: 4
Calories: 358kcal
Ingredients
- 2 pints cherry tomatoes
- 8 ounces penne pasta
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound shrimp peeled and deveined
- ⅓ cup pitted kalamata olives halved (about 2 ounces)
- 1 large garlic clove minced
- 1 teaspoon Penzey's Sunny Paris seasoning or dried basil, oregano, or herbes de provence
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ½ cup crumbled feta cheese (about 2.5 ounces)
- fresh basil leaves for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Rinse tomatoes, pat dry, and cut in half.
- Bring a large saucepan of water to boil. Add pasta when water is boiling, and cook according to package directions until al dente. Reserve ¼ c. pasta cooking water before draining penne and set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, then add tomatoes. Cook for 10 minutes until slightly browned and softened. Turn down the heat if they begin to burn.
- Add shrimp, olives, garlic, sunny paris seasoning, salt, and pepper. Cook for about 2-3 minutes, until shrimp turn pink and are opaque and cooked through.
- Add cooked penne and toss until all is hot.
- Add in the reserved pasta water a tablespoon or two at a time until you have a nice creamy sauce.
- Add feta at the very end, take off the heat, and toss gently. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary, and garnish with torn or chopped basil leaves if you’d like.
Notes
Reserving pasta water: This one trick will up your pasta game significantly. As you cook pasta, some of its starch is released into the water it is being cooked in. Reserving some of that water, and then adding it back into your pan after you have drained the pasta helps the pasta adhere to whatever sauce you are adding to it.
Nutrition
Calories: 358kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 256mg | Sodium: 1782mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g
