Tomato-Feta Shrimp Pasta
This shrimp pasta is a quick 20-minute pasta recipe made with simple ingredients. It combines fettuccine, fire-roasted tomatoes, feta cheese, and fresh basil – the flavor combo is so light and delicious!
I love this feta shrimp pasta during the spring and summer because it’s quick to make and the flavors are light and not heavy like other pasta dishes. You only need a few pantry ingredients and a few fresh ones.
Ingredients
- Shrimp: You can use any size, but smaller, bite-sized shrimp work best. I use 51/60-count peeled and deveined shrimp.
- Pasta: I like fettuccine or other long pasta shapes like spaghetti, bucatini, or linguine.
- Tomatoes: Canned fire-roasted tomatoes make things so easy.
- Balsamic vinegar: This adds a nice sweet and tangy flavor to the sauce.
- Fresh basil leaves: You can use other fresh herbs like parsley or chives.
- Crumbled feta cheese
- Olive oil
- Garlic
- Kosher salt
How to Make It
☑️ Boil the Pasta
Get the pasta going. Fettuccine will take about 10 to 12 minutes to cook, which is plenty of time to prepare the sauce.
☑️ Warm the Oil and Garlic
I like to place the oil and garlic in a cold pan and warm them over medium heat. The garlic infuses the oil with its flavor without browning it. It only takes about a minute or so.
☑️ Make the Sauce
Once the garlic is fragrant, add the tomatoes, vinegar, and salt. Bring the mixture to a simmer until the tomatoes start to break down.
☑️ Cook the Shrimp
Once the tomatoes have started to break down, add the shrimp. Stir and cook them in the sauce for about five to six minutes.
☑️ Add the Pasta
Once the pasta is cooked, add it to the sauce. Instead of draining the pasta in a colander, I transfer it straight from the pot to the pan with the sauce using tongs. That way, the pasta brings some starchy pasta water, which helps give the sauce a bit of body. If you want to drain your pasta in the sink, reserve a few tablespoons of the water first and add it to the sauce.
Add the basil and toss it all together. Sprinkle the feta cheese over the top and the pasta is ready to serve.
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Tomato-Feta Shrimp Pasta
Shrimp tossed with pasta, tomatoes, fresh herbs, and feta cheese is an easy pasta dish. You can cook the sauce and shrimp while the pasta boils, so dinner is ready in about 20 minutes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 8 ounces fettuccine
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 large cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 2 (14.5-oz) cans diced fire roasted tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
- 10 ounces shrimp, peeled and deveined (see note)
- 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
Instructions
- Cook the fettuccine according to package directions.
- Heat the olive oil and garlic in a large pan over medium heat. Once the garlic is fragrant (should only take a couple of minutes), add the tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, and salt. Increase the heat to bring it to a simmer. Simmer the tomatoes while the pasta cooks.
- Five minutes before the pasta is done, add the shrimp to the sauce and stir. Once the pasta is done, transfer it to the sauce and toss to coat it in the sauce. Add the basil and toss again. To serve, top each serving with some crumbled feta cheese.
Notes
This recipe works best with small shrimp, so look for packages marked 51-60 count per pound. You can use fresh or frozen shrimp. If you use frozen, you will need to thaw them first following the instructions on the package. If you use larger shrimp you will need to add them to the sauce sooner so they cook through.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 of recipes
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 8.4g
- Sodium: 1359.4mg
- Fat: 10.5g
- Saturated Fat: 2.6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 52.3g
- Fiber: 5.8g
- Protein: 24.9g
- Cholesterol: 122.4mg
The nutrition is an estimate only. It was calculated using Nutrifox, an online nutrition calculator.
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I hope you try this pasta! It’s so easy and delicious.
Happy cooking,
This feta shrimp pasta post has been updated from the archives. It was first published in September 2016.
Great recipe, my tastebuds are tingling…simple but full of flavors. Thanks April.
This recipe sounded good, but it turned out to be delicious! I had everything on hand and made it in less then 25 minutes ! I cut recipe in half and I did add some fresh mushrooms ahead of the garlic. I love mushrooms and they were tasty with this recipe. I’ll make this again and share with friends. Yummy!
I love that you added mushrooms!