Feta Shrimp Pasta

  3.9 – 48 reviews  • Italian

Add spinach or broccoli for a dinner-in-one recipe that is quick and delicious.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 25 mins
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 (16 ounce) package uncooked angel hair pasta
  2. 2 tablespoons butter
  3. 2 tablespoons diced onion
  4. 4 ounces crumbled feta cheese
  5. ½ pound medium shrimp – peeled and deveined

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place pasta in the pot, cook 4 minutes, until al dente, and drain. Transfer to a large bowl.
  2. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Place onion in the skillet and cook until tender. Stir in shrimp, and cook 3 minutes, or until opaque. Mix in feta cheese, and continue cooking 1 minute. Toss with the pasta and serve.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 246 kcal
Carbohydrate 32 g
Cholesterol 64 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 13 g
Saturated Fat 4 g
Sodium 344 mg
Sugars 2 g
Fat 8 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Robert Martin
Lick the plate good with some added changes. Doubled the butter, added a tablespoon of chopped garlic and some spinach. Next time we make we will add a hint of fresh lemon juice to see what it adds. So easy and so good….. light but creamy.
Diana Allen
I followed the recipe to a T, except it was very dry at the end, so I doubled the butter. I recommend doubling the butter, shrimp, and adding a bit more feta. Also, put some oil in the water then you are boiling the noodles so they don’t stick (mine were in a big clump when I tried to mix the shrimp in). Still, a delicious recipe that I’ll definitely make again.
Kelly Washington
This is a great recipe and it is especially great with some chicken and I love it my sisters and I love it
Tracy Reed
Minced garlic with the butter might have been better. I added garlic powder, used at least double the amount of onions, more shrimp, more cheese, and half the amount of pasta.
Alan Martinez
I read the reviews and listened. Boiled some spinach. Sauteed green onions, tomatoes, added chopped spinach about 5 cloves of sliced garlic, salt pepper, added shrimp and when shrimp was ready added feta cheese. Mix well. Do not over cook the shrimp. Serve over pasta and top off with parmesan. NOW THAT WAS DELICIOUS.
Sarah Frank
Loved this, Added spinach to the butter and onion. Tasty
Scott Carr
I read the reviews and doubled the sauce and I would suggest even tripling it. It is a very good base as many said, I did add garlic and a little Old Bay seasoning but other than that..This will definately be on our monthly menu again.
Mark Boyle
I call this recipe a good “jumping off” recipe for me. To kick up the flavor a bit more for my family, I sauteed minced garlic and diced red bell pepper with the shrimp. The red bell pepper was mainly to add more color to the dish, as I tend to shy away from serving monochromatic dishes. I also added 1/2 cup of dry white wine to the sauce and then freshly chopped parsley, for more color. Loved it!
Michael Rosales
As written this recipe was too dry. As other reviewer mentioned, there definitely wasn’t enough sauce for the amount of pasta used. What I did to combat that problem was after I cooked the onion and shrimp, I transferred them to a bowl and added white wine to the skillet. I reduced the wine and used that for my sauce. I also added sun-dried tomatoes and fresh parsley for extra flavor.
Teresa Sanchez
This dish was excellent! But I did have to make changes. The amount of pasta is really way too much for half a pound of shrimp. I used one pound of frozen shrimp which I defrosted by boiling some water and turning off the heat then placing the shrimp inside and covering the top for about 3 minutes-then I continued by sauteing the shrimp with the onions and garlic as the recipe calls for. I also used about half a brown onion rather than the two tablespoons the recipe calls for. In addition, I doubled the amount of feta cheese-this made the amount of sauce plentiful. I also made sure to add garlic as some of the other reviewers suggested. When adding the sauce to the pasta I had a seperate bowl where I added both the sauce and the pasta as I went along mixing to make sure I didn’t have too much of either. I did end up throwing away a bit of the pasta because it was still too much for the sauce! But when I was done, I had a restaraunt quality dish! It made about 5 servings.
Paul Smith
Need to add 3/4 cup of milk and more cheese as it needs lots more sauce. I added Bay spice and spinnach like others to make it 5 star. Cut pasta to 8 oz.
Zachary Phillips
This is one of those recipes where I thought I didn’t have anything to make for dinner and bam! here it was! Quick and easy and really delicious. Made 4 serving size with 2tbs of butter and added some leftover broccoli a little bit of orange bell pepper and seasoned the shrimp with pepper flakes for a little zest. Also added some 2 cloves of garlic to the onions. Topped it off with frozen parsley I always have in the fridge. Great recipe.
Joshua Heath
I viewed this recipe about an hour ago, and I tried it. I substituted the feta cheese for velveeta cheese because I’m saving the feta for something else. I also added a little bit of pesto sauce from a jar. Needless to say, I enjoyed it. Very simple recipe, and I WILL try it again.
Duane Owens
Five stars with a lot of revisions. Added chopped zucchini to the shrimp saute. Used Italian dressing instead of butter for added flavor. Used green onion instead of white. Squeezed half a lemon into the mixture. Also added about 1/2 cup to 1 cup of milk for extra creaminess. also added old bay seasoning to the shrimp. OH – used bowtied pasta. I was told that I MUST make this meal tomorrow. WONDERFUL AND QUICK TO MAKE!!!!!! Added note: I have been making this for several months now. Have subbed chicken, added sauteed frozen veggies, and have yet to complain about the meal.
Julia Cruz
This was quite tasty – simple, light and delicious. I made it exactly as written, except that I had a little more than a half-pound of shrimp on hand, and used it all. Like some previous reviewers, I also have a slight problem with the proportions – a full pound of pasta is way too much for the “other stuff”, in myh book. If i were to make this again, I’d cut the pasta down to a half-pound, or double everything else. One other minor quibble is that, as is, there are really no added herbs or spices. The feta adds some nice flavoring to the simple butter/shrimp/onion flavors, but this recipe is a little noticeable for the lack of a little basil? thyme? or something like those. But overall, this is a very nice recipe, which I just might make again, with my suggested changes.
Nathan Johnson
The flavours in this recipe are an excellent combination, and I think it’s a great start. Based on other reviewers’ suggestions, I cut the amount of pasta in half (kept the other proportions the same), and added a clove of garlic in with the onion. I used a combination of olive oil and butter, and used some shrimp I had seasoned with garlic salt a few days prior, so they were VERY flavourful and delicious 🙂 Even using 1/2 of the pasta, I still felt it could have used more sauce. But like I said, it’s an excellent base recipe that is easy to customize and quick to prepare. Thanks for sharing!
Don Cobb
As written this is just average, but, I added spinach, swiss chard, and diced tomatoes to it and it was a 5 star meal after that! I served it with WW pasta. I picked this recipe because I have tons of feta cheese that I needed to use. This was a great way to use it with ingredients that I always have on hand.
Sharon Hawkins
Made this for my family and they LOVED it 🙂 thanks for putting up such a groovy recipe
James Brown
Loved the flavor of the feta and the shrimp. Based on other reviews, I added garlic and also increased the amount of shrimp to 1/4 pound per person. I replaced the butter with olive oil and used whole wheat pasta. I had some black olives in oil in the frig and added a few of those to the finished sauce and they blended well with the feta. Will definitely make this again, very quick and good.
Andrew Gomez
I thought this was great!! I did substitute olive oil for the butter and threw in some garlic and I used less than 1/2 the pasta. I can see why some may think it’s a bit dry…it is not really a sauce, but more a topping, but I would double everything but leave the pasta the same. Thanks!
Andrew Nelson
I’m always looking for easy recipes since I work 10 hours a day. This was SO easy and absolutely delicious. My husband and I both love it and I told everyone at work about it also! Thanks for a new and delicious recipe!

 

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