Shrimp with Green Sauce Recipe

By
Kerry Saretsky
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Kerry Saretsky

Kerry Saretsky interned at Serious Eats in 2008, and wrote the French in a Flash recipe column. She also writes her own blog on modernized French cuisine called French Revolution Food.

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Updated Aug. 30, 2018
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Kerry Saretsky

Spanish green sauce is parsley and olive oil, with the bite of onion and garlic, and I add a little zing of hot pepper. As it roasts with the shrimp, the shrimp releases all of its briny sauces and it mixes and loosens the green sauce until it becomes its own perfect thing. Bright and fresh and light, it's perfect poured over yellow rice or crusty bread.

Recipe Details

Shrimp with Green Sauce Recipe

Active 15 mins
Total 10 mins
Serves 2 to 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 3 to 4 cloves garlic

  • One 3-ounce bunch parsley

  • 3 scallions

  • 1/2 jalapeño 

  • 1/3 cup olive oil

  • Sea salt

  • 1/4 cup white wine

  • 1 tablespoon water

  • 1 pound large peeled and deveined shrimp

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 500°F. In a food processor blitz the garlic. Trim the parsley leaves off the tough stems (use the soft stems, that’s fine). Quarter the scallions, and seed the jalapeno. Add the parsley, scallions, and jalapeno to the food processor and blitz. Add the olive oil, and season with salt. Blitz until combined. Pour into an 8-inch by 8-inch ceramic baking dish.

  2. Add the wine, water, and shrimp to the green sauce, and stir to combine. Bake in the oven until the shrimp are opaque, 8 to 10 minutes. Serve right away with Spanish yellow rice of crusty bread.

Special Equipment

Food processor

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
260 Calories
19g Fat
5g Carbs
16g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 2 to 4
Amount per serving
Calories 260
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19g 25%
Saturated Fat 3g 14%
Cholesterol 143mg 48%
Sodium 948mg 41%
Total Carbohydrate 5g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Total Sugars 1g
Protein 16g
Vitamin C 35mg 176%
Calcium 106mg 8%
Iron 2mg 11%
Potassium 304mg 6%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)