Garides Saganaki
A Greek dinner made with seafood. Ready in about 1 hour 1 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 21 minPrep (about)
- 40 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 1 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 5.5 lb raw jumbo shrimps Shopping tip: Jumbo shrimp, raw (UK: king prawns). Frozen works.
Fresh & other
- 5 chopped onions
- pinch freshly chopped parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
- 5 ¼ cups white wine
- 5 chopped tomatoes Shopping tip: Canned diced tomatoes (14.5 oz can = about 1¾ cups).
- 2 ½ tsp minced garlic
- 5 cubed feta cheese
Sauces & oils
- ¾ cup + 3 tbsp olive oil
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Place the prawns in a pot.
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Add enough water to cover.
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Boil for 5 minutes.
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Drain, reserving the liquid.
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Set aside.
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Heat ½ cup + 2 tbsp of oil in a pot.
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Add the onion.
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Cook.
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Stir until soft.
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Mix in remaining olive oil, garlic, tomatoes, wine and the parsley.
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Simmer, for about 30 minutes, until the sauce is thickened.
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Stir every so often.
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While your sauce is simmering, your prawns should become cool enough to handle.
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Remove the legs by pinching them.
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Tail, leaving the head and Pull off the shells on.
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Wait until the sauce has thickened.
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Stir in the prawns.
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Bring to a simmer again if your sauce has cooled with the prawns.
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Cook for about 5 minutes.
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Add the feta.
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Take it off the heat.
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Let stand till the cheese starts to melt.
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Serve warm with slices of crusty bread.
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Toss with pasta after adding the feta.
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Serve.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.