Grilled Shrimp Souvlaki on Pita combines grilled marinated shrimp  with feta cheese,  homemade tzatziki sauce with the usual pita toppers on grilled bread.

Grilled Shrimp Souvlaki on Pita

By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime

Grilled Shrimp Souvlaki on Pita is my recipe of the day with Fish Friday Foodies. We get together once a month to share seafood recipes of one type or another. The theme for this month is seafood cooked outdoors.

I  love grilling shrimp and also love a pita sandwich. The great thing about  this is that besides all those  Mediterranean  flavors, it cooks quickly, including slapping the bread on the grill to warm  and lightly char.

The marinade does take a couple hours, but outside peeling the shrimp,  you’d probably spend  more time  on the tzatziki sauce. But really, I can grate a couple of cukes on  a box grater pretty fast, provided I don’t cut my finger off.

Kitchen Hazards

I worry about  box graters, mandolin slicers, and…commercial  slicers. You know, the ones they use to slice deli meat? Bloody dangerous and sharp as a razor.

But you can also pop the cuke down  the chute  of a food processor if you have one. Or if you are particularly skilled, mince them by hand. You might think being the more experienced cook in the family that I would have all the skills, but Bill  can  mince onion  in the tiniest little  pieces like nobody’s business.

Unfortunately for him, that means  I hire him for the job whenever he’s hanging around to help  with prep. Ha!

Fish Friday

Seafood Cooked Outdoors

• Crawdadding with Cousins Means Jambalaya by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Green Chilly Basil Pesto Grilled Prawns by Sneha’s Recipe 
• Grilled Garlic Shrimp with Yuzu Kosho by Karen’s Kitchen Stories 
• Cajun Boil on the Grill from Making Miracles 
• Grilled Mahi-Mahi with Mojo Sauce from Veggies First Then Dessert 
• Charcoal Grilled Soy Ginger Salmon by Food Lust People Love
• Grilled Mahi Mahi with Blueberry Wild Rice Pilaf by A Day in the Life on the Farm 
• Spiced Shrimp on a Stick from Sid’s Sea Palm Cooking
• Grilled Shrimp Souvlaki on Pita from Palatable Pastime (You are Here!)

Grilled Shrimp Souvlaki on Pita

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Grilled Shrimp Souvlaki on Pita

Grilled Shrimp Souvlaki on Pita

Sue Lau

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Marinating Time 2 hours hrs

Course Main Course

Cuisine Greek, Mediterranean

Servings 4

Equipment

• Grill pan; outdoor grill

Ingredients

  

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Shrimp & Marinade:

• 1 pound shrimp peeled and deveined
• 2 tablespoons dry white wine
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Tzatziki Ingredients:

• 2 mini cucumbers grated and squeezed dry
• 1 cup thick Greek yogurt
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon berry vinegar apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint
• pinch dried dill weed

Other ingredients:

• 4 pita bread
• olive oil
• chopped tomatoes
• chopped red onion
• diced feta cheese
• chopped fresh parsley
• olives

Instructions

 

• Whisk together the marinade and add shrimp; marinate one or two hours, refrigerated.
• Stir together the tzatziki sauce and set aside.
• Prepare grill for direct grilling.
• Use a grill wok or other grill mesh and spray with nonstick spray.
• Drain marinade from the shrimp and discard marinade.
• Heat the grill wok and add the shrimp, stirring until opaque and cooked through.
• Drizzle pita lightly with olive oil and place on the grate for a few moments to warm and char slightly.
• Place shrimp and other ingredients on pita, drizzling with tzatziki sauce.

Notes

From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com

Keyword tzatziki sauce

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