This easy recipe for Roasted Shrimp with Rosemary and Thyme is so delicious and smells amazing while in your oven.
Roasted Shrimp with Rosemary and Thyme
This is an impressive shrimp recipe, but it’s really very easy to make and very few ingredients are needed. It happens to be a kid-friendly meal too. I first made this for my family when my son was little, and loved these shrimp as much as we did.
🛒 Ingredients Needed:
- extra virgin olive oil
- fresh thyme and fresh rosemary
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- extra large or jumbo shrimp
- white wine vinegar
✏️ How to make Roasted Shrimp with Rosemary and Thyme:
*The complete, printable recipe with all ingredients and instructions is at the end of this post.
- Place rack in the center position, and preheat oven to 400℉.
- Pour oil into 9×13″ glass baking dish. Add fresh herbs and a few grinds of freshly ground black pepper. Bake until the herbs become fragrant, about 10 minutes.
- Add the shrimp to the dish. Use tongs to turn the shrimp and coat in the scented oil. Bake shrimp until pink and firm, 10 to 12 minutes.
- Remove shrimp to a bowl, leaving herbs and oil behind. Sprinkle with salt and white wine vinegar. Toss until flavors are combined.
✔️ How to serve this recipe:
Serve this shrimp with rice or pasta or lemon chive roasted potatoes, and drizzle with the flavored olive oil! Add your favorite vegetable, if you’d like. And be sure to have some bread on hand too for soaking up all of the delicious flavors.
❤️ What I Love About This Recipe:
- The oil really picks up the flavors of the herbs when it’s heated. That means the shrimp picks up those flavors when it’s roasted!
- I love the tang that the white wine vinegar adds to the flavor of the shrimp.
- This shrimp makes a good appetizer for happy hour too!
Favorite Shrimp Recipes:
Roasted Shrimp with Rosemary and Thyme
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (I just give the pan about 3 good swirls)
- 6 sprigs fresh thyme
- 3 large sprigs fresh rosemary, halved
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1½ pounds extra large or jumbo shrimp (26 to 30 per pound), peeled and deveined
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
Instructions
- Place rack in the center position, and preheat oven to 400℉.
- Pour oil into 9×13" glass baking dish. Add fresh herbs and a few grinds of freshly ground black pepper. Bake until the herbs become fragrant, about 10 minutes.
- Add the shrimp to the dish. Use tongs to turn the shrimp and coat in the scented oil. Bake shrimp until pink and firm, 10 to 12 minutes.
- Remove shrimp to a bowl, leaving herbs and oil behind. Sprinkle with salt and white wine vinegar. Toss until flavors are combined.
- Serve with rice or pasta. Drizzle with the flavored olive oil, if desired.
Notes
- Use crusty bread to soak up that delicious, flavored oil!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I make this recipe a lot and it has been in my rotation for years. Very often I serve it with pasta.
We LOVED this recipe. Family member has dairy allergies. So happy to find a wonderful butter-free recipe this wonderful.
Yummm I love shrimp! Great pics 🙂
This looks pretty yummmy and it’s gluten free too! LOVE