Harissa Shrimp With Greens and Feta
Updated October 28, 2025
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Ingredients
1 pound peeled and deveined large shrimp
¼ cup harissa paste
4 garlic cloves, grated
2 teaspoons ground cumin
5 tablespoons olive oil
2 limes, divided
Salt and black pepper
1 bunch fresh chard or kale (about 8 ounces), leaves and stems chopped into 1-inch pieces
1 medium avocado, sliced
½ cup chopped red onion
½ cup crumbled feta
½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
Couscous or rice (optional), for serving
Preparation
- Step 1
Move a rack in the oven about 3 inches from the top. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Step 2
In a medium bowl, combine the shrimp, harissa, garlic, cumin and 1 tablespoon oil. Zest and juice 1 lime right into the bowl and cut the other into wedges and set wedges aside. Season shrimp mixture lightly with salt and pepper, toss and marinate for 10 minutes. (If you have time, you can cover and refrigerate the shrimp to marinate for 30 minutes and up to 12 hours for a deeper flavor.)
- Step 3
Place the greens on a large rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons oil and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Use your hands to toss and coat the greens and spread in an even layer. Pour ½ cup water into the baking sheet.
- Step 4
Roast on the top rack, rotating once and stirring with a pair of tongs, until the greens are wilted and stems softened with a slight crunch, about 10 minutes. Move the greens to one side of the baking sheet and turn the oven setting to broil.
- Step 5
Add the shrimp in a single layer on the other side and drizzle the shrimp and greens with the remaining 2 tablespoons oil.
- Step 6
Broil on the top rack, rotating the pan once, until the shrimp are just cooked, brown around the edges and the greens are brown in spots, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Step 7
Toss the shrimp and greens together. Top with avocado, onions, feta and cilantro. Serve immediately, over couscous or rice if you’d like, with lime wedges for squeezing.
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@Judi you can mix dry harissa with a little lemon zest and olive oil to make a paste and then use that.
Found this while looking for a Mediterranean-ish sheet pan shrimp recipe and was pleased to discover we had everything (except the limes—subbed lemons) and it was DELICIOUS! Served over pearl couscous with a tomato/cucumber/chickpea salad. Keep an eye on your kale during the broil: our broiler has both high and low settings and without guidance beyond “broil,” I set it to high and slightly burned the kale by the time the shrimp were done. But once it’s all tossed together with the accoutrements the extra toasty kale just adds to the flavor. Will definitely make this again.
What didn't you like? The mix of flavors or just one flavor? Or did you have a harissa that was too hot? If you can explain, it would help a lot of readers.
What I enjoyed about it is it was different… And quick! My husband and I would’ve liked it a little saucier, but I saw comments that adding yogurt to it would’ve made it a saucer dish! We added tofu because we didn’t want to invest all the shrimp in it… But either way it was very enjoyable! Wish we could put a picture of our dish because it was really beautiful so it’s really to enjoy a dish that is pleasing to the eye. I have never been disappointed with NYT dish I’m not the chef of the house, and even I can make things with the instructions here… It’s very satisfying to cook with these instructions. I’m linked to the game. This makes me feel like a pro! Thank you so much!
By the way, Paired it with a nice Martin Ray Chardonnay Sonoma Coast wine…it was fabulous!
This was a bummer. All of these interesting flavors were basically destroyed by the suggested 10min of broiling which was too much for the kale and the shrimp. Wishing I had read the comments, alas lesson learned!

