Olive Garden Side of Crispy Shrimp Fritta

About This Dish

Olive Garden Side of Crispy Shrimp Fritta is a $4.49 add-on from the Sides, Sauces & Extras menu: lightly breaded, fried shrimp that can be ordered on their own or added to any pasta, with 200 calories, 11 grams of fat and 730 milligrams of sodium per side. It is the same crispy shrimp used on the Shrimp Fritto Misto appetizer, portioned as a topping. The most common use is on Fettuccine Alfredo, where it turns the $16.99 vegetarian plate into a shrimp Alfredo for less than the sautéed-shrimp version, and on Create Your Own Pasta, where crispy shrimp is one of the listed protein choices.

At 200 calories it is the lightest of the three new protein sides, ahead of the Side of Crispy Chicken Fritta ($4.29, 240 calories) and the Side of Italian Sausage ($4.29, 510 calories), and it is the only one with seafood. The shrimp are breaded, so they are not gluten free and cannot be added to gluten-sensitive menu items without changing that status. Ordered as a stand-alone side it comes with no sauce; the marinara and Alfredo dipping sauces are sold separately. It is available for dine-in, takeout and delivery, and holds its crunch for about 20 minutes in a takeout container if the lid is left cracked.