Shrimp and Grits is a traditional Southern dish filled with taste. Creamy grits, topped with scrumptious sauteed shrimp and topped with bacon. You’ll be able to’t go fallacious with this dish!
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❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
This dish is loaded in taste however doesn’t take hours, which is at all times an enormous plus. This dish was primarily a breakfast dish for a very long time, however many individuals now get pleasure from it for dinner. So many issues we love bout this dish however the taste is fantastic and the grits are creamy. This dish is a Southern favourite and has been round a very long time for a cause.
🍴KEY INGREDIENTS
- Bacon
- Medium or giant shrimp peeled and deveined
- Bacon drippings
- Butter
- Inexperienced onion
- Inexperienced pepper
- Celery
- Garlic
- Cajun seasoning (take a look at our recipe to make your own Cajun seasoning)
- Black pepper
- Sizzling sauce or pinch cayenne
- Grits:
- Milk (can use entire or 2 per cent)
- Butter
- Salt
- Old style grits – NOT prompt
- Sharp cheddar cheese
- Salt and Pepper to style
SWAPS
You’ll be able to swap out the cheese to completely different flavors in the event you like, however the sharp cheddar provides it a superb style. Some folks don’t like celery, so depart it out in the event you like. You should utilize turkey bacon if you would like a lower-fat dish, however the pork bacon, cooked to a crisp, is our favourite.
🍽️HOW TO MAKE
This dish could be very straightforward to make, and you may make the grits when you prepare dinner the shrimp!
PREPARATIONS
Manage all your substances makes it a lot simpler.
COOKING STEPS
Step 1
Cook dinner the bacon, take away from pan and put aside. Mix two tablespoons bacon drippings, 1 tablespoon butter, inexperienced onion, inexperienced pepper, celery, garlic, Cajun seasoning, and black pepper in a skillet and prepare dinner till greens are tender. About 8 to 10 minutes. Add shrimp and sizzling sauce or cayenne and prepare dinner about 4 extra minutes till shrimp are completed. Put aside and put together grits
Step 2
Put milk, butter and salt in a saucepan and produce to a boil. Utilizing a whisk and stirring always add the grits slightly at a time. This retains the grits from clumping. Decrease the warmth, cowl and prepare dinner 5 to 6 minutes or till grits thicken. Take away from warmth and regularly stir in cheddar cheese. Stir till cheese melts.
HOW TO PLATE
Put a number of spoonfuls of grits in a bowl and layer some shrimp combination excessive. Crumble bacon on prime of the shrimp and garnish with chopped inexperienced onions.
⭐TIP
If grits get too thick you possibly can at all times add slightly water to skinny them, however we truly like them to have slightly thicker consistency. It’s all about what your loved ones likes.
We additionally use Previous Common Grits, not prompt. The Previous Common Grits is the way in which to go on this recipe.
You may additionally love these Garlic Cheese Grits, this recipe is fantastic.
Go for the bigger shrimp when making this dish. We additionally like good bacon; it’s simply price it to splurge slightly and get nice substances for this traditional.
OTHER SHRIMP DISHES
In the event you like to prepare dinner with shrimp, take a look at these different scrumptious dishes your loved ones will love!
❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
We serve it for each! It’s a beautiful brunch dish too.
Both, however we propose getting the bigger shrimp.
STORING AND REHEATING
We retailer this in an hermetic container and simply reheat within the microwave.
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SERVING SIZE
That is about 4-6 servings, relying on how huge of a plate you serve. You’ll be able to simply double this recipe for a bigger group.
Southern Shrimp and Grits
Shrimp and Grits are a standard southern dish your loved ones will love. Creamy grits made with sharp cheddar cheese, topped with sauteed shrimp and bacon. This one is a winner! Nice evaluations.
- 3 to 4 slices bacon
- 1 pound medium or giant shrimp peeled and deveined
- 2 tablespoons bacon drippings
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 cup chopped inexperienced onion
- 1/2 cup chopped inexperienced pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- few drops sizzling sauce or pinch cayenne
Grits:
- 2 1/3 cups milk can use entire or 2 per cent
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup quaint grits
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- Salt and Pepper to style
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Cook dinner the bacon, take away from pan and put aside.
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Mix two tablespoons bacon drippings, 1 tablespoon butter, inexperienced onion, inexperienced pepper, celery, garlic, Cajun seasoning, and black pepper in a skillet and prepare dinner till greens are tender. About 8 to 10 minutes.
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Add shrimp and sizzling sauce or cayenne and prepare dinner about 4 extra minutes till shrimp are completed. Put aside and put together grits.
Grits Directions
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Put milk, butter and salt in a saucepan and produce to a boil. Utilizing a whisk and stirring always add the grits slightly at a time. This retains the grits from clumping.
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Decrease the warmth, cowl and prepare dinner 5 to 6 minutes or till grits thicken.
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Take away from warmth and regularly stir in cheddar cheese. Stir till cheese melts. (If grits get too thick you possibly can at all times add slightly water to skinny.)
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Put a number of spoonfuls of grits in a bowl and layer a few of the shrimp combination excessive. Crumble bacon on prime of the shrimp and garnish with chopped inexperienced onions.
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