How To Make Shrimp and Grits
This combination of shrimp and grits provide a satisfying salty and briny flavor. Use meaty pieces of shrimp to provide a nice backdrop to cheese.
Ingredients
- 4bacon,slices, chopped
- â…“cuponion,diced
- â…“cupgreen bell pepper,diced
- 1lbshrimp,peeled and deveined
- 1tspold bay seasoning
- ½tspgarlic powder
- 1tbsplemon juice,fresh
- 2tbspparsley,fresh, chopped
For Cheese Grits:
- 2cupschicken broth
- 2cupswater
- 1½cupscheddar cheese,shredded
- ¼cup¼ cup butter
- ½tspgarlic powder
- 1cupgrits
Instructions
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Bring water, chicken broth, and garlic powder to a boil in a medium pot. Add grits and cook for 18 to 20 minutes or thick and creamy. Remove from heat and stir in cheese and butter until melted.
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Meanwhile, chop bacon. Fry in a medium-sized pan until crispy. Remove from pan leaving drippings in the pan.
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Saute onions in the bacon grease for 3 to 4 minutes or until slightly softened. Add bell peppers and cook until tender, about 3 minutes more. Remove the peppers and onions from the pan and set aside.
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Toss the shrimp with garlic powder and Old Bay seasoning. Cook in the pan for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Add onion mixture back in along with lemon juice and parsley.
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Serve shrimp mixture overtop of grits. Garnish with crumbled bacon, parsley, and lemon wedges.Â
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 469.80kcal
- Fat:Â 28.75g
- Saturated Fat:Â 14.38g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.74g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 8.83g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 2.64g
- Carbohydrates:Â 26.78g
- Fiber:Â 1.61g
- Sugar:Â 2.37g
- Protein:Â 25.07g
- Cholesterol:Â 164.41mg
- Sodium:Â 888.97mg
- Calcium:Â 280.29mg
- Potassium:Â 316.69mg
- Iron:Â 1.50mg
- Vitamin A: 202.39µg
- Vitamin C:Â 10.18mg
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