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.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4bacon,slices, chopped
- ⅓cuponion,diced
- ⅓cupgreen 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.
Nutrition
- Calories: 469.80kcal
- Fat: 28.75g
- Saturated Fat: 14.38g
- Trans Fat: 0.74g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8.83g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.64g
- Carbohydrates: 26.78g
- Fiber: 1.61g
- Sugar: 2.37g
- Protein: 25.07g
- Cholesterol: 164.41mg
- Sodium: 888.97mg
- Calcium: 280.29mg
- Potassium: 316.69mg
- Iron: 1.50mg
- Vitamin A: 202.39µg
- Vitamin C: 10.18mg
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