Shrimp and Grits is a basic Southern dish stuffed with taste. Creamy grits, topped with scrumptious sauteed shrimp and topped with bacon. You possibly can’t go fallacious with this dish!
When you love this basic dish of Shrimp and Grits, additionally, you will love this Southern Red Rice. It’s a basic from Charleston and completely scrumptious.
❤️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 take pleasure in it for dinner. So many issues we love bout this dish however the taste is great 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 massive 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
- Scorching sauce or pinch cayenne
- Grits:
- Milk (can use entire or 2 per cent)
- Butter
- Salt
- Old style grits – NOT on the spot
- Sharp cheddar cheese
- Salt and Pepper to style
SWAPS
You possibly can change out the cheese to completely different flavors should you like, however the sharp cheddar provides it a great style. Some individuals don’t like celery, so go away it out should 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 may be very simple to make, and you can also make the grits whilst you cook dinner the shrimp!
PREPARATIONS
Arrange your whole components 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 cook dinner till greens are tender. About 8 to 10 minutes. Add shrimp and sizzling sauce or cayenne and cook 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 convey to a boil. Utilizing a whisk and stirring continuously add the grits a bit at a time. This retains the grits from clumping. Decrease the warmth, cowl and cook 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 high of the shrimp and garnish with chopped inexperienced onions.
⭐TIP
If grits get too thick you’ll be able to at all times add a bit water to skinny them, however we truly like them to have a bit thicker consistency. It’s all about what your loved ones likes.
We additionally use Previous Customary Grits, not on the spot. The Previous Customary Grits is the way in which to go on this recipe.
You may additionally love these Garlic Cheese Grits, this recipe is great.
Go for the bigger shrimp when making this dish. We additionally like good bacon; it’s simply price it to splurge a bit and get nice components for this basic.
OTHER SHRIMP DISHES
When you like to cook 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 an exquisite 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 massive of a plate you serve. You possibly can 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 critiques.
- 3 to 4 slices bacon
- 1 pound medium or massive 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 cook dinner till greens are tender. About 8 to 10 minutes.
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Add shrimp and sizzling sauce or cayenne and cook 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 convey to a boil. Utilizing a whisk and stirring continuously add the grits a bit at a time. This retains the grits from clumping.
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Decrease the warmth, cowl and cook 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’ll be able to at all times add a bit water to skinny.)
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Put a number of spoonfuls of grits in a bowl and layer among the shrimp combination excessive. Crumble bacon on high of the shrimp and garnish with chopped inexperienced onions.
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