SOUTHERN SHRIMP AND GRITS – The Southern Girl Cooks

Shrimp and Grits is a basic Southern dish stuffed with taste. Creamy grits, topped with scrumptious sauteed shrimp and topped with bacon. You may’t go improper with this dish!

For those who 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 fantastic and the grits are creamy. This dish is a Southern favourite and has been round a very long time for a motive.

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

• Bacon
• Medium or massive shrimp peeled and deveined
• Bacon drippings
• Butter
• Inexperienced onion
• Inexperienced pepper
• Celery
• Garlic
• Cajun seasoning (try 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 immediate
• Sharp cheddar cheese
• Salt and Pepper to style

SWAPS

You may swap out the cheese to totally different flavors in case you like, however the sharp cheddar offers it a very good style. Some folks don’t like celery, so go away it out in case you like. You should use turkey bacon if you need 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 prepare dinner the shrimp!

PREPARATIONS

Manage your entire 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 prepare dinner till greens are tender.  About 8 to 10 minutes.  Add shrimp and scorching sauce or cayenne and prepare dinner about 4 extra minutes till shrimp are performed.  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 consistently add the grits a bit of 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’ll be able to at all times add a bit of water to skinny them, however we truly like them to have a bit of thicker consistency. It’s all about what your loved ones likes.

We additionally use Outdated Common Grits, not immediate. The Outdated Common Grits is the way in which to go on this recipe.

You might also 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 a bit of and get nice components for this basic.

OTHER SHRIMP DISHES

For those who like to prepare dinner with shrimp, try these different scrumptious dishes your loved ones will love!

❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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 may simply double this recipe for a bigger group.

Southern Shrimp and Grits

Anne Walkup

Shrimp and Grits are a conventional 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.

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook dinner Time 25 minutes minutes

Complete Time 35 minutes minutes

Course Foremost Course

Delicacies American, southern

• 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 scorching 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

• 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 scorching sauce or cayenne and prepare dinner about 4 extra minutes till shrimp are performed. Put aside and put together grits.

Grits Directions

• Put milk, butter and salt in a saucepan and convey to a boil. Utilizing a whisk and stirring consistently add the grits a bit of 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. (If grits get too thick you’ll be able to at all times add a bit of water to skinny.)

• Put a number of spoonfuls of grits in a bowl and layer among the shrimp combination excessive. Crumble bacon on prime of the shrimp and garnish with chopped inexperienced onions.

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