Shrimp and Grits
Shrimp and Grits

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Shrimp and Grits Recipe - Here's a treat for everyone, Shrimp and Grits with Bacon and Cheese! So if you're looking for a Southern Style. Shrimp and grits is one of those iconic Southern dishes that stir something deep inside those who grew up with them.

Shrimp and Grits is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Shrimp and Grits is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have shrimp and grits using 17 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Shrimp and Grits:
  1. Main
  2. 12 large raw, peeled and deveined shrimp
  3. 10 oz Andouille Sausage
  4. 1 large Green Bell Pepper
  5. 1 medium onion
  6. 1 jalapeno pepper (de-seeded)
  7. 4 cup Grits
  8. 8 cup water
  9. 1 cup milk
  10. 3/4 packages cream cheese
  11. 2 cup cheddar cheese
  12. 1/2 stick butter or margarine
  13. 2 tbsp Black pepper
  14. 2 tbsp sea salt
  15. 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  16. 2 tbsp Garlic powder
  17. 1 box Tony's Creole Base (etouffe' mix)

Shrimp and grits is a Southern dish everyone—regardless of where you're from—should know how to make. The shrimp cooks in bacon fat. Spicy, sausage-studded and piquant shrimp over creamy savory corn grits is the dish I make most often when I'm homesick for. I tasted shrimp and grits everywhere, from humble seafood shacks to trendy hot spots.

Instructions to make Shrimp and Grits:
  1. In a large stockpot bring grits and water to boil. Then turn to simmer
  2. Slice peppers and remove seeds. Then slice onion.
  3. Preheat skillet to medium high heat and add 2tbsp of olive oil
  4. Saute peppers and onion for 5-7 min. Then set them aside in a bowl.
  5. Add one tbsp of butter to preheated skillet and add shrimp and sliced sausage. Stirring as needed until shrimp is cooked through. Set aside in bowl.
  6. Prepare creole (etouffe') mix in skillet according to directions.
  7. Add a cup or so of the cream cheese to mix and the cup of milk
  8. Bring to light boil then add shrimp, sausage, peppers, and onions. Reduce heat to simmer.
  9. Add cayenne, garlic powder, and hot sauce if desired
  10. Once grits are done. Add as much butter as desired, cheddar cheese, and some of the cream cheese
  11. Then add the salt and black pepper ( consider paprika too) to the grits
  12. Once creole base has reached desired consistency remove from heat.
  13. Plate the grits and pour creole base over the top. Enjoy! And please post pictures!!

What I learned is that no two shrimp and grits dishes are the same. To quote Daniel Gritzer from Serious Eats. Shrimp and grits is a Southern staple. It originated in the Lowcountry of the South Carolina coast, during the season when shrimp were plentiful. With rich, creamy cheddar cheese grits and smoky Cajun-style shrimp, this Shrimp and Grits recipe has a lot of flavor for such little effort.

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