Kiss My Shrimp & Grits!

I am so excited about this new dish! Last week my friend Mollie asked me to find her a shrimp and grits recipe. As soon as I got home from church that night I went to the sources. I looked through all my cookbooks and a few trusty on-line recipe sites, and found 12 recipes! I narrowed the search down to three and decided to do something I’ve never done before. I took what I loved from all three recipes and made up my own! I was very excited to see how it would turn out, and am here to tell you it was fine! I even called Mom and told her it was good enough to warrant an hour and a half drive, but they better hurry or I would have it eaten by the time they got here!

I’m so proud of it, I even entered the recipe in the 2010 recipe contest at Mississippi Magazine!

1 cup whipping cream
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp salt
3 cups water
1 cup uncooked quick-cooking grits
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
6 slices bacon, chopped
1 lb. raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
Pepper and parsley to garnish

Bring whipping cream, butter, salt, and water to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low, and whisk in grits. Cook until thickened, whisking often. Stir in cheese until melted, set aside and keep warm.

Cook bacon over medium-high heat until crisp; remove bacon from pan. Cook shrimp in bacon grease over medium-high heat until almost pink, stirring occasionally. Add lemon juice and garlic and cook a few more minutes. Stir in bacon.

Stir shrimp mixture into grits mixture and serve. Garnish with pepper and parsley.





Mollie, this one’s for you babe! Hope you enjoy!