Shrimp and Creamy Grits

I have been under the weather so this post has taken a little longer than I planned to post.

I love my mother in law's grits they are so rich and creamy and I have been working on my grit making skills to make mine that way. She uses chicken broth instead of water and that adds a richness of flavor that is well worth it.  We also found stone ground grits along the way somewhere and that is all we use. You can use these techniques with instant grits I am sure and they would turn out great. I have been trying to perfect the grits for a while.

I use the directions on the bag of grits and I sprinkle in a a few more grits, the longer they cook the better they are the more creamy and rich they become, it is hard to wait at least the 30 minutes for them to cook but promise it's worth it.

My lovely husband got the shrimp and deveined them. The great thing about this recipe is you can add what you want to it or leave out things you do not like.  I sometimes add more grated garlic and cheese to the grits when we have them for breakfast.

You will need:

 mushrooms, bacon, cheese, 2-3 garlic clove, 1 pound of shrimp, green onions

we use mushrooms with a little butter and red wine and let them reduce for while, I also grated some fresh garlic in the pan.

1 pound of shrimp cleaned and deveined, sprinkle with Old Bay and cook with a tad of butter and old bay, you can add some garlic too

I bake my bacon in the oven and start it when I start the grits, I like crispy bacon so I cook it a tad longer, you can cook it to your liking.

these are the directions for the stone ground grits, use broth instead of water....game changer

 I have used my handy dandy microplane to grate some garlic in these and cheese

I also sliced a french baguette and used soften butter a tad of salt and grated garlic to make garlic bread. 

Scott made a sauce with the mushrooms, the shrimp, a splash of cream and this is where you can add some Rotel and the juice here. You can cornstarch to thicken if you want or you can leave it a creamy liquid to pour over the shrimp, grits and bacon. You can also sprinkle with some chopped green onions.

You can serve these on a platter for a crowd and it looks great or just scoop it into a bowl for a smaller group...or 2. This meal goes a long way and is very filling.

This was the best batch of grits I have made and the hubby agreed these were so good, it does make a bunch so we got a few meals out of them plus I got some breakfasts out of them as well. They were good all by themselves with a little sprinkle of pepper.  I hope you enjoy!