Grits a Ya Ya

Name: Grits a Ya Ya
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 8 slices bacon, chopped; 3 Tbsps butter; 828 milliliters chicken stock; 1 Tbsp minced garlic; 237 milliliters shredded smoked Gouda cheese, or more to taste; 59 milliliters sliced green onions; 177 milliliters old fashioned grits; 6 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 473 milliliters heavy cream; 454 grams shrimp, peeled and deveined; 1 dash hot pepper sauce, or to taste; 237 milliliters chopped portobello mushrooms; 1 Tbsp minced shallot; 473 milliliters chopped spinach; 1 Tbsp white wine

You can never have too many Southern recipes, so give Grits a Ya Yan a try. This recipe serves 6. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 774 calories, 35g of protein, and 59g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up salt and ground pepper, butter, wine, and a few other things to make it today. It works best as a morn meal, and is done in about 50 minutes.

Instructions

Bring the chicken stock to a boil in a saucepan over high heat.

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Slowly pour the grits into the stock while stirring constantly.

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Grits

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Reduce heat to low; simmer until the grits are tender and thick, 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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Grits

Stir in 1/4 cup heavy cream to thin the grits.

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Heavy Cream

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Stir in the Gouda cheese and 1/4 cup butter until melted and smooth.

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While the grits are cooking, place the bacon in a large, deep skillet over medium heat; cook until the bacon fat is rendered, about 3 minutes.

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Stir in the shallot and garlic; cooking and stirring until the shallots are tender, about 5 minutes.

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Pour in the white wine and stir in 3 tablespoons butter, cooking and stirring until the butter has melted.

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Drop the shrimp in the skillet; cook and stir until they are bright pink on the outside and the meat is no longer transparent in the center, about 3 minutes.

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Meat

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Stir in the spinach, mushrooms, and green onions; cook and stir until the spinach wilts, about 2 minutes more.

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Remove the shrimp with a slotted spoon.

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Stir in 2 cups heavy cream. Simmer until the cream is reduced by about a third, about 10 minutes.

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Season with hot sauce, salt, and pepper.

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Salt

Return the shrimp to the skillet to heat through.

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Shrimp

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Serve shrimp and sauce over the prepared grits.

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Servings:

8slices

bacon, chopped 3Tbsps

butter 828milliliters

chicken stock 1Tbsp

minced garlic 237milliliters

shredded smoked Gouda cheese, or more to taste 59milliliters

sliced green onions 177milliliters

old fashioned grits 6servings

salt and ground black pepper to taste 473milliliters

heavy cream 454grams

shrimp, peeled and deveined 1dash

hot pepper sauce, or to taste 237milliliters

chopped portobello mushrooms 1Tbsp

minced shallot 473milliliters

chopped spinach 1Tbsp

white wine

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 29 dollars per bottle.