Grits and Grunts

Name: Grits and Grunts
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 avocado, peeled, pitted, and sliced; 3 slices bacon slices, diced; 2 larges eggs; 237 milliliters instant grits; 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to taste; 2 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 fillets snapper or rockfish fillets; 1 sweet onion, diced, such as Walla Walla; 1 tomato, sliced; 3 Tbsps unsalted butter; 1 liters water

Grits and Grunts might be just the Southern recipe you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 1135 calories, 81g of protein, and 55g of fat per serving. For $9.03 per serving, you get Head to the store and pick up avocado, rockfish, kosher salt and pepper, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

First, prepare the grits. Bring the water and salt to a boil in a heavy-bottomed pot.

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Whisking the whole time, add the grits in a steady stream. Reduce the heat to low or medium-low and cook, stirring frequently, for 10 minutes, or until the grits have bloomed and are creamy. Stir in the butter and taste for salt. Keep warm.

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Butter

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Fry the bacon in a large sauté pan over medium heat, until crispy.

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Bacon

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Remove the bacon to paper towels to drain.

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Bacon

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Add the onion to the pan and sauté in the bacon fat until soft. Keep warm.

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Bacon Drippings

Onion

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Coat the fillets thoroughly with Cajun seasoning and sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper.

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Heat the butter in a large clean sauté pan or in the bacon pan over medium-high heat.

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Add the fish fillets and fry for 2 to 3 minutes per side, or until just cooked through. While the fish is cooking, crack the eggs into the pan and fry alongside the fish, or fry in a separate skillet if the pan is not large enough to accommodate both.

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Fish

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Spoon the grits into two large shallow serving bowls and sprinkle with the bacon and sautéed onion. Top each with 2 fish fillets and crown with an egg.

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Bacon

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Onion

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Lay the sliced avocado and tomato on the side and season with salt and pepper.

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From In the Kitchen with the Pike

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Place Fish Guys by The Crew of Pike

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Servings:

avocado, peeled, pitted, and sliced 3slices

bacon slices, diced 2larges

eggs 237milliliters

instant grits 1teaspoon

kosher salt, plus more to taste 2servings

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 4fillets

snapper or rockfish fillets 1

sweet onion, diced, such as Walla Walla 1

tomato, sliced 3Tbsps

unsalted butter 1liters

water

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. The J.J. Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese Riesling with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 56 dollars per bottle.