Shrimp with Bacon-Cheese Polenta

Name: Shrimp with Bacon-Cheese Polenta
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps butter; 113 grams cup (about grated cheddar cheese; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 3 cloves garlic; 2 bunches (about 16) green onions; 237 milliliters polenta; 1 teaspoons salt, plus more to taste; 567 grams peeled and deveined shrimp; 8 slices thick-cut bacon; 3 mediums tomatoes

Shrimp with Bacon-Cheese Polentan is a gluten free main course. One portion of this dish contains about 33g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 535 calories. This recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up pepper, butter, shrimp, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the dry white wine you could follow this main course with the White Wine Frozen Yogurt as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a medium saucepan, bring 3 1/2 cups water to a boil.

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Add 1/2 tsp. salt.

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Pour in polenta in a thin stream, whisking constantly, and whisk until mixture comes to a steady simmer. Reduce heat to maintain a gentle simmer, cover, and stir every 5 minutes until done, about 25 minutes total.

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Meanwhile, in a large frying pan over medium-high heat, cook bacon until fat renders and edges start to brown and crisp. While bacon cooks, trim stems and ends of green onions, leaving onions as intact as possible.

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Green Onions

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Drain bacon on paper towels, chop, and set aside.

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Remove all but 1 tbsp. bacon fat from the pan.

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Add whole green onions and cook until soft and starting to brown, about 3 minutes; turn and brown opposite sides, about 3 minutes more. While green onions cook, halve tomatoes along the equator and sprinkle cut sides with salt and pepper. Chop garlic. Set both aside.

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Transfer green onions to a baking sheet or platter and cover to keep warm. Put tomato halves cut side down in pan with bacon fat and cook until starting to brown, about 3 minutes. Turn and cook until heated through and a bit soft, about 3 minutes more.

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Transfer to baking sheet with green onions to keep warm.

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Add garlic to pan and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.

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Add shrimp and cook, stirring constantly, until starting to turn pink, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Pour in wine and continue cooking, stirring and scraping up any browned bits from the pan, until shrimp is cooked through, about 2 minutes.

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Remove from heat.

Stir butter, cheese, and bacon into polenta. Divide polenta among 4 to 6 plates and top with shrimp and remaining liquid in the pan, dividing evenly. Set a tomato half and several green onions beside polenta.

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Serve immediately.

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Servings:

0teaspoons

freshly ground black pepper 2Tbsps

butter 113grams

cup (about grated cheddar cheese 118milliliters

dry white wine 3cloves

garlic 2bunches

(about 16) green onions 237milliliters

polenta 1teaspoons

salt, plus more to taste 567grams

peeled and deveined shrimp 8slices

thick-cut bacon 3mediums

tomatoes

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc

Pinot Grigio, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc are great choices for Shrimp. These crisp white wines work well with shrimp prepared in a variety of ways, whether grilled, fried, or in garlic sauce. You could try St. Michael-Eppan Anger Pinot Grigio. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 23 dollars per bottle.