🍤 Shrimp and Grits

Ingredients

• 🥛1 cup milk
• 🍲1 cup chicken broth
• 🧂to taste salt
• 🌽2/3 cup (3.5 oz) quick grits
• 🧀1/2 cup (1.75 oz) shredded cheddar
• 🧈1 tbsp butter
• 🥓3 slices (2 oz) bacon
• 🧄2 cloves garlic
• 🦐10.5 oz (300 g) peeled shrimp
• 🌶️1 tsp smoked paprika
• 🍋1 tbsp lemon juice
• 🧅2 (1 oz) green onions

• Recipes with milk
• Recipes with shredded cheddar
• Recipes with butter
• Recipes with bacon
• Recipes with peeled shrimp
• Recipes with lemon juice
• Recipes with green onions

How to make it, step by step

1. Bring the milk and broth to a boil with a pinch of salt. Slowly whisk in the grits and simmer over low heat for 8-10 minutes until thick.
2. Off the heat stir in the cheddar and half the butter. Cover and set aside.
3. Meanwhile, chop the bacon and cook it in a skillet until crisp, 5 minutes.
4. Add the rest of the butter, the minced garlic, the shrimp and the smoked paprika to the skillet and sauté for 3-4 minutes, until the shrimp turn pink.
5. Drizzle with the lemon juice and add the sliced green onions. Serve the shrimp over the grits.