Bbq Shrimp & Grits

Category: Main Dishes | Blog URL: http://www.gastfamilyrecipes.com/2009/12/shrimp-grits.html

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.

Photo: Angela Gast

Ingredients

1 1/4 pounds medium shrimp

2 cups quick grits

6 cups water

1/2 stick unsalted butter

1 1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese

3/4 cup chopped scallions

3 large garlic cloves crushed

8 strips thick cut bacon

BBQ sauce to taste

Preparation

Fry bacon to crisp, crumble & set aside. Cook shrimp on a stovetop grill until shrimp is pink about 8-10 minutes. Add shrimp, scallions and garlic to leftover bacon gristle. Add bacon bits and set to low heat.

Bring water to boil, add grits. Stir and cover for 5 minutes then turn heat to low. Add shrimp, scallions, garlic, bacon and cheese to grits. Stir until cheese is melted. Serve piping hot, topped with BBQ sauce.

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For our honeymoon, Aaron & I took a road trip down the East Coast. We stopped in Charleston, SC and we ate at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. where we had shrimp & grits for the first time. OH MAN! It was SOOOO good. Aaron ordered it as appetizer and we liked it so much he got it as an entree too!
Since you can't find shrimp & grits on a menu anywhere in Richmond, VA Aaron came up with his own recipe and topped it off with BBQ sauce. YUM, YUM, YUM!!!