Southern
Shrimp and Grits
Shrimp and Grits is Southern home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb large shrimp
- 1 cup stone-ground grits
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup sharp cheddar
- 3 tbsp butter
- 4 slices bacon
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 3 green onions
- 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp Cajun seasoning
- 1/2 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Bring 3 cups water and the milk to a boil, whisk in the grits, and simmer, stirring often, until thick and creamy, about 20 minutes.
- Stir the cheddar and 1 tbsp butter into the grits and keep warm.
- Cook the chopped bacon in a skillet until crisp, then remove, leaving the drippings.
- Toss the shrimp with the Cajun seasoning and cook in the bacon drippings with the garlic until pink, about 4 minutes.
- Add the broth, remaining butter, and a squeeze of lemon and simmer into a light sauce.
- Spoon the shrimp over the grits and top with the bacon and sliced green onions.
Serve it with
A Southern dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Shrimp and Grits, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Shrimp and Grits carries dairy and shellfish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Cajun Jambalaya |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish, Grains, and Dairy
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Shrimp and Grits takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on shrimp, grits, and bacon.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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