Grits and Shrimp

9 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 cups chicken or pork stock
  • 1 cup stone-ground grits
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/2 cup chopped bacon
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 12 medium-to-large shrimp, peeled
  • 2 poached (or warm-bath-cooked) eggs
  • 1/4 cup chopped scallion

Directions

  1. 1
    Heat stock in saucepan over medium heat.
  2. 2
    Whisk in grits, beating out lumps.
  3. 3
    Add soy sauce and salt and pepper and simmer, whisking frequently, until grits lose their raw taste, about 15 minutes.
  4. 4
    Meanwhile, cook bacon in skillet until crisp; remove to paper towels.
  5. 5
    Add half the butter to the skillet and, when foam subsides, put in shrimp, sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook, turning once or twice, until pink, about 5 minutes.
  6. 6
    When grits are done, stir in remaining butter and the bacon.
  7. 7
    Serve them with shrimp and eggs.
  8. 8
    Scatter scallions over all.

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