Grits a Ya Ya
A friend of mine made this grits a ya ya dish for a Mardi Gras dinner. It was so delicious, I just had to have the recipe.
Ingredients
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3 ½ cups chicken stock
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¾ cup old fashioned grits
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¼ cup heavy cream, plus more as needed
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1 cup shredded smoked Gouda cheese, or more to taste
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¼ cup butter
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8 slices bacon, chopped
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1 tablespoon minced shallot
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1 tablespoon minced garlic
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1 splash white wine
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3 tablespoons butter
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1 pound jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
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2 cups chopped spinach
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1 cup chopped portobello mushrooms
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¼ cup sliced green onions
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2 cups heavy cream
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1 dash hot pepper sauce, or to taste
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
Description
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Prepare the grits: Bring chicken stock to a boil in a saucepan over high heat.
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Slowly pour grits into stock while stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low; simmer until grits are tender and thick, 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Stir in heavy cream to thin out the grits. Stir in Gouda cheese and butter until melted and smooth.
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While grits are cooking, make the shrimp sauce: Place bacon in a large, deep skillet over medium heat; cook until bacon fat is rendered, about 3 minutes.
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Stir in shallot and garlic; cooking and stirring until shallots are tender, about 5 minutes.
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Pour in white wine and stir in butter, cooking and stirring until butter has melted.
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Drop shrimp in the skillet; cook and stir until they are bright pink on the outside and the meat is no longer transparent in the center, about 3 minutes.
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Stir in spinach, mushrooms, and green onions; cook and stir until the spinach wilts, about 2 minutes more.
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Remove shrimp with a slotted spoon.
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Stir in heavy cream to the sauce. Simmer until the cream is reduced by about a third, about 10 minutes. Season with hot sauce, salt, and pepper. Return shrimp to the skillet to heat through.
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Serve shrimp with sauce over the prepared grits.