Shrimp-n-Grits Nicker Dropper
Another way to make some shrimp and grits different from the other one I did. Don’t remember how I did them but they were awesome. Well, these may be even more awesome. They are a lot easier in prep work that’s for sure. If I remember right the other recipe, I cooked the grits by themselves. This recipe was almost all prepared at once except for pre-frying the sliced garlic and baking the bacon.
Servings 4
Calories 878kcal
Ingredients
Shrimp n Grits Contents
- 2 pounds shrimp ( peeled deveined cleaned)
- 6 slices bacon (cheap or thin )
- 5 tsp garlic (='s 5 fresh sliced cloves)
- 1 cup grits
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 cups cheddar
- 2 tbsp Cottonmouth
- 1/4 tsp salt (to taste)
- 1/2 tbs green onions (Garnish optional)
- 1/2 tbs parsley (Garnish chopped optional)
Other Options (parts)
- 6 oz shrimp (large jumbo, per person)
- 1 cup corn (fresh ear, per person)
Instructions
Shrimp-n-Grits Build
- Get your oven to 350 degrees.
- On an tin foil covered cookie sheet lay out 6 slices of bacon. If I had to buy a whole pack I will cook all of it. It keeps well in fridge.
- Put bacon on oven for 30 minutes or until crispy.
- Keep oven at 350.
- Dump Cottonmouth on drained shrimp and mix until even coverage. Cottonmouth isn’t salty so you may want some. I didn’t feel the dish needed more salt at all.
- In a small medium heated pan drop in butter swirl around until melted.
- Drop garlic and dash of salt in butter.
- Push garlic around until browned. Take off heat. A chef once told me this is known as brown butter garlic. I call it Lays is missing out.
- K your Pyrex and sizing. I used my 7x11 and the guts filled to the brim. I highly recommend using the bigger pyrex to avoid spills when inserting in oven. I got lucky this time and not chancing it next time.
- Butter bottom of Pyrex and evenly dump shrimp.
- Sprinkle cheese over the shrimp. Highly recommend Tillamook cheese if possible.
- Crumble or chop up bacon and sprinkle over cheese.
- Sprinkle the grits even as possible over the the current stack.
- If you can find a 16 ounce can of chicken broth you're good to go. Pour the 1 cans over the goods. If your chicken broth is 15.5 ounce pour 1 can in a 2 cup measuring cup and fill to 2 cup with water…. You need 2 x liquid to 1 dry.
- Pour the fried garlic and butter over as the last layer.
- Carefully place in oven and bake for 1 hour and check at 45 minutes.
- Pull from oven and let cool a little before serving.
- Sprinkle with parsley and green onions and drop’em!
Other Options Build
- Get your grill (hibachi used) started when you insert above on oven.
- Clean shrimp armor leaving head and tail on.
- Carefully cut line long ways on back of shrimp to expose poo vein.
- Wash it out trying to keep head and tail on.
- Cover ear of corn with olive oil.
- Sprinkle shrimp and corn with Cottonmouth.
- Place corn on grill and move around until almost done with nice char marks.
- At end of corn cook go ahead and place shrimp on grill for about 1 minute per side.
- Heat times will vary. You know your grill better.
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➕ Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Shrimp-n-Grits Nicker Dropper
Amount Per Serving (355 g)
Calories 878
Calories from Fat 378
% Daily Value*
Fat 42g65%
Saturated Fat 20g125%
Cholesterol 775mg258%
Sodium 3289mg143%
Potassium 581mg17%
Carbohydrates 42g14%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 78g156%
Vitamin A 970IU19%
Vitamin C 23.1mg28%
Calcium 811mg81%
Iron 7.1mg39%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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