Shrimp + Grits w/ Pork Belly
Shrimp + Grits w/ Pork Belly

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, shrimp + grits w/ pork belly. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook shrimp + grits w/ pork belly using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Shrimp + Grits w/ Pork Belly:
  1. Take wild 60-70 shrimp (medium sized)
  2. Prepare jalepenos, de-seeded and roughly chopped
  3. Get high quality bacon or pork belly, chopped
  4. Make ready Vidalia onion, chopped
  5. Take lemon, juice
  6. Take cornstarch
  7. Make ready garlic, minced
  8. Make ready Valentina hot sauce or to taste
  9. Make ready butter (unsalted)
  10. Take water
  11. Make ready salt and cracked pepper
  12. Prepare scallions, sliced, reserve extra for garnish
  13. Take chopped parsley (for garnish)
  14. Get For the Grits
  15. Make ready geechie boy grits (or wtv brand)
  16. Make ready water
  17. Get butter (unsalted)
  18. Prepare cream cheese
  19. Get salt
Steps to make Shrimp + Grits w/ Pork Belly:
  1. Prep all the vegetables like peppers, onions, garlic, scallions, parsley and pork belly (this is so necessary)
  2. Add 4 cups of water to a stock pot and bring to a boil. Add in the grits and salt and stir. Once it’s at a boil reduce to medium low and keep stirring. Cook for 25 min.
  3. In a large saucepan on medium heat add the pork belly and cook until crisp and fat is rendered
  4. Add the onions, garlic, jalapeños. Sauté for 2 min. Add shrimp (peeled and deveined) and season with salt and pepper). Cook for 4 minutes.
  5. Mix water and cornstarch in a bowl and set aside. This will thicken the shrimp and grits.
  6. Add the hot sauce, lemon juice, scallions to the pot and scrape the bacon bits on the bottom of the pan. Add cornstarch mixture and let come to a boil. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 5 min while finishing up grits. Fold in butter and turn off the heat.
  7. When grits have soaked up most of the liquid (add more water if needed) add in the cream cheese and butter and stir for 2-3 minutes until combined. Turn off the heat.
  8. Plate grits and top with shrimp mixture. Garnish with scallions and parsley and enjoy! 🤤
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