Name: Grits a Ya Ya
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Chicken stock - 3 ½ cups; Old fashioned grits - ¾ cup; Heavy cream, plus more as needed - ¼ cup; Shredded smoked Gouda cheese, or more to taste - 1 cup; Butter - ¼ cup; Bacon, chopped - 8 slices; Minced shallot - 1 tablespoon; Minced garlic - 1 tablespoon; White wine - 1 splash; Butter - 3 tablespoons; Jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined - 1 pound; Chopped spinach - 2 cups; Chopped portobello mushrooms - 1 cup; Sliced green onions - ¼ cup; Heavy cream - 2 cups; Hot pepper sauce, or to taste - 1 dash; Salt and ground black pepper to taste - 1 dash

Ingredients for - Grits a Ya Ya

1. Chicken stock 3 ½ cups

2. Old fashioned grits ¾ cup

3. Heavy cream, plus more as needed ¼ cup

4. Shredded smoked Gouda cheese, or more to taste 1 cup

5. Butter ¼ cup

6. Bacon, chopped 8 slices

7. Minced shallot 1 tablespoon

8. Minced garlic 1 tablespoon

9. White wine 1 splash

10. Butter 3 tablespoons

11. Jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 pound

12. Chopped spinach 2 cups

13. Chopped portobello mushrooms 1 cup

14. Sliced green onions ¼ cup

15. Heavy cream 2 cups

16. Hot pepper sauce, or to taste 1 dash

17. Salt and ground black pepper to taste 1 dash

How to cook deliciously - Grits a Ya Ya

1 . Stage

Prepare the grits: Bring chicken stock to a boil in a saucepan over high heat.

2 . Stage

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.

3 . Stage

Stir in heavy cream to thin out the grits. Stir in Gouda cheese and butter until melted and smooth.

4 . Stage

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.

5 . Stage

Stir in shallot and garlic; cooking and stirring until shallots are tender, about 5 minutes.

6 . Stage

Pour in white wine and stir in butter, cooking and stirring until butter has melted.

7 . Stage

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.

8 . Stage

Stir in spinach, mushrooms, and green onions; cook and stir until the spinach wilts, about 2 minutes more.

9 . Stage

Remove shrimp with a slotted spoon.

10 . Stage

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.

11 . Stage

Serve shrimp with sauce over the prepared grits.