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

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20 min.

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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.