Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, shrimp and creamy queso grits. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Shrimp and Creamy Queso Grits is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Shrimp and Creamy Queso Grits is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook shrimp and creamy queso grits using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Shrimp and Creamy Queso Grits:
- Take 16 shrimps, peeled and devained
- Take 1 cup water
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1 cup heavy cream
- Prepare 6 tbsp quick grits
- Prepare 1/3 cup Quesadilla cheese
- Make ready 2 tbsp butter
- Make ready 1/4 tsp saffron
- Take 1 tbsp Adobe Con Sazon
- Take 1 tbsp Creole sesoning
- Make ready cayenne pepper
- Prepare 3 tbsp green onions, chopped
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Steps to make Shrimp and Creamy Queso Grits:
- In a medium pot, add heavy cream, water and salt on medium-high heat.
- Once the cream mix starts to steam, add in the grits and cook for 3 minutes.
- Once the grits start to thicken add in cheese and cook for another 2-3 minutes until cheese has melted and grits are at desired thickness. Be sure to turn the heat down to medium-low and constantly stir the grits until the cheese has melted completly.
- While the grits are cooking, in a seperate pan add butter and melt on medium-low heat.
- In a bowl season shrimp with below seasonings.
- Once butter has melted add in saffron and stir for 30 seconds before adding in the shrimp. Cook on medium-high heat for 5 minutes, or until shrimp has cooked through and is pink. Then toss in green onions, and remove from heat.
- Serve grits topped with shrimp and a sprinkle of cayenne pepper!
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