Dennis' Fit-to-Eat Shrimp and Grits pics coming soon

[PreacherRodgers]

Shrimp Stock
Shrimp shells/heads
Onion
Celery
Garlic
Old Bay seasoning
Celery seeds
Salt and pepper to taste
Zatarans Cajon Seasoning, to taste
Peel shrimp. Cut vegetables into large pieces. Add remaining ingredients. Boil the above. Strain. Reserve liquid and discard everything else.

Shrimp and Sauce
3 Tbsp. bacon grease
1/3 red and green bell pepper, diced small
1/3 onion, diced small
1 link smoked sausage or taso ham or andule sausage (or any spicy sausage), sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1-2 Tbsp. tomato paste
Zatarans Cajon Seasoning, to taste
Pepper, to taste
¼ cup flour
Shrimp, seasoned with Zatarans Cajon Seasoning, salt and pepper, or lemon pepper
Cook all ingredients, except the flour, until done. Add flour and cook additional 3-4 minutes. Add shrimp stock to make sauce/gravy. (You want this to be a little wetter than a traditional gravy.) Add shrimp directly to sauce and cook additional 3-4 minutes. You can finish this sauce with a little lemon juice and/or Worcestershire, if desired. Serve immediately or shrimp will overcook quickly.

Cheesy Grits
1 cup water
1 cup half and half
1 cup grits
Chipotle Tabasco, to taste
Zaterans Cajon Seasoning, to taste
½ stick butter
Salt
2-3 large pieces garlic
Cook the above, adding remaining shrimp stock if needed for proper consistency.
Mix in 1 cup (or more! =) ) cheddar cheese.

Serve shrimp and sauce over grits.

[PreacherRodgers]

pics

here are the pics. Anyone know how to resize them to be larger?
My wife just went on and on and on about how good it was! this recipe is way better than any that the celebrity chefs had posted. you really gotta try it!

[Seboke]

Preacher-man, I will say that does look great! But what did ya smoke?

[PreacherRodgers]

no smoke just good food ...now if i was a making my own sausage the the answer would be easy

[Bbqgoddess]

Preacher,
That shrimp looks like it was touched by the hand of God! Wonderful dish, thank you for the recipe!

[Bassman]

Great looking shrimp, Preacher. As far as resizing pictures, a lot of us use Photobucket as our free hosting site. The option for resizing is quite easy there and you can just copy and paste. A good size for posting is 640X480.

[Texas-Hunter]

Hmmm I would have never thought shrimp with grits... But that does look like a good meal.. The sauce recipe looks like a start to a gumbo recipe. Very nice.

[curious aardvark]

you can't resize pics attached to posts the forum software automatically resizes them to 640x480.
I find if I resize them to around that first they display a little bigger.
But those are sharp clear pics - no problems I can see and great looking dish.

I'd lose the grits and either use cous cous or pasta - but that's just me and grits lol

[Walking Dude]

dude, next time smoke that shimp...........do a search here for dingles shrimp...........you won't do em any other way............not rubbery AT all

[Slanted88]

Sounds pretty tasty & looks that way to me! Nice job!

[gooose53]

Being raised in the south most of my life I had never heard of shrimp and grits until I moved to Charleston. Thought that just didn't sound good at all.......but then I tried it.....wonderfull!!! I'll have to post my recipe too. Thanks Preacher!!

[GoToLeep]

Shrimp and cheesy grits. Now that is just good food. Just smoke the shrimp and Tasso sausage and throw that in the sauce/gravy as well.

Come on, with a name like Curious, you should want to try those cheesy grits!!

They are good!! If I haven't said that yet!

[Richtee]

here are the pics. Anyone know how to resize them to be larger?

I think you ought try to keep her just that size :{)

Nice combo... like the spice!

[thepoolguy]

Being raised in the south most of my life I had never heard of shrimp and grits until I moved to Charleston. Thought that just didn't sound good at all.......but then I tried it.....wonderfull!!! I'll have to post my recipe too. Thanks Preacher!!

Charles Towne is the place for Scrimps and Grits , this is where it all started.



Thanks Preach....... Good One..... I'll have to dig up my family's recipe and post it on to you all.

[cowgirl]

Great looking shrimp and grits PreacherRodgers, thank you for sharing your recipe!