Garlic Lemon Shrimp with Cheddar Cheese Grits
Garlic Lemon Shrimp with Cheddar Cheese Grits

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Meanwhile, season the shrimp with salt and pepper. Grits are cooked with Parmesan cheese and butter to make a decadent base for the shrimp. Lemon garlic shrimp is the best, so when paired with delicious grits its a win win situation.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook garlic lemon shrimp with cheddar cheese grits using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Garlic Lemon Shrimp with Cheddar Cheese Grits:
  1. Take Fast cooking grits ,
  2. Make ready Shrimp , medium size , peeled and deveined
  3. Prepare cheddar cheese Grated ,
  4. Take Unsalted butter shrimp ,   tablespoonsMedium , peeled and deveined ,
  5. Take Garlic , crushed ,
  6. Prepare lemon juice lemon Fresh ,
  7. Prepare lemon rind Grated ,
  8. Get Salt Pepper and
  9. Prepare Parsley , rough chopped ,

Season shrimp with oregano and paprika then add shrimp, green onions, and garlic to skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, until shrimp is pink and cooked through. If you do those two things your shrimp will sauté, turn lightly golden, retain all their sweet shrimpy juicy goodness. Not only that, but the garlic will also taste better because it is fried and not boiled.

Instructions to make Garlic Lemon Shrimp with Cheddar Cheese Grits:
  1. Bring 3 cups of water to boil in a medium saucepan over high heat, cover.
  2. Once at boil, uncover and slowly whisk in grits, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. 
  3. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally until thicken, about 5 minutes. 
  4. Once thickened, stir in graded cheddar cheese and 1 tablespoon butter. Remove from the heat adding salt and pepper to taste. Cover to keep warm.
  5. In a bowl, season shrimp with salt and pepper.
  6. Heat large skillet on medium-high heat adding remaining 2 tablespoons of butter. Once butter is melted add shrimp and crushed garlic and cook gently stirring until shrimp are are pink.
  7. Remove from heat and add juice from half a lemon, 2 tablespoons of water, lemon rind and chopped parsley coating shrimp with sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
  8. Divide grits into bowls and top with shrimp. 
  9. Deglaze skillet 2 tablespoons of water. Spoon remaining sauce from skillet over shrimp and grits.

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