Creole Shrimp and Grits + A Giveaway! A fresh, faster, delicious spin on a Southern food classic from the Add A Pinch cookbook. You’ve got to try this recipe!
After spending time in Nashville, TN and Charleston, South Carolina last year, I fell in love with Southern food. It started with biscuits, working with White Lily flour and eating at 
So when I found out one of my blogger friends, 
So far, I’ve made the 
Robyn’s book is beautifully photographed. . like you will want to make and eat every single recipe in this cookbook!
I love how Robyn describes her book: “The book is filled with family-friendly recipes that solve the dilemma of what’s for supper! You’ll find that the recipes are indeed easier, faster and fresher Southern classics with tips on sharing dishes with others and entertaining, how to recreate leftovers into another meal your family will love, tips on how to make recipes even easier, and a few simple swaps to lighten up many of those favorite Southern dishes.”
Each recipe is coded with specific icons to tell you if the recipe is 10 ingredients or fewer, can be prepared in 30 minutes or less, freezer friendly and slow cooker favorites! I love it and this makes looking at each recipe so much easier! Especially if you need to flip through quickly to find a 30 minutes or less recipe on a weeknight. It’s brilliant!
So, of course, I had to make Robyn’s creamy shrimp and grits! I used quick cooking grits but Robyn also shares how to make grits (using stone-ground grits) in your slow cooker!
I had shrimp and grits the last time I was in Charleston and I knew I had to make Robyn’s recipe. and you guys. . this was SOOOOO GOOD!
You guys have to try this shrimp and grits recipe and be sure to enter the giveaway down below! One lucky person will win a copy of Robyn’s book. . and even if you don’t win, I think you should buy this book! It’s filled with so many great recipes . . did I mention Parmesan Garlic Biscuit Rolls, Grandmother’s Chicken and Dumplings and a Buttermilk Praline Cheesecake?! Go get this book!
Creole Shrimp and Grits
Ingredients
For the shrimp:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 6 medium plum tomatoes chopped
- 1 green bell pepper cored, seeded and chopped
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds medium shrimp peeled and deveined
For the creamy grits:
- 6 cups water or chicken stock
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking grits
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
For the shrimp:
- In a medium skillet set over medium heat, heat the olive oil. Add the onion, and celery and cook, stirring, until tender but not browned, about 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes, bell pepper, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, salt and pepper and cook, stirring, for 5 more minutes. Add the shrimp. Cover and cook until the shrimp are opaque and cooked through, 5 minutes.
For the creamy grits:
- In a large saucepan set over medium-high heat, bring the liquid (chicken stock or water) and the salt to a boil. While whisking constantly, slowly pour the grits into the boiling water. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, whisking often, until the grits become thick and creamy, about 5 minutes. Remove from the pan from the heat, stir in the cheese.
- Divide the grits among serving dishes. Spoon the shrimp over the grits and drizzle with the pan sauce.
Recipe printed here with permission from the author.
THE GIVEAWAY
open to residents within the United States only
Good luck!
Alice,
I’m so thrilled that you like the cookbook! I really hope that your family enjoys the recipes as much as mine does!
I absolutely LOVE your photos of the Creole Shrimp and Grits… they are making me hungry in the early morning just looking at them! And your review of the book is so kind – thank you!
Thanks so much for doing this giveaway for the cookbook – so awesome of you to do that! I hope your readers enjoy the book as well!
You’re the best, Alice! Thanks so much!
Robyn xo
Robyn, your book is beautiful and great! Like I said in my post, I LOVE Southern food so I am sooo looking forward to cooking my way through your book! Thank you again!!! Congrats on such an amazing cookbook!
It sounds like I’d want to cook out of this book all winter long for some cozy southern food. This recipe looks amazingly delicious and comforting!
I’m definitely going to try this for dinner asap!
I think Parsi shrimp is my favorite southern recipe!
I would love to win this one. I am definitely trying the shrimp and grits ! That is by far one of my favorite southern recipes and this one looks nice and easy too!
I love beignets! But if I had to choose an actual dish, it’d be jambalaya!
Gorgeous! Shrimp and grits is one of my all-time favorite dishes, yet somehow I’ve never made it at home! This changes everything!
Sausage and biscuits with a large glass of sweet iced tea!
My favorite southern dish… That’s hard:( but pies and cobblers are so tasty and bring the family together so I’d have to say those 🙂
I am always looking for a new shrimp dish. Shrimp is always something I have on hand for quick weeknight dinner.
Yum! There’s a local restaurant with AMAZING shrimp and grits. I would love to be able to make them at home! Thanks for sharing!
Shrimp and grits is one of my favorite meals to enjoy when I visit my son in CHarleston, SC Alice! Can’t wait to try Robyn’s recipe! Her book looks gorgeous!
Such a great book love! So many good recipes!
My favorite southern dish is shrimp and grits. It’s probably because that is my mother’s favorite dish and I would love to make that for her on Mother’s Day ❤️
This looks so good! This cookbook looks beautiful!
I would love to win this!! My husband is from Atlanta and he would love for me to make the food he grew up eating!
One of my all time favorite dishes…Looks delicious!
Looks so good!!!
My favorite southern food is cornbread!!
Beautiful book, beautiful recipe! 🙂
What a beautiful book and the recipes sound amazing! I am adding it to my cart right away.
Growing up in the south, I’ve always loved sweet tea brined fried chicken and waffles! The combination of the two flavors (savory/sweet) blows me away. Crawfish tails served on cheese grits is another winner! Would love to get my hands on this cookbook and get to cooking these GAWWgious recipes!
Cheesy grits!
I can’t wait to try this recipe!! Will buy the cookbook if I don’t win.
My favorite southern dish is fried chicken and gravy
Looks amazing!! Need to try this!
This Shrimp & Grits dish looks legit! I can see the flavor in that sauce. YUM!
My favorite southern food is Chicken and Dumplings.
This cookbook is INCREDIBLE. And this recipe. YUM! So excited to make it!
I love a good potato salad
I’ve seen lots of positive reviews for this cookbook, and I’m looking forward to its release! 🙂 I love biscuits & gravy, shrimp po boys, a good gumbo, and barbecue brisket. ? I grew up primarily in the south (Louisiana, Alabama, and Texas) and southern food is my love language. 😉
Hi Nicole, it’s already out on Amazon now if you just want to buy it!
A southern recipe I love to cook is sausage biscuits and gravy, thanks for the giveaway!!!^_^
Love fried chicken!
My favorite Southern dish is Caramel Butter Cake!
I love fried chicken!
Holy grits! This looks amazing! I am definitely going to try this out.
Fried catfish is my favorite.
Uh, yum! This is one of our very favorite dishes, and I love her take on Southern food… easier, faster, fresher! Perfect. Oh, and I just saw you’re in the May issue of FN Magazine – too cool! Way to go, Alice!
Thank you so much, Cheryl!!
Addicted to gorgeous cookbooks! Bonus points if the recipes are doable and delicious!!! Good luck to me!!!
Thank you for sharing your passion for food with us. Your blog is a great resource for anyone who loves to cook.