Brad's shrimp and creamy polenta breakfast
Brad's shrimp and creamy polenta breakfast. Meanwhile, heat a LG non stick frying pan on medium heat. When butter clarifies, add shrimp and Cajun spices. Remove shrimp to a bowl and pour all of the pan sauce over the top.
Ingredients
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Prepare of For the shrimp
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You need 1 lb of lg shrimp, peeled, deveined, & butterflied
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You need 2 tbs of butter
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You need to taste of Cajun seasoning
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You need 1/4 cup of white wine
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It’s Squeeze of lemon juice
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You need of For the polenta
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It’s 1 of small onion, chopped
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You need 1 of jalapeño, deseeded, and minced
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It’s 1 clove of garlic, minced
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You need 1 cup of fine ground cornmeal
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Prepare 3 cups of water
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You need 1 cup of whole milk
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It’s 3 tsp of granulated chicken bouillon
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You need Touch of Cajun spice
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Prepare 1/2 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
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Prepare of Other ingredients
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It’s 4 of eggs
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It’s of Louisiana hot sauce
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Prepare of More shredded cheddar cheese to put on top of polenta
Steps
- Heat a large heavy bottomed pot. Add a touch of oil. Saute on medium low heat onion, jalapeño, and garlic until onions become translucent..
- Meanwhile, heat a LG non stick frying pan on medium heat. Add butter. When butter clarifies, add shrimp and Cajun spices. Saute 1 1/2 minutes. The butter will brown. Stir constantly. Add wine and lemon juice. Reduce liquid almost completely. Remove shrimp to a bowl and pour all of the pan sauce over the top. Wash pan to reuse..
- Once onion is sweated out, add water, milk, cajun spice, and chicken bouillon to the pot. Slowly bring to a boil..
- While this is happening, fry 2 eggs to your liking. I go Sunnyside up so the yolk soaks down onto the polenta..
- When pot is boiling slowly whisk in cornmeal. Stir constantly until polenta is soft and smooth without lumps..
- Plate polenta. Top with more cheese. Arrange shrimp around the outside. Top with eggs. Add hot sauce if desired. Serve immediately. Enjoy..
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