shrimp and grits

Charleston breakfast bowl

Shrimp and grits is a Southern American dish combining sautéed shrimp with creamy ground corn porridge, typically enriched with butter, cheese, or bacon.

Originally a humble Lowcountry breakfast, it has become a staple of Southern cuisine and upscale restaurant menus alike: We had shrimp and grits at a place in Charleston.

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soul food · Savannah · sea island · breakfast · brunch · butter · cheddar · stone-ground · skillet · cast iron skillet · comfort · coastal · Gulf · tails · prawns · cornmeal · smoky · smoked paprika

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temperature/serving style

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Cold raw vegetable soup

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Cream-based mollusk soup

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Fattened waterfowl liver

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shrimp, grits, shrimps, shrimping, shrimper, shrimpy, grit, gritty, grittiness

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Top 200,000
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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G