Southern Shrimp and Cheesy Grits

Ingredients

• 3 cups chicken stock
• 1 pinch kosher salt
• 1 cup grits quick corn, or regular...not instant
• 3 tablespoons heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese shredded
• 8 slices slab bacon cut into 1 to 2-inch pieces
• 1 pound large shrimp shelled and deveined
• black pepper
• 3 garlic cloves minced, should be a heaping teaspoon
• 3 tablespoons flat leaf parsley chopped
• 4 scallions white and green parts, chopped, 3 for cooking, 1 for garnish, optional
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 3 hot sauce good shakes of, ie, Tabasco
• 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice usually the juice of 1 whole lemon

Nutrition

• Calories : 700 calories
• Carbohydrate : 14 grams
• Cholesterol : 145 milligrams
• Fat : 59 grams
• Fiber : 1 grams
• Protein : 28 grams
• SaturatedFat : 29 grams
• Sodium : 1520 milligrams
• Sugar : 5 grams