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Blue Crab and Grits Recipe

For the sauce

  • 2 cups of your favorite Grits
  • ( I used Geechie Boy blue grits from Edisto Island SC)
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • ¾ cup white wine, Chardonnay
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 2oz diced candied jalapenos
  • 1 pound jumbo lump crab meat
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • kosher salt
  • For lemon and garlic topping
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons lemon zest, from 1 medium lemon

Instructions

Cook Grits according to package directions.

In large pan over medium high heat melt butter in olive oil. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds, stirring constantly, until fragrant. Add white wine, lemon juice and candied jalapenos. Bring to boil and reduce to simmer and cook for 8 minutes. Add lump crab meat and stir to mix well. Add ½ cup of Parmesan and kosher salt; stir. Pour sauce over the grits. Top with Lemon Zest, Garlic, Parsley and some more Parmesan cheese (optional)and serve.

SERVES 4

Chef Ed Dombrowski
Lees Farmers Market
Murrells Inlet, SC

Drunken Shrimp Recipe

Drunken Shrimp Recipe – Chef Ed Dombrowski
serves 4

Cooking Drunken Shrimp
  • 1-1/4 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 2 tbl coconut oil
  • 1/2 cup local beer
  • 1 med onion diced
  • 2 scallions chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tbl fresh ginger, minced
  • 3 tbl ketchup
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 2 tsp water
  • 1 tsp red pepper flakes, optional
  • 2 cups of cooked Carolina Rice
  • salt and pepper to taste

Heat coconut oil in a large skillet over high heat, stir in onion, garlic, and ginger just until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the shrimp, salt, and black pepper, and cook and stir until the shrimp is slightly pink, about 2 minutes. Stir in the beer, ketchup, and sugar, and bring the sauce to a boil.

Dissolve the cornstarch in the water, and stir into the boiling sauce. Cook until the sauce returns to a boil and thickens, the shrimp are bright pink on the outside, about 5 minutes. Place rice in bowl and spoon shrimp and sauce on top then Sprinkle with the green onions.