PAULA DEEN to the Rescue!
So, I searched the Internet for recipes all afternoon. I've found a few that I wanted to try, but lacked several key ingredients to make the recipe. Such as Coconut Fried Chicken or Coconut Panko Crusted Tilapia, Pacific Island Fish in Coconut Sauce and Cajun Shrimp Burgers. Notice the coconut theme going on...I had a wonderful Chinese dish called Coconut Chicken off a buffet yesterday and can't stop thinking about it!
However, I was set on having seafood, but something simple. I thought about making Fish Madalene and serving Lemon-Basil Bowties and thawing a Spinach Souffle and stuffed into tomatoes and broiling...but that was too much work.
I ventured out into the Land Of Deen & Butter and came up with Shrimp & Grits and a Baked Rice Pudding for dinner.
The Shrimp & Grits were simple enough, I didn't have all the ingredients, but I used regular bacon, red onion, cherry tomatoes, Cajun seasoning on the shrimp, a dash of Frank's Red Hot in the cream sauce, deglazed the pan with twice the amount of wine, and threw some cheese in the cream sauce to thicken it.
WOW! IT WAS WONDERFUL!
Next time, I'm going to deglaze the pan with a mild beer. The wine made it a bit too sweet, yet still delicious.
Now the Baked Rice Pudding....it was different than what I expected. Maybe, it's better cold or that it failed my expectations following the Shrimp & Grits. It was okay, but I think next time I'll just buy some CozyShack Rice Pudding and call it a day. You know, cause it's all butter!
