How to Make Tasty Shrimp, Sausage and Grits w/ Citrus Butter Sauce

Shrimp, Sausage and Grits w/ Citrus Butter Sauce.

You can cook Shrimp, Sausage and Grits w/ Citrus Butter Sauce using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Shrimp, Sausage and Grits w/ Citrus Butter Sauce

1. Prepare of Stone ground grits.
2. Prepare 1/2 pound of shrimp.
3. Prepare 1 of smoked sausage link (chopped).
4. You need 1/2 cup of heavy cream.
5. Prepare 4 tbsp of unsalted butter.
6. Prepare 1/4 of lemon juice.
7. It's 1/4 of lime juice.
8. Prepare to taste of salt.
9. Prepare to taste of pepper.
10. It's 2 tbsp of corn starch.
11. Prepare 1/2 cup of water.

Shrimp, Sausage and Grits w/ Citrus Butter Sauce step by step

1. With a small pot fill halfway with water and bring to a high boil. Add a 1/2 tbsp of butter and a pinch of salt. Add grits and turn heat on low to not cook the grits too fast..
2. In a medium skillet cook the sausage till brown, then add the shrimp and cook on high till shrimp turns opague pink and white..
3. To make the sauce: In a sauce pan, add lemon and lime juice, cook on high. Stirring slowly, add the heavy cream to the mixture. Simmer for 2 minutes. Stir in butter gradually till it becomes dissolved. Mix cornstarch in water until fully dissolved and add 2 tbsp of it to mixture. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 4 mins..
4. Once finished, build your grits in a bowl, top it with shrimp and sausage mixture, then finish with the sauce. Add parmesan cheese, parsley, or tomatoes as garnish.