Quick (really quick), easy, and delicious. This recipe uses Bob’s Red Mill polenta. Other brands may have different cooking instructions.
Shrimp & Polenta
Ingredients
- .5 lbs Frozen shrimp
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Dried Thyme
- 1 teaspoon Fine Salt
- .5 cup Polenta I used Bob's Red Mill
- 2 teaspoons Ghee
- 1 tablespoon White Distilled Vinegar
Instructions
- Put 1.5 cups of water in a pot and add 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil
- Whisk in the polenta and cook on low for five minutes, stirring several times.
- Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of ghee.
- Cover the polenta and let it sit while you make the shrimp.
- Put the shrimp in a colander and run cold water on it to get rid of ice crystals. Just 15-20 seconds is enough.
- Mince the garlic.
- Put the olive oil & garlic in a skillet and cook over a low flame until fragrant.
- Add the shrimp, add a little water, and sprinkle with thyme and the fine salt.
- Stir in a splash of white distilled vinegar to add a bit of acid.
- Cook until done, then stir in 1/2 teaspoon of ghee.