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Shrimp with Bacon and Polenta

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Ingredients

  • 5 cups water
  • 1 cup instant dry polenta
  • 2 Tbs. olive oil
  • 6 slices of bacon, chopped into bite-size pieces
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 (28 oz.) can whole tomatoes
  • 1 lb. fresh or thawed frozen shrimp, peeled, deveined and washed
  • Small handful of parsley

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from usatoday.com

Preparation

Step 1

Bring the water to a boil and slowly pour in the polenta. Bring the heat right down. Keep stirring and cook the polenta for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and cover the pot.

Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat, then add the bacon. Cook for a few minutes until the bacon is brown but not crispy. Add the garlic and cook for another minute or so. Add the tomatoes and break them up with a potato masher (gently, gently!). Allow the sauce to simmer for 15 minutes, or until it begins to thicken.

While the sauce is bubbling away, get your shrimp ready. Peel off the shells and tails. If they're not already deveined, take a small, sharp knife and run it down the back of the shrimp. You're just making a very shallow cut. Use the tip of your knife to pull out the vein. Rinse all the shrimp under cold water to be sure they're clean. Drain them well.

Put the shrimp into the simmering sauce and stir. They'll cook quickly, about 3 minutes.

Give your polenta another stir. You may need to add a splash of warm water to loosen it up. Create a nest of polenta on a plate and then ladle the saucy shrimp onto it. Sprinkle parsley on top.

Yield: 4 servings

Per serving (1 heaping cup polenta, 1 heaping cup shrimp with sauce): 504 calories, 37g carbohydrates, 23g protein, 28g fat (8g saturated), 4g fiber, 166mg cholesterol, 859mg sodium

For a less fating version, I removed the olive oil and reduced bacon to 4 slices. Still tastes great.

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