SHRIMP GRAVY
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
  • 2 LBS PEELED AND DE VEINED SHRIMP
  • 6 SLICES BACON
  • 1/4 TEA SPOON SALT
  • 1/4 TEA SPOON PEPPER FRESH GROUND
  • 2 TABLE SPOONS CORN STARCH
  • 2 TABLE SPOONS VEGETABLE OIL
  • 1 FAMILY SIZE PACK OF YELLOW RICE
  • MAHATMA BRAND
  • 2 TABLE SPOONS BUTTER
  • 1/2 CUP FLOUR SELF RISING COATING SHRIMP 1/2 CUP FOR GRAVY
  • 1/2 CUP COLD WATER
DIRECTIONS
  1. PEEL, DE VEIN AND WASH SHRIMP
  2. DRAIN SHRIMP
  3. IN A LARGE SKILLET PLACE 6 STRIPS BACON AND BROWN NOT TO CRISPY. DRAIN GREASE. NOTE IF YOU LIKE THE BACON GREASE FLAVOR SUBSTITUTE IF FOR THE 2 TABLE SPOONS VEGETABLE OIL. CHOP BACON IN TO SMALL PIECES AND SET ASIDE. IN A 2 QUART SAUCE PAIN AND 2 2/3 CUPS WATER 2 TABLE SPOONS BUTTER (OPTIONAL). BRING TO A ROLLING BOIL ADD RICE AND COOK TILL TENDER FLUFF WITH FORK. PLACE OIL OR BACON GREASE IN SKILLET
  4. PLACE DRAINED SHRIMP IN FLOUR TO COAT
  5. PLACE FLOURED SHRIMP IN SKILLET WITH BACON PIECES COOK SHRIMP UN TILL GOLDEN BROWN. MIX 1/2 CUP COLD WATER WITH 1 TABLE SPOON CORN STARCH MIX WELL (NO LUMPS) ADD 1/2 CUP FLOUR TO CORN STARCH MIXTURE MIX WELL (NO LUMPS) THEN SLOWLY POUR OVER SHRIMP STIR TILL THICK IF TOO THICK ADD A LITTLE WATER TO THIN. ADD SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE. SERVE OVER HOT YELLOW RICE BED.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
STORY: MY MOM SAID MY GRAND FATHER TRAVELED ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AS AN ENGINEER HE BUILT THE SCHOOLS FOR THE GOVERNMENT. SO WHEN HE CAME TO SAVANNAH WHERE MY MOM AND DAD LIVED AT THE TIME HE WOULD TELL MY MOM THEY WERE COMING HOME AND MY MOM WOULD ALWAYS COOK A BIG HOME COOKED MEAL FOR THEM IT INCLUDED FRESH VEGETABLES GOOD CUTS OF MEATS BREAD AND ALWAYS A HOME MADE DESERT.USUALLY IT WOULD BE A POUND CAKE OR FRUIT CAKE. ON ONE OF THE TRIPS TO SEE MOM AND DAD HE SHOWED MOM HOW TO COOK SHRIMP GRAVY WHEN MOM ASK HIM WHERE HE HAD GOTTEN THE RECIPE FROM HE ANSWERED MOM STATING THAT HIS MOTHER HAD GOTTEN THE RECIPE FROM HER FAMILY. HE LOVE MOM TO COOK TRADITIONAL HOME MADE MEALS FOR HIS VISITS HOME. HE SAID MOM'S COOKING REMINDED HIM OF HIS OTHER'S COOKING. GRAND FATHER DIED TWO YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN. SO ALL I HAVE TO REMEMBER HIM BY IS THE STORIES AND MEMENTOS.