Shrimp And Grits With Kahlua Bacon Jam

• For Kahlua Bacon Jam:
• 8 bacon strips
• 1 cup finely diced onion
• 2/3 cup diced tomatoes
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 cup kahlua
• For shrimp and grits
• 1.5 pounds fresh shrimp (with heads and peel)
• 1 cup creme of wheat
• 2 tablespoons cooking sherry

1. Cook the bacon on a frying pan until brown and crisp. Set aside on paper towel to blot out grease. Cut bacon into small pieces or tear it with your hands.
2. Caramelize onion over medium heat (this takes about 8 minutes) until onion is soft and brown and sweet to taste.
3. Add garlic and tomatoes. Season with vinegar, brown sugar, paprika and chili powder. Simmer for another 8 minutes for all the flavors to mix. Add kahlua and stir mixture. It will slowly thicken over 3 minutes.
4. Add bacon bits and stir around. Simmer for 3 minutes until jam is thick and caramelized.
5. Add cooking wine to shrimp in the pan. Pan sear shrimp with canola oil for 2-5 minutes, until shrimp turns pink throughout (that can happen very fast). Salt and pepper to taste.
6. Add bacon jam to shrimp and mix thoroughly on low heat, for 1 minute. Turn heat off.
7. In a separate pot, boil 3-4 cups of water. When water is boiled, add cream of wheat bit by bit and stir constantly. Keep stirring while water is boiling for 4 minutes until cream of wheat has thickened into almost a paste. Turn heat to low, simmer cream of wheat for another 4 minutes while stirring occasionally. It should thicken some more. Turn off heat when you're happy with the consistency.
8. Serve bacon jammed shrimp over cream of wheat. Enjoy every bite!

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/34836-shrimp-and-grits-with-kahlua-bacon-jam (may not work)