So what does one do with grits?

[Annie&Hallie'sMom]

Last year I bought the instant (with butter) and found they were yummy (Hey, what does a Northern girl know?). However, I found "Quick" grits were cheaper. Directions are on the box as to how to cook, but what do I do with them? (other than just eat them with a little butter). Any suggestions?

 

[Zandy595]

2 eggs, beaten
1 ½ cups milk
2 Tablespoons melted butter
3 cups cooked grits
1 ½ cups grated cheddar
¼ cup grated cheddar (for top)
¼ teaspoon paprika
pinch of cayenne pepper ( I left this out)
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 450°. Spray a 1 quart casserole with nonstick cooking spray. In a bowl add eggs, milk, and butter to cooked grits mix well. Stir in 1 ½ cups cheddar and spices. Transfer mixture to casserole. Sprinkle with ¼ cup cheddar. Bake 40 minutes.

This is a good side dish to have with ham.

 

[arminnie]

This recipe is slightly different - no eggs or milk and is garlic flavored.

Grits - Garlic Cheese
6 oz tube garlic cheese 1/4 c cheddar grated
8 oz grated pepper jack 1/2 t cumin
4 c water
1 c uncooked grits
1 t salt
1/4 butter
Boil water. Slowly add grits. Cook 5 minutes. Add cheese (except cheddar), butter and seasoning. Pour into
casserole dish. Top with cheddar. Bake uncovered for 30 min. at 350.

Sometimes the tube of garlic cheese is hard to find (I never did find it in CA) so I just substituted cheddar cheese and added garlic.

 

[Margie J]

Here's one recipe similar to the grits served at the Coral Reef:

Jalapeno-Monterey Jack Grits

1 _ tablespoon_butter
1 _ _red bell pepper, cut into 1 inch strips
1 _ _yellow bell pepper, cut into 1 inch strips
1 _ tablespoon_minced seeded_jalapeno pepper
2 _ cloves_garlic, minced
3 _ cups_chicken stock_or canned chicken broth
1 _ cup_whipping cream
1 _ cup_quick-cooking grits
1 1/2 _ cups_shredded hot_monterey jack pepper cheese
_ salt and pepper

1. Melt butter in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Saute red and yellow pepper, jalapeno, and garlic for about 5 minutes or until peppers are tender.
3. In a large saucepan, bring chicken stock and cream to a boil.
4. Add grits in a thin stream, whisking constantly.
5. Whisk for about 6 minutes or until grits are cooked and mixture thickens.
6. Add sauteed pepper mixture and cheese.
7. Stir until cheese melts.
8. Season with salt and pepper.



- and these from MGM Studios. They are served as a side to beef tips:

Savory Grits
Prime Time Cafe, Disney-MGM Studios

1 cup instant grits
4 cups chicken stock (canned okay)
6 oz. goat cheese
2 oz. heavy cream
to taste, kosher salt
to taste, white pepper
1 tbsp. finely chopped chives

Bring stock to boil slowly stirring grits, simmer 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat. Add goat cheese and cream and blend well. Season with salt and pepper, then fold in chopped chives.

 

[PigletsPal]

Beside eating them.....LOL I mix my scramble eggs together with my grits. I've also send people at my job mix cornbeef hash with there grits.

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

I put gravy on mine and DH puts sugar on his. I quess every family grows up eating grits differently.

Lori

 

[Spinning]

I don't eat them but everytime I see this thread I have to read the title twice! I think it says what to do with girls! HAHAHAHA

 

[castlegazer]

Not-So Traditional Southern Breakfast

The night before serving this breakfast you need to prepare the following:

Cheese Grits Soufflé
4 c. water
1 c. quick grits
2 tsp. salt
3 c. milk
6 tbsp. (3/4 stick) butter at room temperature
1 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
4 large eggs beaten
¾ c. grated extra sharp cheddar cheese
black pepper
paprika to taste

1) In large saucepan bring water to a boil. Add grits and salt. Reduce heat and cook grits for the recommended cooking time on the package, usually about 5 minutes.
2) Add milk (2 cups) and return to boil (5 minutes).
3) Add remaining milk and butter, Worcestershire Sauce, eggs and cheese.
4) Stir until well incorporated.
5) Pour mixture into a buttered 2 quart soufflé dish.
6) Cover with plastic and chill overnight

The morning of the breakfast:

7) Bake the soufflé at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Bake one package of Pillsbury Home Baked Classics ® (located in the freezer section of the grocery store) Biscuits - Southern Style, according to package directions; even your southern guests won’t know the difference.

Sausage and Gravy
1 pkg. Jimmy Dean sausage – your choice of hot or regular
Flour to coat, approximately ¾ to 1 c.
Whole Milk to Thicken, approximately ½ gallon

In a non-stick Dutch Oven or Deep Casserole pot, brown sausage. Do not drain. Pour flour over cooked sausage until it is thickly coated. Brown 1-2 minutes. Slowly, adding a ½ cup at a time, add milk to make gravy and then cook to thicken. Salt and Pepper to taste or you may add mesquite chicken seasoning and hot pepper flakes like we do in our house.

Split cooked biscuits in two and place on plates. Pour sausage gravy over the top and serve alongside the grits soufflé.