Garlic Shrimp and Cheesy Grits recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups chicken broth
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 cup quick-cooking grits
6 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 pound uncooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 dash hot pepper sauce, or to taste

Nutrition Info

267.7 calories
carbohydrate: 10 g
cholesterol: 154.8 mg
fat: 15.3 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 22 g
saturatedFat: 8.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 664.7 mg
sugar: 4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Bring chicken broth, milk, and 1 teaspoon garlic to a boil in a saucepan. Stir in grits, reduce heat to low, and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes.

  2. Remove from heat and thoroughly mix in Cheddar cheese, season with salt and black pepper. Set grits aside and keep warm.

  3. Heat butter and olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and 2 teaspoons garlic until softened and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes.

  4. Stir shrimp into onion mixture and cook until shrimp are pink and no longer translucent in the center, about 5 more minutes. Stir in hot pepper sauce.

  5. Serve grits in a large serving bowl topped with shrimp mixture.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

Shrimp cooked with garlic and onion are served over garlic cheese grits. This is a dish for garlic lovers. Serve with garlic bread, or your preference of bread.

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