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. Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Total Time: 35 mins Servings: 6 Yield: 6 servings Ingredients Directions Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 6 Calories 268 % Daily…

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Garlic Shrimp and Cheesy Grits

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.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Servings: 6

Yield: 6 servings

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

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.
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 6
Calories 268
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 15g20%
Saturated Fat 8g41%
Cholesterol 155mg52%
Sodium 665mg29%
Total Carbohydrate 10g4%
Dietary Fiber 1g3%
Total Sugars 4g
Protein 22g
Vitamin C 5mg24%
Calcium 287mg22%
Iron 2mg13%
Potassium 264mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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