Creamy & Delicious Grits: For Breakfast, Lunch Or Dinner!

Rich, creamy, and wholly dreamy, grits are a Southern staple and 1 of my each clip favorites. This cozy broadside pairs pinch everything from bacon and eggs to shrimp!

What are Grits? – Grits vs. Polenta

Both grits and polenta are corn-based broadside dishes.  While some are made from crushed corn, location are immoderate differences.

Grits are a coarsely crushed atom made pinch either hominy aliases stone-ground corn. The simplest measurement to hole grits is to boil them successful water, but they tin besides beryllium infused pinch other spirit by cooking them successful broth aliases stock.

For creamy grits, navigator them successful beverage aliases half milk, half water. Once grits are cooked, they are usually mixed pinch butter, but nan variations are endless!

Polenta is made from yellowish crushed maize and is nan Italian type of grits. It’s besides a deeper shadiness of yellowish and has a different grind while grits are mostly a ray white. Polenta mostly takes a small much clip to hole and requires further stirring to support it creamy and lump free.

Types of Grits

• Quick and Regular – The astir communal benignant of grits is conscionable that, speedy and easy to prepare. The endosperm is removed, which gives them a longer support life and a quicker cooking time.
• Hominy – Hominy grits are made from achromatic maize that has been soaked.
• Stone Ground – Stone-ground grits are coarsely ground, clasp much of nan nutrients, and return up to an hr to cook. They tin beryllium harder to find.
• Instant – Essentially, precooked and dehydrated. Instant grits are awesome for a speedy meal erstwhile made successful nan microwave pinch a spot of h2o aliases milk.

Delicious Variations

For a small variety, effort preparing grits pinch different spirit combinations:

• For Cheese Grits: Add shredded cheddar food aft it has been cooked but are still connected nan stove. Stir perpetually until nan food is afloat melted and nan grits are smooth.
• For Shrimp and Grits: Saute nan shrimp separately and adhd to nan cooked grits. Add a tin of diced tomatoes and shredded cheddar food for a fancy version!

What to Eat pinch Grits

For breakfast, simply cooked pinch beverage and food and seasoned pinch brackish and capsicum is nan measurement to go. Try adding a fried ovum connected top, a sprinkling of bacon bits for flavor, and serving pinch a fresh biscuit!

If you are preparing it arsenic an entrée, immoderate benignant of sautéed vegetable connected nan broadside would sensation great! Or a crisp salad pinch a agleam vinaigrette to clear nan palate is simply a awesome idea!

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