These cheese grits with shrimp are my version of a South Carolina coastal specialty. It will make a grits lover out of anyone!
Ingredients
- uncooked grits: 0.75 cup
- ounces garlic-flavored processed cheese: 6 piece (cubed)
- pinch cayenne pepper: 1 piece
- butter: 2 Tbsp
- olive oil: 2 Tbsp
- garlic: 2 clove (minced)
- tomato: 1 piece (diced)
- shrimp: 2 pound (peeled and deveined, fresh)
- lemon: 0.5 piece (juiced)
- salt: (to taste)
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Stages of cooking
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Cook grits according to package directions. Stir in cubed cheese and cayenne pepper. Keep warm over low heat.
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Heat butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté garlic and tomato in hot butter-oil mixture until tomato begins to soften. Stir in shrimp and lemon juice. Sauté until shrimp are bright pink on the outside and the meat is opaque. Season with salt.
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Spread warm grits on a serving platter and cover with shrimp mixture.
