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Shrimp over Cheese Grits

By: J.D. Tyre "Shrimp is sauteed with peppers and sweet onion, and served over a pile of hot cheese grits. I had a variation of this at a local restaurant, added a few things, and made it mine !arlic "read ma#es a great side "e sure to have Ta"asco on hand to add appropriate spice." $riginal %ecipe &ield ' servings

Ingredients

( )*+ cups water )*+ cup cream ) ,*( cups hominy grits ' ounces processed cheese, cu"ed ) ta"lespoon olive oil )*+ green "ell pepper, sliced )*+ red "ell pepper, sliced ) -idalia onions, thinly sliced ) clove garlic, minced ) )*+ pounds fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined salt and ground "lac# pepper to taste ) dash hot pepper sauce .optional/

Directions

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0om"ine the water and cream in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a "oil, and stir in the grits. 1hen the grits start to thic#en, stir in the processed cheese, and simmer, stirring occasionally until grits are thic# and ready to eat, a"out )2 minutes. 1hile you are waiting on the grits, heat the olive oil in a large s#illet over medium3high heat. Saut4 the green and red peppers with the onion and garlic. 1hen the grits are almost done, add the shrimp to the saut4 mi5ture, and coo# for a"out 6 more minutes, or 7ust until the shrimp is coo#ed through. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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Serve the cheese grits with a generous helping of the shrimp saut4 over them. 8dd a dash of hot pepper sauce for heat if you li#e.

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