Jalapeno-Monterey Jack Grits

Name: Jalapeno-Monterey Jack Grits
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1 inch strips; 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into 1 inch strips; 1 tablespoon minced seeded jalapeno pepper; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 3 cups chicken stock or 3 cups canned chicken broth; 1 cup whipping cream; 1 cup quick-cooking grits; 1 1/2 cups shredded hot monterey jack pepper cheese; salt and pepper

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"This is from my favorite get-away place, Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgely, Missouri. Love these grits, yes I do!"

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Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 6

ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 red bell pepper, cut into 1 inch strips
1 yellow bell pepper, cut into 1 inch strips
1 tablespoon minced seeded jalapeno pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 cups chicken stock or 3 cups canned chicken broth
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup quick-cooking grits
1 ¹⁄₂ cups shredded hot monterey jack pepper cheese
salt and pepper

directions

Melt butter in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat.
Sauté red and yellow pepper, jalapeño, and garlic for about 5 minutes or until peppers are tender.
In a large saucepan, bring chicken stock and cream to a boil.
Add grits in a thin stream, whisking constantly.
Whisk for about 6 minutes or until grits are cooked and mixture thickens.
Add sautéed pepper mixture and cheese.
Stir until cheese melts.
Season with salt and pepper.

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Reviews

WOW!!! This tasted so good. My husband and I love grits so we decided to try this jazzed up version. Incredible. The peppers make it colorful and very flavorful. The grits had a nice creamy texture. Thanks so much Nurse Di. Your grits recipe is "da bomb"!!

gretchengr
We LOVED this recipe! I'm so glad I tried something different. I had slices of Monterey Jack cheese so I used four of those. Using Weight Watchers cream this recipe was a total of 31 points. Thank you so much for posting!

Shuzbud
Was looking for a grits recipe just for a change of pace and this is the one I settled on. So glad I did because it was very tasty. I might have cut down on the cheese just a bit because it seemed like a lot, and I used a green pepper instead of yellow because it's what I had. But I'll be making this recipe again.

Caryltoo
I didn't follow the recipe, but used it as a guide - so I can't really give a star rating to the recipe. However the concept is WONDERFUL and my version was DELISH!!! I used instant grits mixed with the recommended amt of water, put them in a dish and topped with Vegan pepper jack cheese, then sauteed some red pepper, green pepper, green onion and a little jalapeno, added 4 chopped artichoke hearts to the pan to warm them up and then dumped the veggie mixture over the cheese/grits and MAN was it awesome. Thanks for sharing!!! Great breakfast (yes, we had this for breakfast) this morning.

januarybride
This was good, except I found it a little TOO cheesy. And I love cheese! I used fat-free half & half and light butter, but otherwise followed the recipe. Next time I would just sprinkle with a little cheese rather than adding 1.5 cups. Thanks for posting!

shera_23