Garlic Shrimp and Cheesy Grits

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

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.

Remove from heat and thoroughly mix in Cheddar cheese; season with salt and black pepper. Set grits aside and keep warm.

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.

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.

Serve grits in a large serving bowl topped with shrimp mixture.