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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
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• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> US >> US

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 30 minutes, Preparation Time - 15 minutes

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| 1. Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; stir grits and salt into the boiling water, cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer grits until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat and keep warm. | 2. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a pan over medium heat; cook and stir garlic until softened, about 2 minutes. Stir in green onions, cooking until green onions are wilted, another 4 minutes. | 3. Mix shrimp into the garlic and green onions and cook until shrimp are firm and pink, about 5 minutes. Stir in lemon juice, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. | 4. Just before serving, mix 1/4 cup butter into the cooked grits, followed by processed cheese. Mix thoroughly until creamy and cheese is melted. Season with salt and black pepper. | 5. Place grits in a bowl, top with the shrimp, and pour pan sauce over shrimp and grits to serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
water	3 1/3	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
grit	2/3	cup	uncooked	384.8	82.2536	7.956	1.82
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	1/4	cup		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
garlic	1/2	teaspoon	minced	2.086	0.4628	0.08900000000000001	0.006999999999999999
green onion	2		diced	38.34	8.1508	1.3774	0.6674
shrimp	1	package	peeled deveined thawed	-	-	-	-
lemon juice	1	teaspoon		1.1183	0.3508	0.0178	0.0122
cayenne pepper	2	pinches		0.7155	0.1274	0.027000000000000003	0.0389
salt black pepper	to taste		ground	-	-	-	-
butter	1/4	cup		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.