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I love cheesy grits. My all time favorite hangover/comfort food is cheesy grits with a poached egg. It’s like a hug in a bowl. It’s great when you’re sick too.

Cheesy Grits with an Egg is the ultimate comfort food. | The Hungry Waitress

Yum. Look at that egg! It’s like butter. I will have to show you guys how to do a poached egg. It’s not hard with practice.

Cheesy Grits with an Egg is the ultimate comfort food. | The Hungry Waitress

Oh wow. You can even add roasted vegetables to it. See my post on how to roast vegetables.

Grits and Vegetables

Or just throw some chili in there. Why not? Lets get crazy! Get my Chili recipe.

Grits and Chili

Delicious. Now I use quick cooking grits (I know it’s cheating, but they are so fast!). Then I add about a cup of cheddar cheese to the grits once they are done.

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Cheesy Grit Bowls

Cheesy Grits

These cheesy grits are the perfect hangover cure (or if you are actually sick).

  • Author: The Hungry Waitress
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Dinner
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup Quick Grits
  • 4 cups water
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup cheese
  • 2 eggs, poached, fried or soft boiled
  • sprinkle of cayenne pepper, optional

Instructions

  1. Bring water and salt to a boil in a medium sauce pan that has a lid. Slowly stir in the grits.
  2. Reduce heat to medium-low, and cover. Cook 5 to 7 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
  3. Add 1 cup of cheese and stir until melted. Garnish with poached, fried, or a soft boiled egg and a dash of cayenne pepper.

Notes

I like cheddar cheese, but you can use any cheese.

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  1. Libby B says

    February 24, 2020 at 2:48 pm

    I cook my eggs in the pot of grits. After the grits have cooked, I crack open one or two eggs on top of the grits and then carefully spoon some grits over the eggs to help with the cooking. Then I set the timer for 3 minutes and the burner on medium. I like runny yolks. And I like to add butter to the water along with salt and pepper before I add the grits. Sometimes I’ll substitute a little bacon grease for the butter.

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    • thehungrywaitress says

      February 24, 2020 at 4:51 pm

      Yum!

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