These creamy, ultra fluffy sweet potato gouda grits make a perfect pairing for shrimp and your favorite veggies!
Forgive me for the hotmessedness.
I’m attempting to unplug and do the whole vacation thing, but I couldn’t keep my butt out of the kitchen and had to document this one!
I’ve shared my love of Southern-style Gouda grits and Gruyere grits before, but for the life of me I cannot figure out why I just now decided to let sweet potatoes in on the fun!
Not only do they add a gorgeous pop of color to an otherwise colorless dish, but they’re pretty darn delicious!
Sweet Potato Gouda Grits
Serve them up as a scrumptious side dish for breakfast or brunch, or make it a meal with shrimp and veggies!
Sweet Potato Gouda Grits
Ingredients
- 1 cup mashed sweet potato
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 2 cups old-fashioned grits
- 5 TBSP butter
- ½ cup half and half*
- 1.5-2 cups freshly grated gouda cheese
- 1/4-1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4-1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 2-4 TBSP chopped green onion
Instructions
- Pierce a few times with a fork and bake or microwave your sweet potato until fluffy.
- Remove the skin and mash. Set aside.
- Next bring a quart of vegetable broth and 2 cups of grits to boil in a medium-sized pot.
- Once boiling, reduce heat to lowest setting and simmer for about 15-20 minutes, stirring often.
- While the grits simmer away, get to work on your add-ins.
- Once the grits start to soak up the broth, add in the half and half and stir until you've reached bonus arm-workout territory.
- After another five to ten minutes, fold in the sweet potato, butter and any additional dairy you'd like to yield your ideal consistency. I like mine thick, but saucy grits are great too!
- Lastly add your freshly grated Gouda andseason with garlic powder and salt.
- Stir thoroughly until smooth and creamy.
- Pile on your favorite toppings and garnish with chopped green onion.
Notes
Nutrition
If you get a chance to try these tasty sweet potato gouda grits, let me know! Leave some love in the comment form below or tag your photos with @peasandcrayons on Instagram so I can happy dance over your creation!
Now pat yourself on the back, because duh, veggies!
I know I will love this!
Stoked for you to try it! xo
Ooo…how I love a nice big serving of grits alongside bacon and eggs on a Sunday morning. Your sweet potato gouda grits are absolutely fantastic! So flavorful and delicious. Yum. Yum!
Thank you Denay!!
WHERE IS THE RECIPE THAT GOES WITH THE SHRIMP PICTURE?
Hey Wanda! No recipe is needed, as you can use whatever you have on hand. Make as many servings of shrimp as you need, season with your favorite spices (we love our cajun blend!) and sauté or grill. Same goes for the veggies, as you can sauté, blanch, grill, or roast them and then toss them into the mix. I use whatever veggies I have on hand and wing it every time 🙂 My grits a ya ya recipe has super detailed instructions if you’d rather follow something to a T – hope that helps! <3
can you tell me how much evaporated milk is to be used? thank you!
Hi Angie! I alternate using milk, cream, and half and half for my grits. Feel free to use your favorite depending on your creamy/saucy you’d like the grits! Cream or half and half will be richer while milk and evaporated milk will be a bit lighter. I typically add 1/2 cup to mine to make them SUPER thick, then thin with a little extra milk as needed. Some of my friends prefer saucier grits and to make those you’ll just add a bit more liquid and you’re good to go! I hope that helps, I updated the post for better clarification as well – thanks so much for your help Angie + I hope you love the recipe! 🙂
You are my paula deen in friend form- 5 T of butter? Oh yes. YES YES YES. And cheese? Perfect. I would fight the chickpea and the kitty for this.
I just…I can’t…I don’t…*Swoon*
This sounds like my kind of meal! Gimme gimme!
Yum this sounds so good and grits are my hubby’s favorite!
This looks so super luscious and flavorful! My face wants to be in this.
Let me start by saying I’m not really a grits fan (I’m definitely a northern girl) but you have me completely intrigued and wanting to try these.
This recipe is blowing my mind! All my favorite ingredients mixed together. Yumminess!
Lol polenta is identical to grits I think! They just form it into shapes while grits (at least mine) more closely resemble a mash of sorts. They’re all yummy in my book!
OMG. I love gouda grits. There’s a cafe here that makes smoked gouda grits to go with breakfast burritos. If he’d slap those on a sweet potato… I’d die.
I think grits is something us Brits will just never get! it looks so yum though, i wondering I could use some polenta or even some extra mash!?
Haha thanks! I use whatever dairy I have on hand to make them normally! It’s great with heavy cream, evaporated milk, and half + half! Grits are über versatile and can be as indulgent or as simple as you’d like! <3
I think your missing the evaporated milk in the recipe! This looks DELISH. I need to try and tackle grits
Bookmarking this! The Southern lady in me is excited to try this. Kiss my sweet grits!! 😉
Outta the way people, I’m diving in!
I like your hotmessedness, especially if it comes with a side of these grits.