Boiled Hominy Grits
Ingredients
Directions
Bring 5 cups of water to a boil and add 2 teaspoons of salt.
Slowly add 1 cup of hominy grits to the boiling water.
Boil for 10 minutes.
Transfer to a fireless cooker and let it sit overnight, or cook for 1 hour in a double boiler.
Serve warm or cold, optionally with fruit or preserves.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Hominy grits
- Provide the starch that thickens the water into a soft, porridge-like texture as they cook.
The step that matters
Adding the grits slowly to boiling water. Adding grits gradually keeps the boil going and helps prevent lumps forming, so the grits hydrate evenly and thicken smoothly.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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