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Easy Slow Cooker Cheesy Grits

April 9, 2019 by Sandy 3 Comments

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Slow Cooker Cheesy Grits are creamy and cheesy, and make a delicious side dish or main. These crock pot cheesy grits are so easy to make, and the results are a comforting bowl of grits, Southern style!

Cheesy Grits in a slow cooker topped with shredded cheese

 
Slow Cooker Cheesy Grits are awesome! Creamy and cheesy comfort food.

Slow Cooker Cheesy Grits

I love a good bowl of grits! There are so many tasty ways to make them. This recipe is a a dump recipe, as I like to call them. Very simple and delicious. Those always seem to be the best ones!

If you count the salt, this recipe only has 6 ingredients. There are many ways you can dress these grits up, but we're keeping it simple today!

Also, this is a "Dump and Start" recipe, which means you don't need to cook any ingredients before adding them to the crock! So easy!

Slow Cooker Cheesy Grits in a green bowl

So What are Grits, Anyway?

  • Grits are coarsely ground corn kernels, prepared by boiling with water and/or milk.
  • You can also find hominy grits made from ground hominy.
  • Grits are very Southern American, unless you are Italian. Then you are probably familiar with Polenta, which is a finer ground meal. The two are very similar, and are often used interchangeably.

plate of yellow and white Grits
Grits can be Yellow or White. I haven't noticed a difference in taste.

Grits come in regular coarse ground or "long cooking" variety, as well as a quick cooking variety. This recipe is for the regular, longer cooking variety.

How to Make Slow Cooker Cheesy Grits Recipe

adding broth to crock, adding cream to broth
Add water or broth to the crock. Then pour in the heavy cream.

adding salt to crock, adding butter to crock
Add in some salt and some butter.

adding grits to the crock, stirring the grits mixture
Pour the grits into the crock and give them a good stir. Stir them again after 2 hours.

Slow Cooker Cheesy Grits in a black crock
Cook them until they are soft and creamy.

adding cheese to the grits in crock, stirring in the cheese
Stir in some milk if too thick. Add the cheese and then stir it in.

You can prepare grits on the stove much faster than in the crock pot, however, I love letting them cook low and slow all day, not having to watch them constantly.

I like that I don't have to babysit the pot and can do other things while the grits are cooking! I only need to stir them twice.

Cheese Grits Are Even Better With Add-Ins

• There are so many tasty additions you can add in to cheese grits!
• Bacon
• Sautéed Shrimp, especially garlic shrimp.
• Sausage, either Italian bulk or Kielbasa, etc.
• Shredded rotisserie chicken
• Or whatever you like!

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If you make these tasty crockpot Cheesy Grits, please let me know. Just leave a comment with a star rating below. I would like to know how this recipe worked for you!

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Cheesy Grits in a slow cooker topped with shredded cheese
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Slow Cooker Cheesy Grits
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs 5 mins
 

Slow Cooker Cheesy Grits are creamy and cheesy, and make a delicious side dish or main dish.

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: crock pot cheesy grits recipe, crockpot grits recipe
Servings: 8
Calories: 294 kcal
Author: Sandy Clifton
Ingredients
  • 4 cups Water (or low sodium chicken broth)
  • 2 cups Heavy Cream (or half and half) plus more if needed
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter
  • 1½ teaspoons Kosher Salt (or 1 teaspoon table salt) or to taste
  • 2 cups Stone Ground Grits yellow or white (or other Long Cooking Grits) uncooked
  • 2 cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese, shredded
Instructions
  1. Add the water, milk, butter, and salt to a . Stir.

  2. Add the grits and stir.

  3. Place the lid on and cook on High for 3-4 hours*, or until grits are cooked to desired doneness. Stir once after 1.5 hours and once again at 2.5 hours.

  4. Before the end of cooking time, test for doneness and also add more cream or milk if too thick.

  5. About 10 minutes before serving, stir in the cheese. Then taste and adjust salt, if needed.

  6. Serve hot.

Recipe Notes

*You can cook on Low for about 8 hours, but results are best on High for 3-4 hours.

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  1. Barry

    December 24, 2021 at 6:28 pm

    A Christmas tradition for our family! Grits are always perfect!

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  2. Robin

    December 18, 2020 at 8:54 am

    Jenny, what a great idea!

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  3. Jenny

    April 17, 2019 at 8:08 pm

    These grits we're just right! I had them with meatloaf. I know that sounds weird but we don't eat potatoes.

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