Homemade Rice Grits

We eat rice grits regularly now-- at least twice a week. This makes boxed grits a bit pricey. So I make my own!

HOMEMADE RICE GRITS

Ingredients: Rice


Place a bag of rice in the freezer. I hear that it usually takes about 30 minutes to freeze rice, but I usually put mine in the night before. Pour 2-3 cups of rice into the blender. Blend for 1-2 minutes until you can see no more big chunks of rice. It takes a good, sharp blender for this. My old one does not chop them nearly as fine as my new one (Read my post about my blender). Pour the blended rice into a sifter or strainer. Sift the rice grits out. They are what's left in the sifter. What's in the bowl underneath is cream of rice-- so make a Fufu Cake!! I grind 6 pounds (3 bags) of rice a week. This gives me 8 cups of cream of rice to make into two Fufu Cakes and one batch of cream of rice for breakfast, and also gives me two days (7 cups) worth of rice grits. These grits are just like the ones in the box and work exactly the same in any grit recipe (Here's mine!)

Rice Grits

On a whim at Wal-Mart, I decided to purchase Arrowhead Mills' Rice & Shine Rice Grits. We ate them this morning, and they were a big hit! Easy to make (though they do need constant stirring) and no sweetening required to make it palatable. Just add some salt and canola oil and you're good to go.

Not knowing how much I would need for our family, I made too much for breakfast. But all was not lost, as these make great leftovers, not like the congealed mass that corn grits turns into. The kids gobbled up the rest at snack time.

This recipe does not meet most paleo standards, but it is kosher, gluten-free, casein-free, corn-free, and Feingold approved.

Now we embark on the journey of learning how to make our own.

Here's the recipe I used for 9 people with enough leftovers for snack:

RICE GRITS

1 box (which was 1 qt) of Arrowhead Mills' Rice & Shine Rice Grits
2 tsp salt
3 T oil
12 cups of water

Place all ingredients in a large pot. Cook on medium/high heat, stirring constantly, until desired thickness.

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