What I am about to present here will likely shock and shame any true Southerner. Whatever! I am a Masshole and freely butcher Southern classics as I please. My version of sausage and grits is quick and tasty and only requires one pan.
Lazy Northern Sausage & Grits
Note:
Making this dish means officially sacrificing any claims you have to being a “foodie.” Don’t worry, you won’t miss it.
Ingredients:
- 2 un-cooked, non-spicy sausages
- 1 small yellow onion, roughly chopped
- 2 packets of instant grits, with artificial butter flavor (yum!)
Directions:
- Place the sausages in a non-stick skillet and add about a 1/4 inch of water. Cover the pan.
- Bring the water to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for roughly 10 minutes.
- Remove the sausages and drain the water. Let the sausages sit for a sec to dry off.
- Saute the onions with a bit of butter until they start to turn translucent.
- Slice the sausage in half length wise and then cut into pieces.
- Brown the sausage with the onions for about 5 minutes or so.
- Pour the instant grits (with artificial butter flavor) into the pan and add the appropriate amount of water.
- Stir until the grits set and then serve.
- Start talking with a fake Southern accent.
Hi BotGurl, I am not too proud of using instant grits, but what is a northern to do? Let us know how your version goes!
I could not resist commenting. I am against instant grits. I still really like your blog :-) I am taking a personal challenge to make the same dish using one pan and REAL grits :-) .
I had no idea that Instant Grits With Artificial Butter Flavor was a commercially available food product. They sell that over to the WalMartses?