Showing posts with label Hush Puppies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hush Puppies. Show all posts

Hush Puppies

This is the Deep South so every now and then you have to fry up some Hush Puppies. I like Hush Puppies. I do. The fish that sometimes go with them? No so much.

Still, it's important to have a good Hush Puppies recipe. I found this one in the August 2014 issue of Southern Living magazine. For a variety, substitute fresh herbs or chopped green onions for the diced onion.

Hush Puppies

Vegetable oil
1 cup self-rising yellow cornmeal mix
1/2 cup self-rising flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup diced onion
3/4 cup buttermilk

Pour oil to a depth of 2 inches into a Dutch oven; heat to 350 degrees. Stir together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda and onion in a large bowl. Add buttermilk, stirring just until moistened. (Mixture will be slightly thicker than cake batter.)

Drop batter by teaspoonfuls into hot oil, and fry, in batches, 1 to 2 minutes or until golden brown, turning often. Drain on a wire rack over paper towels; Serve immediately.

Makes about 2 1/2 dozen.