Home made Southern Cornmeal Hush Puppies

Hushpuppies are a summer time staple, particularly with fried fish; it’s the right mixture!

Why You’ll Love These Hushpuppies

These are deep fried scrumptious cornmeal balls which can be tremendous versatile. Usually, they’re served with fried fish, coleslaw, and French fries, and they’re an actual deal with! These little treats are very versatile and the right addition to your summer time barbecue!

Why The Title Hushpuppy?

1.  Accomplice troopers used their corn biscuit rations to feed to their canines to quiet them as a way to keep away from detection from Union troopers, therefore the phrase hushing the puppies.

2.  It’s believed that whereas cooking fried meals with batter exterior resembling fish, balls of batter have been fried and given to the canines to maintain them from begging or barking, thus the identify “hush puppies”.

3. (This one is my favourite. I’m a Kentuckian and it is smart to me.)  They have been fried as much as toss to the canines to maintain them quiet whereas the “revenooers” have been snooping round on the lookout for stills. No matter clarification, fried catfish simply isn’t the identical with out hushpuppies.

Are They Versatile?

Sure, you possibly can add jalapeños, inexperienced pepper, and any spices you want! We love the onion grated or chopped very fantastic and we make them with yellow cornmeal however some desire white. We like to cook dinner with buttermilk, however others will exchange that with beer.

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Southern Cornmeal Hushpuppies

Judy Yeager

Hushpuppies are an amazing addition to any meal. Plus, they’re tremendous simple!

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time 5 minutes minutes

Whole Time 15 minutes minutes

Course Appetizer, bread, Facet Dish

Delicacies American

• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons white granulated sugar optionally available
• 1/2 of a medium onion finely chopped or grated
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tablespoon contemporary chives chopped or 1/2 teaspoon dried
• pinch cayenne pepper
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• oil for frying

• Mix all elements in a big bowl. Combine with spoon.   The batter must be simply moist sufficient that you would be able to form it into balls concerning the measurement of a walnut together with your fingers and it sticks collectively.

• Have oil scorching in a skillet and drop hushpuppies into oil.  Prepare dinner about 3 to 4 minutes browning on all sides.   Take away and drain on paper towels.

This makes about 20 to 24 hushpuppies.  You may double or triple the recipe. 

Key phrase Southern Cornmeal Hushpuppies, hushpuppies, southern

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