Selfmade Southern Cornmeal Hush Puppies

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

Why You’ll Love These Hushpuppies

These are deep fried scrumptious cornmeal balls which are 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 proper addition to your summer season barbecue!

Why The Title Hushpuppy?

1.  Accomplice troopers used their corn biscuit rations to feed to their canines to quiet them to be able 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 equivalent to fish, balls of batter had 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 sensible to me.)  They had been fried as much as toss to the canines to maintain them quiet whereas the “revenooers” had been snooping round in search of stills. No matter rationalization, fried catfish simply isn’t the identical with out hushpuppies.

Are They Versatile?

Sure, you may add jalapeños, inexperienced pepper, and any spices you want! We love the onion grated or chopped very high quality 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 ideal addition to any meal. Plus, they’re tremendous simple!

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time 5 minutes minutes

Complete Time 15 minutes minutes

Course Appetizer, bread, Aspect 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 non-obligatory
• 1/2 of a medium onion finely chopped or grated
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tablespoon recent 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 you could form it into balls in regards to the measurement of a walnut along with your fingers and it sticks collectively.

• Have oil sizzling 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 possibly can double or triple the recipe. 

Key phrase Southern Cornmeal Hushpuppies, hushpuppies, southern

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