How To Make Hush Puppies

Preheat a deep fryer to 365 f 185 c or heat up 2 cups oil over medium high heat.

How to make hush puppies. Add to dry ingredients just until combined. 1 1 2 cups cornmeal to 1 2 cup flour. Batter in order to achieve airy light hush puppies the needs to be a bit looser but it will thicken up some after you stir the batter and let it sit for 10 15 minutes. And while southerners all have their favorite tasty twists nothing will ever beat the classic hush puppies are made from a six ingredient batter which includes cornmeal flour baking powder and sugar.

Cook in small batches to maintain oil temperature. To get the batter to. They are dropped and you want them to be fully submerged by spoonfuls into a pot filled with piping hot oil to cook. Mix in egg and chopped onion.

Use a fork or whisk to. Blend in flour and cornmeal. Add in minced jalapeños or red pepper flakes for a little more heat. In a cast iron dutch oven or an electric skillet heat oil to 365.

Making rich southern hush puppies 1. If too much flour is used the hush puppies become heavy dense and bread like. Place a rack over a baking sheet put the fried and drained hush puppies on the rack and place them in the preheated oven to keep warm while making more batches. Whisk the egg milk and onion.

If you re using self rising cornmeal and flour omit the baking powder and salt. For softer hush puppies use 1 3 4 cups of self rising cornmeal mix and 1 2 cup of self rising flour. Switch out your favorite seasonings to. If you are using self rising cornmeal and flour omit the baking powder and salt for the recipe.

To make dropping the batter into the oil easier i recommend an ice cream scoop with a spring release. The most common oil used is. Step 4 use a long. Drop batter by rounded teaspoonfuls in hot oil and fry until golden brown.

Sift the dry ingredients flour cornmeal salt sugar baking soda and powder together. In a mixing bowl combine the cornmeal flour salt sugar baking powder and baking soda. Drop drop 5 6 tablespoon sized balls into the batter. How to make southern hush puppies ingredients.

In a large bowl combine the cornmeal flour baking powder and salt. If made from just cornmeal hush puppies will fall apart in the oil. Finely dice your. After much experimentation i landed on a 3 1 ratio.

In a medium bowl mix together eggs sugar and onion. Advertisement step 2 in a large mixing bowl combine corn meal baking powder salt milk and water. Directions step 1 heat vegetable oil to 365 degrees f 185 degrees c. Heat 5cm of oil to 185 degrees c.

Drop batter by tablespoonfuls into oil.