Selfmade Southern Cornmeal Hush Pup...

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 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 proper addition to your summer season barbeque!

Why The Identify Hushpuppy?

1.  Accomplice troopers used their corn biscuit rations to feed to their canine to quiet them with a purpose 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 reminiscent of fish, balls of batter had been fried and given to the canine 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 canine to maintain them quiet whereas the “revenooers” had been snooping round searching for stills. No matter clarification, fried catfish simply isn’t the identical with out hushpuppies.

Are They Versatile?

Sure, you’ll be able to 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 choose white. We like to prepare dinner with buttermilk, however others will change 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

Whole 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-compulsory
• 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 needs to be simply moist sufficient which you can form it into balls concerning the dimension of a walnut along with your arms 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 possibly can double or triple the recipe. 

Key phrase Southern Cornmeal Hushpuppies, hushpuppies, southern

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