How To Make Homemade Hush Puppies

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How to make homemade hush puppies. For homemade hush puppies opt for a fine to medium grind cornmeal and spring for stone ground. These were even better than the long lost recipe ones. I would like them to have more spice and when i make them again i will add more seasoning to kick up the flavor a little. Remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and roll on paper towels to briefly drain.

Mixed these all together and your batter is thick rich and creamy. To make hush puppies start by mixing flour cornmeal salt sugar baking soda baking powder and diced onion in a large bowl. How to make hush puppies. Cook 8 or 10 at a time until golden brown.

Next stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and heat 2 cups of oil in a large pot over medium high heat. I didn t have green or purple onions so i used 3 4 c finely chopped yellow onions. Heat the oven to 200 f before you begin the recipe. The exact amount may vary depending on.

Heat up your deep fryer. Add buttermilk onion egg and chives and stir until just combined. These hush puppies are the best. True hush puppies are golden crisp on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside.

Use a long handled spoon to gently slide the hush puppies into the hot oil. Hush puppies are made up of corn meal batter that has garlic powder onion powder and a hint of paprika for some added spice. As for color anything goes both white and yellow are great. Here s how to make this easy hush puppy recipe.

If using a pan on the stovetop you ll need several inches of oil so the hush puppies will float as they fry mix your ingredients and drop. The consistency was very nice light and flaky on the inside. In a large bowl whisk together flour cornmeal sugar baking powder salt and cayenne. I lost a recipe i once used and have tried to make hush puppies a number of times using a variety of recipes.

Everything else was. 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. We have determined the nutritional value of oil for frying based on a retention value of 10 after cooking. Finally drop small scoops of the batter into the hot oil and fry them.

Perfect for dropping into a heated skillet filled. Mass market cornmeal can give the fritters an unappealingly gritty texture. The cornmeal batter has flour cornmeal a little sugar and buttermilk as a sweetener and aiding in smoothing the batter. The key to keeping hush puppies together is making sure the oil is heated to the correct temperature.

Periodically check the temperature while frying to make sure it remains between 350 and 375. Be sure to follow our other. This a was a simple and tasty recipe for hush puppies. They were a big hit with my 7 year old.

Add 3 4 inches of oil to your skillet or dutch oven and using a thermometer heat the oil to 365 375. This is one time when you ll want to get out your deep fryer. I made it print editor s note.