How To Make Hush Puppies With Cornmeal

A deep fry thermometer is key in making sure your oil is at the right temperature.

How to make hush puppies with cornmeal. Add to dry ingredients just until combined. Allow to cook until golden on the outside and tender in the middle. Use a fork or whisk to make sure everything is evenly mixed in. Drop batter by tablespoonfuls into oil.

For softer hush puppies use 1 3 4 cups of self rising cornmeal mix and 1 2 cup of self rising flour. They are dropped and you want them to be fully submerged by spoonfuls into a pot filled with piping hot oil to cook. Sift the dry ingredients flour cornmeal salt sugar baking soda and powder together. A can of cream style corn provides all the moisture you need but feel free to add a little milk if your batter seems too thick.

Hush puppies are made up of corn meal batter that has garlic powder onion powder and a hint of paprika for some added spice. These hush puppies are surprisingly easy to mix and they re made without eggs. 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. 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.

How to serve hush puppies the best hush puppies are served hot enough to burn your fingertips. After the crispy browned balls of cornmeal are pulled from the bubbling oil drain them on a paper towel lined plate to remove any excess cooking grease. With a 15 25 ounce can of cream style corn my batter was perfect. Whisk the egg milk and onion.

In a cast iron dutch oven or an electric skillet heat oil to 365. Heat up your deep fryer. From there pile them in a basket destined for the middle of the table or add a few to your plate. The cornmeal batter has flour cornmeal a little sugar and buttermilk as a sweetener and aiding in smoothing the batter.

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 by spoonfuls into the fryer.