Southern Hush Puppies

We just love homemade Southern hush puppies!  The mix of corn meal, with a hint of savory onion combined with a little sweetness, makes these absolutely amazing.   They really are good.  I love to whip up a batch when I’m making homemade fish and chips and tartar sauce. The homemade hush puppies sure beat the fast food kind I loved as a kid!  Yum!

Southern Hush Puppies

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Italian seafood

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 8 minutes

Total Time: 23 minutes

Servings: 4 people

These hush puppies are a Southern classic. Serve them with classic fish and chips with homemade tartar sauce, and maybe a few good dashes of malt vinegar...and are the super tasty!

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Ingredients

• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 1 cup yellow ground corn meal
• 1/4 cup sugar
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp Kosher salt
• ½ onion finely chopped
• ¼ cup buttermilk
• 1 egg lightly beaten
• Several good dashes of Louisiana Hot Sauce
• Vegetable oil for frying

Instructions

1. Heat the oil to 350 F (you can use a large sturdy frying pan, or a deep fryer)
2. Mix the flour, corn meal, sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl
3. Mix in the onions
4. In a separate bowl, combine the buttermilk, egg and hot sauce.
5. Add the dry ingredients with the wet, and mix with a large wooden spoon (or your hands). Don’t over mix! Its okay for there still to be some lumps.
6. Flour your hands and using a spoon, roll out a ball of the dough (the dough will be sticky…this is why you flour your hands)
7. Drop the dough into the hot oil. (You might want to shake the pan a bit, to make sure it doesn't stick to the bottom during frying)
8. Continue with the rest of the batter.
9. Fry until golden brown on the outside…about 7 to 8 minutes (varies depending on the size of the puppies!)
10. Remove to paper towels and let sit for a few minutes.
11. Serve warm with lemon, tartar sauce and your favorite Southern fish dish.