Southern Hush Puppies
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 253kcal
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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Equipment
- Deep fryer, or large sturdy pot (i.e., Dutch oven)
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup self-rising flour
- 1 ½ cup corn meal yellow ground, medium-coarse
- 1/4 cup sugar
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp Kosher salt
- ½ onion finely chopped
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ¼ beer
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 3 dashes hot sauce
- Peanut oil or vegetable, for frying
- Tartar sauce for dipping
- lemon wedges for garnish
Instructions
- Heat the oil to 350°F.
- Mix the flour, corn meal, sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
- Mix in the onions.
- In a separate bowl, combine the buttermilk, egg and hot sauce.
- Add the dry ingredients with the wet, and mix with a large wooden spoon. Don’t over mix! Its okay for there still to be some lumps.
- Mix enough beer until batter just comes together, about 1/4 cup.
- Use a spoon to scoop a small mound of batter, just large enough to cover the spoon.
- Drop the dough into the hot oil. Continue with more, but don't overcrowd. You will most likely fry in batch.
- Fry until golden brown on the outside…about 7 to 8 minutes (varies depending on the size of the puppies!). Use a metal slotted spoon, or spider, to remove the hush puppies to a plate lined with paper towels.
- Repeat process with remaining batter.
- Serve warm with lemon wedges and tartar sauce.
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Notes
Coarse (medium ground) yellow cornmeal is best, however, fine ground will work, too.
A deep fryer helps keep the oil temperature constant (350°F), but a large sturdy pot (i.e., Dutch oven) will work, too, with a candy thermometer. You will need to adjust the heat on the stove once the batter goes into the oil, and then before the next batch goes in.
Peanut oil works best, but vegetable oil or shortening will work, too. Do NOT use olive oil.
Hush puppies are best served soon after frying.
You can bake these instead of frying (see FAQs), but they will be more similar to baked cornbread.
Nutrition
Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 188mg | Potassium: 209mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 79IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 1mg