Down Home Hush Puppies Recipes

SOUTHERN HUSH PUPPIES

Steps:

• Preheat 2 inches of oil in a large skillet to 365 degrees. In a medium sized mixing bowl add the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, and pepper. Add the egg and buttermilk and stir until combined. Stir in cubed butter.
• Drop the batter by rounded teaspoonfuls in the hot oil. Let cook until they are golden brown 2-3 minutes. Remove with a metal strainer on a paper toweled lined plate. Serve with tarter sauce if desired.

HUSH PUPPIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt. Whisk the egg, milk and onion; add to dry ingredients just until combined. , In a cast-iron Dutch oven or an electric skillet, heat oil to 365°. Drop batter by tablespoonfuls into oil. Fry until golden brown, 2 to 2-1/2 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Serve warm.

DOWN HOME HUSH PUPPIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine first 7 ingredients. Add egg and buttermilk; stir until dry ingredients are moistened. Set aside at room temperature for 30 minutes. Do not stir again. , In an electric skillet or deep fryer, heat 2-3 in. of oil to 375°. Drop batter by rounded tablespoonfuls, a few at a time, into hot oil. Fry until golden brown, about 1-1/2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels.

HOT AND SPICY HUSH PUPPIES

Steps:

• Preheat deep fryer to 375 degrees F.
• Mix all the ingredients together into a large mixing bowl to form a thick batter.
• Dip 2 tablespoon spoons into water. Using the spoons scoop up some of the batter and drop into the hot oil. Work in batches. Fry for 3 to 4 minutes or until golden and brown. Remove and drain on a paper towel lined sheet tray. Serve with dipping sauce.
• Mix the above ingredients together.

HUSH PUPPIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a triple layer of paper towels, then set a wire cooling rack over the top. Set aside.
• For the tempering oil: Warm the ghee in a small skillet or tadka pan over medium heat. Drop a couple of mustard seeds into the ghee; if they sizzle immediately, then it's hot enough. Add the remaining mustard seeds and the green chile. Cook about 5 seconds, then carefully add the curry leaves (they will splutter!). Cook about 30 seconds, then pour into a small bowl and set aside to cool down.
• For the hush puppies: Whisk the cornmeal, flour, baking powder and soda, turmeric and salt together in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk the buttermilk, egg and lime zest together. Stir the wet ingredients and the now cooled-off tadka into the cornmeal mixture until just combined. Set aside to rest at room temperature for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, fill 10-inch cast-iron skillet with frying oil about 3/4-inch deep, or fill a deep-fryer. Preheat until it registers 375 degrees F.
• Drop little balls (about 1 tablespoon) of batter into the oil, being sure not to overcrowd the skillet. Fry, flipping often, until deep golden brown, 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer the hush puppies to the prepared rack, then sprinkle with salt and lime juice and keep warm in oven.
• To serve, sprinkle with the cilantro and coconut.

GRANDMA'S HUSH PUPPIES

Steps:

• Pour vegetable oil into the fryer of your choice. Allow it to be getting hot while mixing.
• Mix the first five ingredients together in a large bowl.
• Add the last four ingredients and mix well.
• If the batter isn't the consistency of pancake batter, add a little more flour to thicken or a little more milk for thinning.
• Take a metal spoon and dip into the hot grease. This allows the batter to just slide off into the grease after putting on spoon.
• Now, take about 1 tbs. size spoonfuls and place into grease.
• Allow to cook for about 5 minute or until golden brown and turn.
• Let cook on other side for about 3 more minute.
• Remove from grease and drain on paper towel lined plate.
• Enjoy with fried fish and cole slaw.

HUSH PUPPIES

Steps:

• Combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, grated onion and egg and blend well. Add the water rapidly while stirring. The water must be boiling when added.
• Heat the oil to 370 degrees. Drop the mixture by rounded spoonfuls into the oil. Cook until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

THE NEELY'S HOT AND SPICY HUSH PUPPIES

Steps:

• Preheat a deep fryer to 375.
• Mix all ingredients together. Using 2 teaspoons, carefully drop about teaspoonful of dough into hot oil. Fry 3 to 4 minutes, turning hush puppy over to brown both sides.
• Remove from oil when brown on both sides and drain on paper towels.
• Repeat with remaining batter. Don't fry to many hush puppies at one time.

HUSH PUPPIES

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix flour, cornmeal, onion, milk, egg, celery, garlic, and Cajun seasoning in a bowl.
• Drop ping pong ball-sized balls of batter, about 5 at a time, into the hot oil. Fry until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove hush puppies with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Repeat with remaining batter.