How To Make Hush Puppies

Cook 8 or 10 at a time until golden brown.

How to make hush puppies. Try these twists bacon and caramelized onion hush puppies. Drop the batter by teaspoonfuls into the hot fat and fry until golden brown. The temperature should be around 370 f. Hush puppies are little round golf ball sized savory deep fried fritters made from a cornmeal based batter hushpuppies are a classic side dish typically served in the south alongside fried catfish other fried seafood or barbecued meats while they re popular at just about every seafood restaurant in the south it s also very easy to make hush puppies from scratch.

The most common oil used is peanut but vegetable sunflower or canola oil will do as well. The cornmeal batter has flour cornmeal a little sugar and buttermilk as a sweetener and aiding in smoothing the batter. Be sure to follow our other frying tips. Drain bacon on paper towels reserving 2 tbsp.

Remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and roll on paper towels to briefly drain. Use a long handled spoon to gently slide the hush puppies into the hot oil. Periodically check the temperature while frying to make sure it remains between 350 and 375. The key to keeping hush puppies together is making sure the oil is heated to the correct temperature.

Hush puppies are made up of corn meal batter that has garlic powder onion powder and a hint of paprika for some added spice. Increase onion to 1 1 2 cups. Mixed these all together and your batter is thick rich and creamy. 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.

Makes about 24 hush puppies. Heat up your deep fryer. Cook 5 bacon slices in a medium skillet over medium heat 5 to 6 minutes or until crisp. Remove the hush puppies to paper towels to drain and keep warm while frying the rest.

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