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Hush Puppies
Hush Puppies combine corn meal, buttermilk, butter, and other ingredients into a thick batter that fries up golden on the outside and deliciously moist on the inside.
Ingredients
1 cup finely ground corn meal
3/4 cup corn flour
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Pinch cayenne pepper
1/2 cup finely minced yellow onion
1 whole egg
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 cup full fat buttermilk
Peanut oil, for frying
Comeback Sauce, for serving
Instructions
- Turn oven to warm (200 degrees F or so) – you’ll hold the fried hush puppies to stay warm between batches.
- Place four inches of oil in a wok, fry pan or Dutch oven. Don’t heat yet.
- In a large bowl, whisk corn meal, corn flour, all-purpose flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, granulated sugar, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper.
- In a smaller bowl mix onion with egg, melted butter, and buttermilk.
- Turn the burner on under the oil and monitor to 350 degrees F. Do not let the oil go higher.
- While the oil heats, stir wet batter into dry batter with wooden spoon or firm rubber spatula.
- Lay out a small pan with paper towels and a second pan to be used to hold batches in the oven.
- Once the oil reaches 350 degrees F, use a one-ounce scoop to scoop out half-filled scoops with batter and drop into hot oil. Fry 6-8 at a time. When you put the batter in, the temperature of the oil will drop which is fine. But as the oil recovers, do not let it get higher than 350 degrees F.
- Fry the hush puppies for about 3-4 minutes, turning them over so both sides get browned. Test one by removing and cutting it open. If fully cooked, use that timing to cook all future batches. Ours took about 3 ½ minutes per batch.
- Use a spider to remove all hush puppies to the paper towel lined tray then transfer to the second tray to keep warm in the oven.
- Let the oil recover to 350 degrees F before cooking the next batch. Repeat until all the batter is used and serve about 4-5 per person with the Comeback Sauce on the side.
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