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Saltys Best Hushpuppies Recipe


Saltys Best Hushpuppies Recipe
Hushpuppies are the best friends catfish ever had. These pieces of fried cornbread can be doctored up to include peppers, green onions or your favorite veggies. If you put pieces of fish, bacon, shrimp or even conch in them, they are called "Fritte... More

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Ingredients
  • 1½ cups corn meal
  • ½ cup flour
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp onion, finely minced
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 Tbsp bacon drippings
  • 4 Tbsp ice water

Directions
  1. Sift together corn meal, flour, sugar, soda and salt.
  2. Place onion in a small bowl. Add egg, buttermilk and bacon drippings and beat until frothy.
  3. Pour all at once into the corn meal mixture and stir lightly to mix.
  4. Add ice water 1 Tbsp at a time and mix until the dough will drop from the spoon but is not “runny.”
  5. Drop by tablespoonfuls into hot oil (about 350 to 360°) in deep fat fryer for about 2 minutes or until evenly browned, turning to keep all sides evenly browned.
  6. Note: If you have never cooked hushpuppies before, remember to turn them often, even in a deep fryer. If allowed to brown on bottom first, the hushpuppies will become “bottom heavy” and will not easily turn, resulting undercooking on the top.

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Well, you are the man! Just what I was looking for... I'm saving this to try out this weekend. Thank you!! =)


This is a great, great recipe!! The addition of the sugar is fabulous. Of course, the buttermilk also makes them fabulous. Does something different....just the right combination! :)


Allright, fine then! All this talk of catfish stew and hushpuppies has done it. I will be having fish this weekend! Thanks for this one!
--Kn0x--


This sounds really good! I will have to try this very soon! We love catfish and hush puppies!


Reporting back: I made your hushpuppies over the weekend (with fried fish and assorted other goodies) and they were great! I added a little minced jalapeno pepper because I had them and wanted a pinch of heat...but your recipe rocked. Thanks so much and a Big 5! =)


Thanks for the hint on frying.. Mine always come out like bullets! Will try this weekend..


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