Shrimp and Okra Hush Puppies
From redfish91117 15 years ago
- 5 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This recipe is from the July 2008 Southern Living magazine. I thought it was pretty unique and boy, is it delicious!! I happen to love anything with okra or shrimp, so this is a yummy dish to me... ENJOY!
Ingredients
- 1 c self-rising yellow cornmeal mix shopping list
- 1/2 cup self rising flour shopping list
- 1 cup (medium sized) raw shrimp, chopped shopping list
- 1 tsp. creole seasoning shopping list
- 1/2 cup frozen diced onion, red and green bell pepper, and celery, thawed shopping list
- 1/2 cup frozen cut okra, thawed and chopped shopping list
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten shopping list
- 3/4 cup beer shopping list
- canola oil shopping list
How to make it
- Stir together cornmeal and flour in a large bowl until combined.
- Sprinkle shrimp with Creole seasoning. Add the shrimp, onion mixture, and okra to cornmeal mixture. Stir in egg and beer just until mixture is moistened. Let stand 5-7 minutes.
- Pour oil to depth of 4 in. into a Dutch oven; heat to 350. Drop batter by level tablespoons into hot oil, and fry, in batches, 2 to 2 1/2 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
- Drain on a wire rack over paper towels and serve immediately.
People Who Like This Dish 3
- bluewaterandsand GAFFNEY, SC
- jett2whit Union City, GA
- lunasea Orlando, FL
- clbacon Birmingham, AL
- lara38 Gulf Coast, MS
- redfish91117 Wilmington, NC
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Wow - these sound fantastic! I'm printing this out to try soon. Thanks so much for sharing! :) Vickie
lunasea
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yum! I love okra and shrimp. Great post!!
jett2whit
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Sounds fantastic! We are having a fish fry next weekend so I can try this one out then.
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