Hush Puppy recipe wanted...

manxdavid · Post by **manxdavid** » July 10, 2008 12:02 pm

My wife and I had Hush Puppies in a seafood restaurant in Carolina beach this Spring and now we're home we've been trying to replicate them with no luck at all...

Does anyone hold the secret???

pbans · Post by **pbans** » July 10, 2008 12:33 pm

This is a recipe I found and works well for us.....

Ingredients:
2 cups yellow corn meal
1 cup plain flour
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 teaspoon seasoned salt.....Season-All, Lawry's....whatever
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper blend (again, the idea
is to spice things up a little, I like fresh ground pepper that is pretty coarse).
1 teaspoon baking powder
2/3 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 cup bacon grease. This is another big key to
the flavor. In a pinch you can use other types
of cooking oil, but bacon is my favorite.

(sometimes I will MINCE a half an onion in them, too)

You also need some type of cooking oil to deep fry
these in. I usually use Crisco oil although peanut oil
and some of the lower fat oils work well too.

Mix all of the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add your
eggs, oil, and buttermilk. Stir it all up until
the flavors are thoroughly blended.

Turn your cooker on medium-high heat. When it's
hot you can drop your hush puppies in using a
table spoon. Allow them to brown on all sides.
They should begin floating when done, but if they
don't, don't overcook them.

manxdavid · Post by **manxdavid** » July 10, 2008 6:17 pm

Sounds great, I'll give them a go at the weekend...

Thanx, Dave.

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » July 10, 2008 6:31 pm

I use House of Autry brand hushpuppy mix...use milk instead of water and sprinkle in some sugar too.

Also works great for fritters!

manxdavid · Post by **manxdavid** » July 11, 2008 11:50 am

phjrsaunt wrote:I use House of Autry brand hushpuppy mix...use milk instead of water and sprinkle in some sugar too.

Also works great for fritters!

Thanks, but I'm having trouble finding cornmeal in England, so I don't suppose I'll ever find a 'store bought' mix...

I'm off to Alabama in November so maybe I'll stock up then...not sure what Customs wouls make of ot though...

manxdavid · Post by **manxdavid** » July 11, 2008 11:55 am

phjrsaunt wrote:I use House of Autry brand hushpuppy mix...use milk instead of water and sprinkle in some sugar too.

Also works great for fritters!

Thanks, but I'm having trouble finding cornmeal in England, so I don't suppose I'll ever find a 'store bought' mix...

I'm off to Alabama in November so maybe I'll stock up then...not sure what Customs would say though...

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » July 12, 2008 8:53 am

pbans wrote:This is a recipe I found and works well for us.....

Ingredients:
2 cups yellow corn meal
1 cup plain flour
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 teaspoon seasoned salt.....Season-All, Lawry's....whatever
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper blend (again, the idea
is to spice things up a little, I like fresh ground pepper that is pretty coarse).
1 teaspoon baking powder
2/3 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 cup bacon grease. This is another big key to
the flavor. In a pinch you can use other types
of cooking oil, but bacon is my favorite.

(sometimes I will MINCE a half an onion in them, too)

You also need some type of cooking oil to deep fry
these in. I usually use Crisco oil although peanut oil
and some of the lower fat oils work well too.

Mix all of the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add your
eggs, oil, and buttermilk. Stir it all up until
the flavors are thoroughly blended.

Turn your cooker on medium-high heat. When it's
hot you can drop your hush puppies in using a
table spoon. Allow them to brown on all sides.
They should begin floating when done, but if they
don't, don't overcook them.

Other add ins..
not all at once.

Green Onions.. I think you call them Scallions
black olives
bell peppers green or red
garlic

ALL minced..

PSSSt Paige.. 350 degrees..

chrisintampa · Post by **chrisintampa** » July 31, 2008 4:10 pm

i like these

http://www.garysdowneast.com/specialty.htm