How To Make Homemade Hush Puppies From Scratch

Drop about 5 scoops per batch into the hot oil.

How to make homemade hush puppies from scratch. Find out how to make the best ever homemade hush puppies from scratch with this easy recipe. Heat up your deep fryer. The temperature should be around 370 f. Place the batter into the refrigerator to set for about an hour.

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. Use a long handled spoon to gently slide the hush puppies into the hot oil. Drop by the spoonfuls into hot grease to deep fry. You certainly can not have a fish fry.

Drop batter by tablespoonfuls into oil. Remove hush puppies with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel lined plate. Add to dry ingredients just until combined. Repeat with remaining batter.

Don t stir the batter. In a cast iron dutch oven or an electric skillet heat oil to 365. Cook 8 or 10 at a time until golden brown. Fry until golden brown 5 to 6 minutes.

Whisk the egg milk and onion. Remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and roll on paper towels to briefly drain. Drop the batter by teaspoonfuls into the hot fat and fry until golden brown. Allow to cook until golden on the outside and tender in the middle.

In a large bowl combine the cornmeal flour baking powder and salt. Enjoy cornbread hush puppies with onions for extra flavor. Scoop ping pong ball sized balls of batter using a small ice cream scoop. The cornmeal batter has flour cornmeal a little sugar and buttermilk as a sweetener and aiding in smoothing the batter.

Mix all of the ingredients together adding enough buttermilk to make the right thickness of batter. Mixed these all together and your batter is thick rich and creamy.