SOUTHERN CORNMEAL HUSHPUPPIES

Southern cornmeal hushpuppies are easy and delicious.

Southern cornmeal hushpuppies are round cornmeal dumplings that usually accompany a big dish of fried fish.  There are many different ideas as to how hushpuppies got their name.  If you check the internet, you will come up with some of the following:

1.  Confederate soldiers used their corn biscuit rations to feed to their dogs to quiet them in order to avoid detection from Union soldiers, hence the phrase hushing the puppies.

2.  It is believed that while cooking fried foods with batter outside such as fish, balls of batter were fried and given to the dogs to keep them from begging or barking, thus the name “hush puppies”.

3. (This one is my favorite. I am a Kentuckian and it makes sense to me.)  They were fried up to toss to the dogs to keep them quiet while the “revenooers” were snooping around looking for stills. Whatever explanation, fried catfish just isn’t the same without hushpuppies.

Ingredients Needed for Southern Cornmeal Hushpuppies:

Yellow cornmeal

All-purpose flour

Baking powder

Baking soda

Salt

White granulated sugar, optional

Onion, finely chopped or grated

Garlic powder

Egg

Fresh or dried chives

Cayenne pepper

Buttermilk

Oil for frying

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Southern Cornmeal Hushpuppies

Hushpuppies are a great addition to any meal. Plus, they are super easy!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time5 mins

Total Time15 mins

Course: Appetizer, bread, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Southern Cornmeal Hushpuppies, hushpuppies, southern

Servings: 6 servings

Author: The Southern Lady Cooks

Ingredients

• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons white granulated sugar optional
• 1/2 of a medium onion finely chopped or grated
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tablespoon fresh chives chopped or 1/2 teaspoon dried
• pinch cayenne pepper
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• oil for frying

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix with spoon.   The batter should be just wet enough that you can shape it into balls about the size of a walnut with your hands and it sticks together.
• Have oil hot in a skillet and drop hushpuppies into oil.  Cook about 3 to 4 minutes browning on all sides.   Remove and drain on paper towels.

Notes

This makes about 20 to 24 hushpuppies.  You can double or triple the recipe. 

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