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Hush Puppies (Southern US Cornmeal Fritters)

Name: Hush Puppies (Southern US Cornmeal Fritters)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: cornmeal 200 g; all-purpose flour 80 g; sugar 10 g; baking powder 6 g; fine salt 3 g; egg 1 pieces; buttermilk 240 ml; onion, finely chopped 60 g; scallions, sliced 20 g; vegetable oil 500 ml

Crisp deep-fried cornmeal fritters, golden outside and tender inside.

20 minutes · 4 servings · Easy

The name is a joke that stuck, and nobody agrees whether they were so named to quiet the dogs during fish frying or because cooks told the children to stop asking. They are the scraps of the cornmeal batter fried alongside the fish, which is why they are best eaten straight from the pot with the meal they belong to.

Ingredients

cornmeal200 g
all-purpose flour80 g
sugar10 g
baking powder6 g
fine salt3 g
egg1 pieces
buttermilk240 ml
onion, finely chopped60 g
scallions, sliced20 g
vegetable oil500 ml

Directions

1
Whisk dry ingredients; stir in egg, buttermilk, onion and scallions.
2
Drop spoonfuls into 180C oil; fry 4 minutes until golden.
3
Drain on paper towel; serve warm.

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