Buttermilk Hush Puppies

Name: Buttermilk Hush Puppies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 237 milliliters cornmeal; 2 eggs, room temperature; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 4 green onions, minced; 118 milliliters minced onion; 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters vegetable oil

Buttermilk Hush Puppies might be just the side dish you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 232 calories. This vegetarian recipe serves 8. A mixture of vegetable oil, buttermilk, onion, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 25 minutes.

Instructions

Heat 1 quart vegetable oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C).

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Vegetable Oil

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Sauce Pan

Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C).

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Oven

Whisk buttermilk, 1/4 cup vegetable oil, and eggs in a bowl.

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Vegetable Oil

Buttermilk

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Combine cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Fold buttermilk mixture, onion, and green onions into cornmeal mixture until just mixed.

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Green Onions

Baking Soda

Buttermilk

Cornmeal

All Purpose Flour

Onion

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Drop 6 to 8 tablespoon-sized balls of batter into the hot oil; fry until each hush puppy is golden brown, turning the hush puppies to cook evenly, 6 to 10 minutes.

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Cooking Oil

Remove hush puppies with a slotted spoon and place on brown paper bags to drain. Repeat with any remaining batter.

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Transfer hush puppies to a baking sheet and keep warm in the preheated oven until ready to serve.

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Servings:

1teaspoons

baking soda 237milliliters

buttermilk 237milliliters

cornmeal 2

eggs, room temperature 237milliliters

all-purpose flour 4

green onions, minced 118milliliters

minced onion 1teaspoons

salt 59milliliters

vegetable oil

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Bully Hill Vineyards Dry Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 14 dollars per bottle.