Southern Fried Fish and Hush Puppies

Name: Southern Fried Fish and Hush Puppies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 355 milliliters stone-ground corn flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 473 milliliters buttermilk; 1 large egg; 414 milliliters stone-ground whole-grain cornmeal; 0 teaspoons ground red pepper; 1 sprig Garnishes: lemon wedges, parsley; 118 milliliters minced onion; 36 servings Peanut oil; 1 kilograms whole red snapper, dressed (may use fillets); 2 teaspoons salt, divided

You can never have too many Southern recipes, so give Southern Fried Fish and Hush Puppies a try. This side dish has 220 calories, 10g of protein, and 16g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 36. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and pescatarian diet. Head to the store and pick up snapper, peanut oil, ground pepper, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Pour oil to a depth of 1 1/2 inches in a stockpot or Dutch oven.

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Place it over medium-high heat, and heat to 37

Preheat oven to 20

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Place wire racks on baking sheets, and set them aside.

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While the oil is heating, prepare the coating for the fish. In a wide bowl, mix corn flour, 1 teaspoon salt, black pepper, and red pepper.

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Black Pepper

Corn Flour

Red Pepper

Fish

Salt

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Prepare the hush puppy batter.

Mix the egg and buttermilk well in a medium-size bowl. Stir in cornmeal until well blended. Stir in onion.

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Place remaining 1 teaspoon salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a small bowl, and set both bowls aside while you fry the fish.

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Fish

Salt

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When the oil reaches 375, dip each fish or fillet in the seasoned corn flour, coating it all over but shaking off any excess. Carefully lower each piece into the hot oil. Fill the pot but do not crowd it; the oil should bubble up around each piece of fish. Monitor the temperature closely so that it stays between 365 and 37

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Corn Flour

Fish

Dip

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Pot

Fry the fish until it is golden all over, about 2 to 3 minutes on each side, depending on the size of the pieces. Set aside any of the remaining corn flour.

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Corn Flour

Fish

Remove the fish from the oil in the same order that the pieces were immersed, using a wire-mesh strainer, tongs, or any tool that will allow you to hold the fish over the pot so excess oil can drain. Immediately place the pieces on a wire rack, and place in the oven to keep warm.

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Fish

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Continue frying until all of the fish are done, always waiting for the oil to return to the proper temperature before adding more. Then proceed with frying the hush puppies.

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Add the reserved baking powder mixture to the hush puppy batter and mix well. Then add the leftover seasoned corn flour to the batter, a little at a time, until the batter is thick enough to be spooned. This will take about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of the remaining corn flour.

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Make sure that the oil has returned to 375, and then drop the batter by spoonfuls into the hot oil, using 2 teaspoons: one to scoop up the batter and the other to scrape it off and into the oil. Fry the hush puppies until they are golden brown all over, about 3 minutes, again carefully monitoring the oil, and then place on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

You probably won't have to put the hush puppies in the oven to stay warm because your guests will be picking at them. Besides, they stay warm a fairly long time, and there are plenty to go to around. Repeat the process until all the batter is fried.

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Garnish with lemon wedges and parsley sprigs, if desired.

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Parsley

Serve the fish and hush puppies immediately.

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Fish

Note: Corn flour is the finest grind of cornmeal; in Louisiana it's called "fish fry." If you can't find it, you can make your own by grinding cornmeal in a blender or food processor.

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Fish

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Servings:

355milliliters

stone-ground corn flour 1teaspoon

baking powder 1teaspoon

baking soda 1teaspoons

freshly ground black pepper 473milliliters

buttermilk 1large

egg 414milliliters

stone-ground whole-grain cornmeal 0teaspoons

ground red pepper 1sprig

Garnishes: lemon wedges, parsley 118milliliters

minced onion 36servings

Peanut oil 1kilograms

whole red snapper, dressed (may use fillets)2teaspoons

salt, divided

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir are great choices for Fish. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. You could try Maysaran Arsheen Pinot Gris. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 18 dollars per bottle.