Southern Made Hush Puppies

A southern specialty hush puppies are small deep fried balls made of a cornmeal batter.

Southern made hush puppies. They are dropped and you want them to be fully submerged by spoonfuls into a pot filled with piping hot oil to cook. The salty and light sweet balls of crispy fried goodness pair perfectly with tender flaky fried fish and can be cooked up in the same hot oil. If made from just cornmeal hush puppies will fall apart in the oil. When you scoop out a spoonful it should be stiff enough to hold its shape without movement.

Hush puppies are a classic southern dish and adding in the shredded squash is a really nice twist. They re delicious small balls of deep fried dough similar to fritters that date back to the civil war the recipe is very easy and requires just a few common ingredients you may already have in the kitchen. If too much flour is used the hush puppies become heavy dense and bread like. Southern hush puppies are round golf ball sized light and flakey cornmeal batter that is fried golden brown on the outside and soft on the inside served as a side dish to any southern meal.

They were perhaps the original treat aka bribe for fido. 1 1 2 cups cornmeal to 1 2 cup flour. After much experimentation i landed on a 3 1 ratio. These hush puppies are the perfect side dish ready in minutes.

Hush puppies are a favorite part of southern cuisine and are traditionally served with fried catfish. And while southerners all have their favorite tasty twists nothing will ever beat the classic hush puppies are made from a six ingredient batter which includes cornmeal flour baking powder and sugar. History of hush puppies so how did hush puppies get their name. Legends tell how southern fishermen and civil war soldiers first made the golden nuggets from scraps just to toss to barking and begging dogs with the command to hush puppy.