Hush Puppies

Name: Hush Puppies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup fine cornmeal; 1/2 cup plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp sugar; 1/4 cup sliced spring onions; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 egg; vegetable oil for frying

Deep-fried Southern cornmeal fritters — crispy outside, fluffy inside. Mixing the batter only until just combined keeps hush puppies tender and fluffy inside instead of dense and heavy.

Total time

20 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 cupfine cornmeal

1/2 cupplain flour

1 tspbaking powder

1/2 tspbicarbonate of soda

1/2 tspsalt

1 tspsugar

1/4 cupsliced spring onions

1 cupbuttermilk

1egg

vegetable oilfor frying

Instructions

Mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, bicarb, salt and sugar. Stir in spring onion.

Add buttermilk and egg. Mix until just combined.

Heat oil to 180°C.

Drop tablespoonfuls into hot oil. Fry 3-4 minutes until golden all over.

Drain and serve immediately with hot sauce.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

322

Protein

9.3g

Fat

4.2g

Carbs

63g

Fiber

4.7g

Sodium

606mg

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