| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 30 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Cook: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 48 hushpuppies |
Ingredients
- 2 cups self-rising white cornmeal
- 3/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 large jalapeno, chopped fine
- Kosher salt
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 8 cups peanut oil, for frying
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix the cornmeal, onions, jalapeno and a pinch of salt. Add enough of the buttermilk to make a stiff batter. You may not need the whole 2 cups.
- Heat the peanut oil in a deep fryer or a large heavy bottomed pot to 250 degrees F.
- Drop the batter into the hot oil by teaspoonfuls. The hushpuppies will turn over in the oil as they cook. They are done when they are brown all over, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove them from the oil with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels and season with salt. Keep the hushpuppies warm while you fry the remaining batter. Serve hot.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 10 servings |
| Calories | 268 |
| Total Fat | 15 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 29 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 3 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 2 mg |
| Sodium | 252 mg |
Reviews
Has anyone tried cooking in the air fryer?
Very easy & yummy. I made it with no jalapeno. I would add some cayenne next time for a small bite!
thank you for this recipe. I have tried other hush puppy recipes and they always burnt. the peanut oil was the best advice. we loved them.
The batter was way to runny. When they were dropped into the hot oil they just blew apart. Only got a few that were fairly shaped correctly. Something is just wrong with the recipe. The ones I could use had a pretty good taste.
Loved this simple recipe ! Only used 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk & used a scooper – making hushpuppies round & firm . The batter was almost like cookie dough.
Used canned jalapeno , chopped fine with sweet onion.
Took a double recipe to a dinner party of 15 people . Came home with an empty plate !
Used canned jalapeno , chopped fine with sweet onion.
Took a double recipe to a dinner party of 15 people . Came home with an empty plate !
I really like hushpuppies. When I moved to the South, I learned that they go well with seafood and with bbq. I tried making them once before, and that recipe was a failure (or I did it wrong. This worked! I loved them. They weren’t pretty (maybe the batter was the wrong consistency the batter kind of fell off the spoon and some of them were oddly shaped, some were large, some were small. I didn’t seem to have much luck there. But they tasted great!
These tasted good but were just too greasy for me.
These Hushpuppies were very,very good!