Southern Hush Puppies. Casual and Comfortable Styles For Men & Women. If made from just cornmeal, hush puppies will fall apart in the oil. If too much flour is used, the hush puppies become heavy, dense, and bread-like.

Making the Southern Hush Puppies: These Southern Hush Puppies are deceptively delicious little bites of cornmeal batter flavored with a little grated onion and dropped into hot oil until the outside is crispy and browned and the inside is soft and fluffy. They sure are hard to resist! If you love Southern food, be sure to try our Collard Greens, Pecan Pralines, and Southern Tomato Pie! You can cook Southern Hush Puppies using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Southern Hush Puppies

1. You need 1 1/2 cup of Self rising cornmeal.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of Cup self rising flour.
3. You need 1/2 tsp of Baking soda.
4. You need 1/2 tsp of Salt.
5. Prepare 1 cup of Buttermilk.
6. It's 1 of Egg lightly beaten.
7. Prepare 1 small of finely chopped onion.

Per a request here is my favorite hush puppie recipe to go with fried fish. History of Hush Puppies So, how did hush puppies get their name? They were perhaps the original treat (aka bribe) for Fido. 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." But what I do know it, making homemade southern hush puppies is a breeze!

Southern Hush Puppies step by step

1. In a mixing bowl mix together the dry ingredients..
2. Stir in onion..
3. Stir in buttermilk and egg and mix until blended..
4. Drop the batter by teaspoonfuls into a deep fryer..
5. Fry until golden brown(turning them to cook evenly)..

It's really easy to whip up a couple batches, and takes very little time. Watch me make my southern hushpuppies in this video tutorial. Hush puppies are the perfect addition to a classic fish fry! How to Make Southern-Style Hush Puppies. In a large mixing bowl, mix together flour and cornmeal.