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Creole Hush Puppies

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These Creole Hush Puppies are a definite thumbs up in our family. These fried balls of yummy goodness are so golden, crispy, and ooh so good.

Makes: 7 dozen

Preparation Time: 15 min

Cooking Time: 8 min

Ingredients
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
  • 1 (14-2/3-ounce) can cream-style corn
  • 1 (I0-ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chilies, undrained
  • 1 tablespoon Creole seasoning
  • 5 cups self-rising yellow cornmeal
  • 3 onions, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
  • 2 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped (see Note)
  • oil
Instructions
  1. Stir together first 5 ingredients. Add cornmeal, and stir just until moistened. Add onions and peppers; stir well.
     
  2. Pour oil to a depth of 2-inches into a Dutch oven; heat to 360 degrees F. Drop batter by level tablespoonfuls into hot oil; fry hush puppies, a few at a time, 3 to 4 minutes or until golden, turning once.
Notes

Use a small ice cream scoop (measures 4 teaspoons) to drop the batter into hot oil for frying. You can also use a measuring tablespoon or a dinner tablespoon, though they might not be quite as round. These hush puppies freeze well up to 3 months. When you're ready to eat, thaw them in a small batches in the microwave at HIGH 1 minute. Then place on a rimmed baking sheet, and bake at 450 degrees F for 4 minutes or until crispy. It's best to use rubber gloves when seeding and chopping jalapenos. The seeds and veins in them are hot and can burn your hands.

OOH ITS SO GOOD!

This recipe is from The Best of Mr. Food Cookbook Series Oxmoor House, Inc. If you would like more recipes like this, click here.

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