Thread: hush puppies

Originally Posted by ShilohRed

Know this is late, but people from all over the US has eaten these. And most still ask for the recipe.
2 cups corn meal
1 cup self rising flour
1 to 1.5 cups of chopped onions.
1 tea spoon salt
3 tea spoons black pepper
1 egg
part of your favorite beer.

Mix flour and corn meal up in a bowl. Then sprinkle salt and pepper on top. Mix again, then pour the oinons (Yellow) on the mixture. Mix that up and then finish up with your favorite beer or Wild Turkey works great also. Use just enough Liquid to mix everything together good. Wet but not runny. ( U can use milk rather than the beer, But why?) Cover mixture and let it set 3 or 4 hours if you can before you use it. Right when you start to use it, mix well bringing in as much air as you can. but don't over mix.
I use one of these to drop the hushpuppys with.
I get mine at walmart. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Oneida-Tr...Scoop/15149534 You can use it full or I use it 3/4's full. Works perfect. And I used to drop them by hand in restaurants from the time I was 12 years old. But not don't burn myself using this..
Also to make them better I use 2 tea spoons or so of jalapeno Peppers or 1 teaspoon of Hapanero peppers to make one of the best ever. Adjust these to your taste, Mom used 5 spoons full. Me 1/2 or less on the Hapanero's and 2 to 4 of the

Thanks for the recipe....it is never late to respond and if I can catch some feesh I will try this next...and I agree about the milk.....LOL...I likes my beer....just the way I roll.....