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www.RecipeFaire.com Presents:
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Hush Puppies with Buttermilk
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by:
Jerome Creel
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Hush Puppies Recipe are mandatory in southern seafood and fish dishes and are easy and very tasty using oil, cornmeal, flour, baking soda, salt, onion, buttermilk and egg.
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INGREDIENTS
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6 cups peanut oil
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1 1/2 cups self-rising cornmeal
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1/2 cup self-rising flour
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 small onion, chopped
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1 cup buttermilk (regular milk can be used if a must)
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1 egg, lightly beaten
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DIRECTIONS
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1:
In a medium size bowl, mix all dry ingredients plus onion.
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2:
In another bowl, beat egg lightly. Add egg and buttermilk to dry mixture. Mix all ingredients well. Place mixture in refrigerator for at least two hours.
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3:
In a medium saucepan, heat oil to 325°F or until a pinch of flour dropped into the oil sizzles. Remove hush puppy mix from refrigerator and stir to mix well.
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4:
Using a tablespoon, carefully drop a slightly heaped tablespoon of the batter into the hot oil, repeating until the hush puppies fill the pan without over lapping. Cook until golden brown; remove to paper towel lined dish to drain. Repeat process as necessary to cook all the hush puppies.
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