Creole Hush Puppies

Submitted by Dreamgoddess

"The last time we fried catfish, I decided to try out this hush puppy recipe for a bit of a change. I used a can of mild Rotel tomatoes since I have small children, but you could use the hotter Rotel if you wish. This makes a lot of hush puppies, so you might want to halve the recipe. We really enjoyed the flavor of these...hope you will too! Recipe from Southern Living."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 6 dozen

ingredients

• 1182.95 ml self-rising cornmeal
• 415.80 g can cream-style corn
• 283.49 g can diced tomatoes with green chilies
• 2 large eggs
• 473.18 ml buttermilk
• 3 medium onions, chopped
• 1 banana pepper, chopped
• 118.29 ml bell pepper, chopped
• 4.92 ml creole seasoning

directions

1. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl; stir together just until moistened.
2. Heat oil in a Dutch oven to 375°F.
3. Drop teaspoonfuls of batter into the hot oil and fry 2-3 minutes or until golden brown, turning once.

Reviews

[Sharon the Rocket]

These were really good and my hubby really liked them but I had to leave out the corn as I can't have it. I agree that it makes a lot but hubby wanted to save leftovers because they were that good. He also wants me to try to use the recipe for baking in a pan as cornbread. Just might try it! I will use hot Rotel next time as they didn't have much zing with the mild. Thanks for a great recipe! Made for PAC 2008.

 

[Mommy Diva]

I also scaled the recipe down for our household, and it made PLENTY! I used the tips from GW as I was unable to find self rising cornmeal too....these were wonderful- my DH loved them! We willbe using this as our default hus puppy recipe from now on! ;) Thanks for posting! **Aussie recipe swap #8 (2007)

 

[Galley Wench]

These are GREAT! I did have to improvise a bit. First I took your advise and cut the recipe in half. Half a recipe is still alot, but guess it would be difficult to make any further reductions... 1/2 of an egg? We don't have self-rising cornmeal in this part of the country so had to make my own...(2 cups Corn Meal, 1/4 cup flour 2 1/2 Tablespoons baking powder 1 tsp. salt). Only question I had was whether to drain the tomaotes. . . so, used a 1/2 can of Rotel tomatoes (without the juice). They were VERY tasty . . . even better than my Texan Momma use to make!

 

[CraftScout]

I had a serious problem with this. It was a very loose batter, and when it poured out of the spoon into the hot oil, the "hush puppy" exploded. The only thing I did different than the recipe was cut it to 1 dozen, instead of six.