Mama Smith Recipe ⤍ Buttermilk Hush Puppies

Hush puppies are a great Southern tradition along with buttermilk coleslaw and Southern-fried catfish. Why not use all that buttermilk together in all your recipes? Try them all!

Ingredients

• 1 quart vegetable oil for frying, or as needed
• 1 cup buttermilk
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup minced onion
• 4 green onions, minced

Cooking Directions

1. Heat 1 quart vegetable oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C).
2. Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C).
3. Whisk buttermilk, 1/4 cup vegetable oil, and eggs in a bowl.
4. Combine cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Fold buttermilk mixture, onion, and green onions into cornmeal mixture until just mixed.
5. Drop 6 to 8 tablespoon-sized balls of batter into the hot oil; fry until each hush puppy is golden brown, turning the hush puppies to cook evenly, 6 to 10 minutes. Remove hush puppies with a slotted spoon and place on brown paper bags to drain. Repeat with any remaining batter.
6. Transfer hush puppies to a baking sheet and keep warm in the preheated oven until ready to serve.

Nutrition Facts

• calories338.7
• carbohydrateContent34.9 g
• cholesterolContent47.7 mg
• fatContent19.8 g
• fiberContent1.5 g
• proteinContent5.7 g
• saturatedFatContent3.1 g
• sodiumContent276.8 mg
• sugarContent8.7 g