
Now, mix in the shredded onion, egg, and milk until well combined. To make it, whisk the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. The batter needs to rest for a few minutes, so that’s where you’ll begin. Just follow these simple steps and you’ll be popping them into your mouth in no time! Make The Batter You’ll be wondering why it took you so long to make your own homemade hush puppies. This recipe is ridiculously easy to make. Milk – I like to use whole milk but any kind of milk in your fridge will work including plant-based varieties.Egg – You need a large egg to bind the batter and create a soft texture inside.Onion – Use a yellow or white onion to make them a little more savory.Salt – Works to season the batter by enhancing all the natural flavors.Sugar – A dash of white sugar adds a touch of sweetness.Baking Powder – Used as a leavening agent to help keep the puppies light and fluffy on the inside.Cornmeal – Basic cornmeal adds a nice contrasting texture to the flour and yummy flavor.Flour – Good old all-purpose flour works perfectly to make the batter.They can also be served as a snack with your favorite sauces too like my Fry Sauce or Homemade Buffalo Sauce. We love them in my house! I like to serve hush puppies with Fried Fish or with a big bowl of Homemade Chili. The idea is when you drop them into the oil to cook at the proper temperature it forms a crust and that crust allows the outside to fry without the oil seeping into the batter too much. So if you do it right they should be crunchy on the outside and not greasy at all on the inside. They are so darn good!īut don’t let the fried part scare you! First off, they are easy to whip together in just 20-minutes! And while they are fried, they are fried at a high temperature for just a few minutes. Extra crispy on the outside, a little sweet, and soft on the inside. When I think of southern fried seafood platters I think of hush puppies! They are basically little balls of fried cornbread. 8 Can I Add Things To The Hush Puppies?.Mature plants will reach up to 3' tall and spread to fill a 4' area. The upright spikes of blooms are held above the narrowly, lanceolate foliage from late summer into fall. HUSH PUPPY is a fountain grass cultivar that features a long-lasting display of showy, light pink flowerheads.

Specific epithet means like a foxtail grass. Genus name comes from the Latin penna meaning "feather" and seta meaning "bristle" in reference to the flowers having long, feathery bristles. Many excellent fountain grass cultivars are available in commerce, ranging in height from 1-5' and featuring a variety of different flower colors (purples, pinks or whites) and autumn foliage. Flower spikes turn brownish as the seeds form, and spikes usually persist until late fall or early winter before shattering. Showy, silvery to pinkish-white, bristly, bottle brush-like flower spikes arch outward from the clump in late summer like water spraying from a fountain (hence the common name). Foliage usually remains attractive throughout the winter. Features narrow, medium to deep green leaves (to 1/2" wide) in summer, changing to golden yellow in fall and fading to beige in late fall. Pennisetum alopecuroides, commonly called fountain grass, is a warm season ornamental grass which typically grows in graceful, spreading clumps from 2-3' tall and as wide.
