Southern Hush Puppies

Total Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4


• vegetable oil


• 1 1/2 cups cornmeal


• 1/3 cup flour


• 2 tablespoons baking powder


• 1 teaspoon salt


• 3/4 cup milk


• 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped


• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a heavy skillet (about 2- 2 1/2 inches of oil) until hot.


• 2 beat the egg and then mix in the remaining ingredients.


• 3 make sure that your dry ingredients are all moist.


• 4 using a tablespoon, drop balls of batter into the hot oil, about 2 inches long by 1 inch thick.


• 5 note: i usually only cook about 4 or 5 at a time.


• 6 these should float in the hot oil, but not be covered by it.


• 7 you will need to turn these as they cook.


• 8 fry until they are a golden brown and then drain them on paper towels.


• 9 serve with fish- of course!