How To Make Hush Puppies Without Deep Fryer

Preheat 2 inches of oil in a large skillet to 365 degrees.

How to make hush puppies without deep fryer. Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture. Remove the hush puppies to paper towels to drain and keep warm while frying the rest. Beat eggs milk and oil in small bowl. Saucepan or deep fat fryer heat 2 inches vegetable oil to 375 for each hush puppy drop a slightly rounded tablespoon of the batter into hot oil.

Add to dry ingredients just until combined. Spoon batter into prepared muffin pan filling cups 1 2 to 2 3 full. Fry three or four at a time 3 minutes or until golden turning once. Fry the hush puppies in small batches until deep golden brown turning several times to brown evenly.

Whisk the egg milk and onion. To encourage even cooking don t crowd the hush puppies in the deep fryer or skillet. For spicier hush puppies add a pinch of cayenne to the batter and for added flavor mix a minced clove of garlic into the mixture. Stir in cubed butter.

Lay down parchment paper rounds and place drops of hush puppy dough using a cookie scoop or spoon. Add milk and egg and mix well. In a medium sized mixing bowl add the flour cornmeal sugar baking powder salt garlic powder onion powder paprika and pepper. In a cast iron dutch oven or an electric skillet heat oil to 365.

Drop batter by tablespoonfuls into oil. Preheat the air fryer to 350 degrees and let the mix rest for 5 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes. The temperature should be around 370 f.

In a large bowl combine the cornmeal flour baking powder and salt. Cook for about 6 minutes flipping with 1 2 minutes left. Makes about 24 hush puppies. Drop the batter by teaspoonfuls into the hot fat and fry until golden brown.

Add the egg and buttermilk and stir until combined. Stir just until moistened. Add to cornmeal mixture and stir just until blended. Carefully remove from air fryer and serve.

Bake until golden about 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Stir just until moistened batter should be lumpy. Step 2 drop batter by rounded tablespoonfuls into hot oil and fry in 3 batches 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until golden. Use a fork to flip the hush puppies over in the ebleskiver pan although traditionally you use a knitting needle.

I use a fork because the silverware drawer is closer than the store where they sell knitting needles allow the hush puppy to cook for another 5 minutes or so until it is golden brown.