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Southern Fried Fish And Hush Puppies

Southern Fried Fish And Hush Puppies is built on Corn Flour Stone Ground, T Salt, Freshly Ground Pepper, Cayenne, and Lg Egg. Serves 6. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup
• 1
• 1/2 tsp
• 1/4 tsp
• 1
• 2 cup
• 1 3/4 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 1
• 1
• 1

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. In a stockpot or Dutch oven, pour oil to a depth of at least 1 1/2 inches. and heat the oil at medium-high until the temperature reaches 375 degrees.

2. 2

   Place wire racks on 2 baking sheets and set aside.

3. 3

   In a wide bowl, mix the corn flour, salt, pepper and cayenne.

4. 4

   In a medium-size bowl, prepare the hush puppies batter: Mix the egg and buttermilk well, then stir in the cornmeal until well blended, Add the onion, and stir in.

5. 5

   Place the baking powder, salt and baking soda in a small separate container and set aside while you fry the fish.

6. 6

   Carefully lower each piece into the oil.

7. 7

   Fillt he pot, but do not crowd it.

8. 8

   The oil should bubble up around each piece.

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   Make sure temperature stays between 365 and 375 degrees.

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    Fry the fish until it is golden all over, about 2 or 3 minutes on each side.

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    Set aside the remaining corn flour.

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    Remove the fish pieces from the oil in the same order they were immersed, using a wire mesh strainer allowing excess to drain.

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    When fish stops dripping; place it on one of the prepared baking sheets; then place in oven.

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    Continue until all fish is fried.

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    For the hush puppies: add the reserved baking powder, salt and baking soda to the hush puppy batter, and mix well; then, add the leftover seasoned corn flour to the batter a little at a time, until the batter is thick enough to be spooned.

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    Make sure the oil has returned to 375 degrees F; then, drop the batter by spoonfuls into the oil, using 2 teaspoons -- 1 to scoop the batter and one to scrape it off and into the oil.

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    Fry the hush puppies until golden all over, about 3 minutes.

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    Drain each pup well over the pot, and place on the second prepared sheet pan.

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    Repeat process until all batter is fried.

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    Crawford, 7/7/96