Real African Dishes: [MC-AllEthnic-Recipes] Grilled Corn Hush Puppies - Southern USA; 7g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber

Saturday, June 12, 2010

[MC-AllEthnic-Recipes] Grilled Corn Hush Puppies - Southern USA; 7g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber

* Exported from MasterCook *

Grilled Corn Hush Puppies - Southern USA

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Serving Size : 20 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : LowCal (Less than 300 cals) LowerCarbs
LowFat (Less than 15%) Veggie

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3/4 cup stone-ground cornmeal
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup cooked corn kernels -- preferably grilled
1/4 green bell pepper -- very finely chopped
3 scallions -- trimmed and minced
1 garlic clove -- minced
1 pickled jalapeno chili -- minced (optional)
1 egg -- beaten
1/2 cup buttermilk -- or milk, approximately
For frying: -- about 2 cups vegetable oil

Combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and alt in a
mixing bowl and whisk to mix. Whisk in the corn, bell pepper, scallions,
garlic and chili.

Make a well in the center and add the egg and buttermilk. Whisk just to
mix, adding buttermilk as necessary to obtain a thickish batter. Mix as
little as possible.

Just before serving, pour the oil to a depth of at least 1 inch in a small
frying pan or electric skillet, and heat to 350F. Using 2 spoons, drop
1-inch balls of batter into the oil. Fry, turning with a slotted spoon or
wire skimmer, until golden brown, about 2 minutes total. Work in several
batches, so as not to crowd the pan.

Using a slotted spoon, transfer the hush puppies to paper towels to drain.
Arrange the fritters on a platter lined with a doily and serve at once.

Makes 20 hush puppies.

AuthorNote: To most people, Floridian cuisine means the cosmopolitan
cooking of our southern cities, like Miami. But a meal at a roadhouse or
breakfast joint in more backwater parts of the state will quickly remind
you that Florida is part of the Deep South. I'm not sure what a north
Floridian would make of these hush puppies, which features such newfangled
additions as grilled corn and pickled chilies, but in our house, they're
always devoured with gusto. For the best results use a stone-ground
cornmeal, preferably organic.

Cuisine:
"Southern USA"
Source:
"Miami Spice: The New Florida Cuisine by Steven Raichlen, 1993."
S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):
"June 2010"
Yield:
"20 hushpuppies"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 36 Calories; trace Fat (10.8%
calories from fat); 1g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 11mg
Cholesterol; 180mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0
Vegetable; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

Nutr. Assoc. : 435 0 0 0 0 2873 0 0 0 0 0 0 0