Best Fried Hominy Recipes

FRIED HOMINY

Steps:

• fry bacon in a heavy skillet until brown and crisp.
• stir in hominy and salt, stirring, for 5 minutes.
• add pepper and scallions, stirring for 5 more minutes.

RED CHILI FRIED HOMINY IN BACON GREASE

Steps:

• 1. Using a cast iron skillet heat bacon grease or butter.
• 2. Drain Hominy from all liquid, place in bacon grease or butter. Add all spices, fry for approximately 20 minutes till slightly crispy uncovered, lifting and turning with a spatula...Serve Hot with a sprinkle of lime juice OPT

FRIED HOMINY

Steps:

• Drain hominy and combine in a stockpot with onion, garlic, carrot, bay leaves, thyme and water to cover. Cook 1 to 11/2 hours, until kernels are tender and just beginning to split. Season with salt to taste. Let sit for 1/2 hour, then strain and remove vegetables. Continue to strain as kernels cool; hominy can be refrigerated at this point for up to 2 days.
• Mix together remaining dry ingredients with about 1/2 tablespoon salt; taste and adjust seasoning.
• Make sure kernels are as dry as possible. Place oil in deep pot and heat to 375 degrees. Pour hominy into pot, in batches if necessary. If oil spatters, partially cover pot. Fry, stirring occasionally, until kernels begin to brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain on paper towels, then toss with salt and spice mix. Serve with lime wedges.

FRIED HOMINY GRITS

Steps:

• Day before, add two teaspoons of salt to the boiling water and add the grits gradually, stirring constantly. Cook over low heat, stirring frequently, thirty to forty minutes.
• Stir in the almonds and let mixture cool to warm.
• Pack the warm grits into straight sided iced tea glasses that have been rinsed out with cold water. Chill overnight.
• Next day, loosen around the grits with a knife and allow to unmold. Cut into 1/2 inch thick circles.
• Heat the bacon drippings or lard in a heavy iron skillet.
• Dip the circles in flour and then in the eggs combined with the remaining salt and two tablespoons water.
• Fry the circles in the hot fat until browned on both sides.
• Yield: about twenty circles, 5 servings.
• Heritage cook book.

HOMINY GRILL'S FRIED GREEN TOMATOES RECIPE

Steps:

• For the breadcrumbs:
• Combine all of the ingredients in the bowl of a food processor and process until blended, about 30 to 45 seconds.
• For the fried green tomatoes:
• Using 3 shallow bowls, fill one with the all-purpose flour, another with the egg wash, and another with the breadcrumbs.
• Slice the tomato into ¼ inch thick slices. Dredge the slices in the flour, then the egg wash, and then lastly the breadcrumbs.
• Fry the slices in a deep fryer or a large skillet, turning them over when one side is brown.
• Notes and Substitutions: Only use green tomatoes-once they start to become ripe and turn pink they do not fry as well.

FRIED HOMINY

Steps:

• Spread hominy on paper towels in a jelly-roll pan. Chill, uncovered, 3 to 24 hours.
• Pour oil to a depth of 3 inches in a Dutch oven.
• Heat over medium-high heat to 350°.
• Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; toss with hominy, in batches. Shake off excess flour.
• Fry hominy, in batches, 6 minutes or until kernels float to the top; remove and drain.
• Sprinkle hot hominy with desired amount of either spice mix.