Best Hushpuppy Battered Catfish Nuggets With Spicy Tartar Sauce Recipes

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SOUTHERN FRIED CATFISH WITH HUSH PUPPIES



Southern Fried Catfish with Hush Puppies image

Southern hospitality just wouldn't be the same with this delicious dish. Every southern woman knows how to fry up a "mess" of good catfish and though there are several recipes for the batter it all boils down to deep frying those babies a deep golden brown. And you can't have fried catfish with the hush puppies to go with it....

Provided by Tammy Raynes

Categories     Fish

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 14

4 catfish fillets
1/2 c yellow cornmeal
3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp red pepper
vegetable oil for frying
HUSH PUPPY BATTER
1 12/ c yellow cornmeal
1/2 c all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 c milk
1 small onion, minced
1 egg, slightly beaten

Steps:

  • 1. HUSH PUPPY BATTER: Combine cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Add milk, onion and egg. Stir until well combined. Set aside. Mixture will be a little thick.
  • 2. Rinse catfish and pat dry with paper towels. Combine cornmeal, flour, salt and red pepper in shallow dish. Dip fish in cornmeal mixture. Heat 1" of oil in large, heavy saucepan over medium heat until oil registers 375 degrees.
  • 3. Fry fish, a few pieces at a time, 4 to 5 minutes or until golden brown and fish flakes easily when tested with fork. Adjust heat to maintain temperature. Drain fish on paper towels.
  • 4. TO MAKE HUSH PUPPIES: Drop batter by tablespoonfuls into hot oil. Fry, a few pieces at a time, 2 minutes or until golden brown. Makes about 24 hush puppies.

CATFISH PARLOUR HUSH PUPPIES



Catfish Parlour Hush Puppies image

In Austin, Texas, Catfish Parlour is the place for all-you-can-eat fried catfish. But before you get to the fish, you recieve a bowl of freshly fried hush puppies on your table with two dipping sauces: tartar sauce, and jalapeno tartar sauce. I can usually eat a bowl all by myself, and love both the regular and jalapeno tartar sauce. Recipe posted by request in the Austin American-Statesman a million years ago. The recipe is cut down from the restaurant proportion. The recipe makes a large number determined by how big the little puppies are rolled out. Instead of being round, Catfish Parlour's hush puppies are rolled out like cigarettes in little tubes.

Provided by Colean

Categories     Breads

Time 1h7m

Yield 20 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 gallon water
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup salt
2 tablespoons granulated garlic
3 tablespoons granulated onion
4 lbs yellow cornmeal
oil (for frying)

Steps:

  • Place one gallon of water in a large pot.
  • Add the sugar,slat, garlic and onion.
  • Bring to a rolling boil.
  • Turn the flame off and stir in the corn meal. The mush will be very stiff, so stiff that it is difficult to stir.
  • When mixed, scrape the mush out in a dishpan, flatten out on top and allow to cool.
  • Later, if a skin has formed on top, peel it off and discard it.
  • Knead the mush until pliable and easy to work with.
  • Pinch off whatever size pieces you want the hugh puppies to be and form them by hand just as you would do with modeling clay. Make each hush puppy out of a rope or tube you've rolled between your palms. I like mine the length of about 4 inches, and the diameter of a kindergartner's chunky pencil.
  • Deep fry at 350 degrees until they are hard on the outside.
  • Do not put too many in the fryer at once because the oil will get too cool.
  • Prep time includes the time for the mush to cool.

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