Paul Prudhomme's Sweet Hush Puppies

Total Time: 3 hrs 4 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup cornmeal
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1 cup very finely chopped onion
• 1/2 cup very finely chopped green pepper
• 1/2 cup very finely chopped green onion, green tops only
• 1 egg, beaten

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, pepper; mix well, breaking up any lumps.
• 2 add chopped onions, green peppers, green onion tops and egg, stirring thoroughly.
• 3 note: mix will be very dry.
• 4 cover and refrigerate for about 2 hours, but no longer than 3 hours or batter will get too moist.
• 5 shape the dough into small balls for deep frying.
• 6 in a deep skillet, wok, electric frying pan or a proper deepfryer, heat your preferred deep-frying oil to 330f, slip hush puppies into hot oil, turn heat to low and fry in small batches until dark golden brown, about 4 minutes.
• 7 drain on towels and serve hot.