My contribution to a cajun or Mardi Gras dinner.
Mardi Gras is almost here. I’ve never been to a Mardi Gras and I guess I don’t care if I ever go to one but I do love cajun cuisine. When we were in New Orleans last summer we had all kinds of cajun food and a few things I made after I got home.
https://manabernardes.com/2024/xhrsbcg7 I picked up these decorations/props at my craft circle. There’s a room bigger than my whole house (maybe twice over) full of supplies that we can go back and get for any project our group is working on. The little jester, mask and beads came from the floral department. And, since they weren’t using them for a few days, I thought I would borrow a few things and use for props. Just look at that little girl with her hand out, just waiting for a hushpuppy.
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https://serenityspaonline.com/n9t2ef1up This started off being my Dad’s hushpuppy recipe that calls for yeast and I added some corn, jalapeño and the crawfish and a little extra seasoning. My husband doesn’t agree but I think hushpuppies should be the last thing you cook before you sit down to eat. I tasted ours right out of the skillet and they were nice and crisp on the outside. We put them in the warming drawer outside while he did the blackened catfish and by the time we ate they were a little soft. If you need to keep them warm, then I would suggest putting on a cookie sheet with a draining rack on top and put them in a 300° oven to hole until ready to eat. Try them with some soft butter or make the sour cream sauce I did below.
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https://equinlab.com/2024/01/18/fj368ohw1 All the ingredients to throw these together right before serving.
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https://modaypadel.com/ebrgq78nk I put all my dry ingredients in one bowl, vegetables and crawfish in another and the buttermilk and egg in a third bowl. Ready to mix together.
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Add the chopped vegetables and crawfish to the dry ingredients and then stir in 1 cup of the buttermilk. If you need more to get it this consistency, add a little at a time. After mixing do not stir again until you are ready to fry.
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https://mmopage.com/news/8jdznlk These will start to float as soon as they hit the oil, when good and brown on one side, flip over to brown on the other side. You might want to sample one to check on the doneness. You don’t want doughy middles.
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https://www.prehistoricsoul.com/pdtwmbvv2 We had blackened catfish and we always cook it outside now that we have the outdoor kitchen because it keeps from smoking up my kitchen.
- 1 c. plain cornmeal
- 3/4 c. self rising flour
- 1 pkg. yeast
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. Tony's or Cajun seasoning
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 egg
- 1- 1/2 c. buttermilk
- 3/4 c. finely minced onion (I used red onion)
- 3-4 green onions, sliced thin
- 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped fine
- 1 ear corn
- 1 - 1/2 c. shelled crawfish tails
- oil to fry
- Dip, optional
- 1 c. sour cream
- 1 Tbsp. siracha sauce
- Cut the kernels from the corn. Put the corn in a dry skilled and cook for 4-5 minutes; remove from pan and set aside.
- Mix the cornmeal, flour, sugar, salt, garlic powder and yeast in a medium size bowl.
- In another bowl put the onion, green onion, jalapeño, cooked corn and the crawfish. Mix the egg with the milk and set aside.
- About five minutes before you are ready to fry these puppies, mix the vegetable/crawfish mixture with the dry ingredients and then stir in the milk/egg mixture. You want this to be a little thicker than cornbread batter.
- Have a cup of tap water by your frying pan. Dip the spoon into the water and then the hushpuppy mix and drop into 350° oil, then redip you spoon into the water and batter. Continue until you have a pan full of hushpuppies frying away. Let them brown on the bottoms then start flipping them over to brown on the other side. When they are brown enough, drain on paper towels. Try one to make sure you have the right time in the skillet so they are done all the way through.
- If you want a sauce to dip the hushpuppies in mix the sour cream with the siracha sauce. I like soft butter to spread on mine.
- My original recipe calls for one cup of buttermilk but that never seems to be enough and it might be because I don't level my cups of cornmeal/flour and that's why I changed the recipe to 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk.
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