Crawfish Hush Puppies

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Ingredients

  • 6 slices bacon, chopped
  • ¼ cup minced onion
  • ¼ cup minced celery
  • 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced
  • 8 oz frozen peeled and deveined, cooked crawfish tail meat, thawed and chopped
  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1½ tsp Creole seasoning
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1¼ cups buttermilk
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 (48-oz) bottle vegetable oil
  • 1 (10.5-oz) bottle remoulade sauce

Instructions

  1. Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Drain on paper towels, reserving 1 Tbsp drippings in skillet. Add onion, celery, and jalapeño to skillet; cook 5 minutes or until tender. Remove from heat.
  2. Stir in crawfish and bacon into onion mixture; let cool slightly.
  3. Whisk together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, seasoning, and baking soda in a large bowl. Add buttermilk and egg, whisking until mixture is smooth. Stir in crawfish mixture.
  4. Pour oil to a depth of 4 inches in a large Dutch oven and heat over medium heat until a thermometer registers 350°F.
  5. Drop batter, in batches, by heaping tablespoonfuls into hot oil. Fry 3 to 4 minutes per side or until golden brown. Drain on a wire rack set over paper towels. Serve hot with remoulade sauce.

Nutritional Information

Main Total
Servings 10
Calories
374
374
Fat (g) 27 27
Sat. Fat (g) 5 5
Protein (g) 9 9
Carb (g) 25 25
Fiber (g) 1 1
Sodium (mg) 773 773
T. Sugs (g) 2 2
A. Sugs (g) 1 1

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