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Air Fryer Hush Puppies (side or appetizer)

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Air Fryer Hush Puppies
Air Fryer Hush Puppies

Air fryer hush puppies are a delicious appetizer or side, perfect with your favorite seafood. And they are made with far less oil than the deep fried version.

Air fryer hush puppies

Y’all! I am so excited to publish these. Don’t get me wrong, I will still order hush puppies at the restaurants without apology, because YOLO.😉👌🏻 

But when I make food at home, I tend to experiment with tweaks and make it with a little more TLC (to my heart and arteries, lol).

Ingredients

Always use the best quality ingredients you have access to.

ingredients in individual bowls on a white surface with label text

Hush puppies are usually based off a corn bread recipe, with a few extra things thrown in.

Mixing the batter

First, mix up the dry ingredients.  Combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, garlic powder, onion powder and chili powder in a medium size mixing bowl, and stir/ whisk to combine.

wet and dry ingredients in two bowls on white surface

Next, mix up the wet ingredients.  In a separate larger mixing bowl, combine the egg, honey and milk and olive oil or butter.

Then add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well to form a wet thick batter.

air fryer hush puppy batter

Add the peppers and onion.

mixing up batter with diced onion and bell pepper

 

Fold in the peppers and onions. 

air fryer hush puppies batter in a clear bowl on white surface

Prepping and cooking air fryer hush puppies

Preheat the air fryer to 380 degrees F (this takes 5 minutes for my air fryer).

Once the air fryer is ready, place a parchment liner into the bottom of the air fryer basket and spray with cooking spray.

Using a 2 tablespoon size ice cream scoop or large spoon, drop the dough/ batter into the air fryer basket, making sure to space each of the hush puppies about 2 inches apart. You will likely need to do this in batches.

making air fryer hush puppies in air fryer basket with parchment

Close the basket and cook at 380 degrees F for 4minutes, then flip each one over and cook for 4 more minutes on the other side.. Once they are done, spray them with a bit more olive oil spray and sprinkle with sea salt. This helps the salt to stick.

Continue until you have cooked all of the hush puppies. This recipe yields about 12-15 hush puppies. 

Air fryer hush puppies in the air fryer basket lined with parchment

Enjoy hush puppies by themselves, or with regular butter, honey butter, tartar sauce or your favorite dipping sauce.

Air fryer hush puppies in a basket with a side of dipping sauce

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Air Fryer Hush Puppies

Air fryer hush puppies are a delicious appetizer or side, perfect with your favorite seafood. They use less oil than the deep fried version.

Course Appetizer, Breads, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword air fryer hush puppies
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
2nd batch 8 minutes
Total Time 26 minutes
Servings 15 hush puppies
Calories 101 kcal
Author Marjorie @APinchOfHealthy

Ingredients

  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tablespoon honey or sugar
  • 1 cup buttermilk half and half or heavy cream will work as replacements
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil or melted butter
  • ¼ cup green bell pepper chopped
  • ¼ cup yellow onion chopped
  • Olive oil cooking spray or cooking spray of choice

Instructions

  1. Mix the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, garlic powder, onion powder and chili powder in a medium size mixing bowl.

  2. Mix up the wet ingredients. In a separate larger mixing bowl, combine the egg, honey and milk and olive oil or butter.
  3. Mix up the batter. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well to form a wet thick batter. Fold in the peppers and onions.
  4. Cook the hush puppies. Preheat the air fryer to 380 degrees F (this takes 5 minutes for my air fryer)

  5. Once the air fryer is ready, place a liner or piece of foil into the bottom of the air fryer basket and spray with cooking spray.

  6. Using a 2 tablespoon size ice cream scoop or large spoon, drop the biscuit dough into the air fryer basket, making sure to space each of the hush puppies about 2 inches apart. You will likely need to do this in batches.

  7. Close the basket and cook at 380 degrees F for 4minutes, then flip each one over and cook for 4 more minutes on the other side.

  8. Once they are done, spray them with olive oil spray and sprinkle with sea salt. Continue until you have cooked all of the hush puppies. This recipe yields about 12-15 hush puppies.

  9. Serve. Enjoy these warm with your favorite dipping sauce.

Recipe Notes

Nutritional information is approximate and was calculated using a recipe nutrition label generator.

Some air fryer models only cook in 25 degree increments. 375 degrees F should work just fine.👌🏻

Nutrition Facts
Air Fryer Hush Puppies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 101 Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Trans Fat 1g
Cholesterol 13mg4%
Sodium 178mg8%
Potassium 122mg3%
Carbohydrates 17g6%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 71IU1%
Vitamin C 2mg2%
Calcium 41mg4%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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  1. Ju says

    February 8, 2024 at 10:46 am

    How many hush puppies are in a serving? ( based on the nutrition information)
    Thanks!

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