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Jamaican Festival Hush Puppies

Lightly crisp on the outside. Soft and sweet on the inside. Tender cornmeal batter surrounds our famous tangy-sweet baked beans, a hint of allspice and spicy Jamaican jerk seasoning in a beautiful golden fritter. Serve with mango chutney for dipping.

  • Prep Time

    15 Mins

  • Cook Time

    5 Mins

  • Serves

    10 Qt.

INGREDIENTS

  • 3.75 qt. Yellow Cornmeal
  • 2.5 qt. All Purpose Flour
  • 2.5 cups Granulated Sugar
  • 5 tsp Baking Soda
  • 5 tsp Baking Powder
  • 3.5 Tbsp Kosher Salt
  • 5 tsp Allspice, Powdered
  • 3.75 qt. Buttermilk
  • 10 Eggs, Large
  • 1.5 cups Jamaican Jerk Seasoning, Hot & Spicy
  • 2 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
  • 10 cups Bush’s Best® Bean Pot® Vegetarian Baked Beans, Drained
  • 5 qt. Mango Chutney (For dipping)
Blue plate piled with hush puppies around a yellow bowl of mango chutneyDOWNLOAD RECIPE SHEET

INGREDIENTS

  • 3.75 qt. Yellow Cornmeal
  • 2.5 qt. All Purpose Flour
  • 2.5 cups Granulated Sugar
  • 5 tsp Baking Soda
  • 5 tsp Baking Powder
  • 3.5 Tbsp Kosher Salt
  • 5 tsp Allspice, Powdered
  • 3.75 qt. Buttermilk
  • 10 Eggs, Large
  • 1.5 cups Jamaican Jerk Seasoning, Hot & Spicy
  • 2 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
  • 10 cups Bush’s Best® Bean Pot® Vegetarian Baked Beans, Drained
  • 5 qt. Mango Chutney (For dipping)

DIRECTIONS

  1. Pre-heat a fryer to 365ºF.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, kosher salt, and allspice.
  3. In a separate mixing bowl combine buttermilk, egg, Jamaican jerk seasoning, and 2 Tbsp of vegetable oil. Whisk until ingredients are well combined.
  4. Whisk wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until well mixed.
  5. Once the mixture resembles a batter, gently fold in the Bush’s Best® Bean Pot® Vegetarian Baked Beans until well incorporated. Refrigerate until needed.
  6. For each hush puppy, scoop 2 Tbsp of batter into the fryer. Fry 3–5 minutes or until golden brown.
  7. Remove hush puppies from the fryer onto a sheet pan lined with paper towels to drain.
  8. For each portion, serve 2 hush puppies with 2 Tbsp mango chutney for dipping.
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