How to Make Hush Puppies with Jiffy Mix

How to make hush puppies with Jiffy Mix is here! Crispy fried cornbread bites are an easy fish side dish everyone loves. With a box of corn muffin mix you can now make Jiffy Mexican cornbread and this Southern family favorite finger food.

Jiffy Hush Puppies Recipe

Ok so I grew up on these little blue boxes. My mom made cornbread muffins with them and during the holidays I always use it to make our Jiffy cream corn casserole. I love doctoring this up because it already has the leavening agent mixed inside so I just add the goodness and extra seasonings into the mix.

A few months ago we made homemade air fryer hush puppies. Those were good but more labor intensive to make the batter in general. Then we moved on to tinkering with our favorite boxed cornbread mix and BAM, these were created!

Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix Hush Puppies

Instead of two bowls mixing the dry ingredients together, and the wet in another you can skip that step. This is a one bowl hush puppy recipe that makes clean up easier and baking quicker. Well we aren’t actually going to use the oven to “bake” these, they are better crispy and deep fried.

I know, I always say that I don’t like fried foods but there are some things that are just worth it. No I don’t have a deep fryer, and you probably don’t either. No worries, you just need a pan that can hold about 1.5″ high of vegetable oil so they can crisp and then turn over to the other side.

Ingredients

1. Box of Jiffy corn muffin mix
2. Some all purpose flour
3. Baking powder will allow them to fluff up a bit
4. Salt for flavor, pepper if you like
5. Egg added at room temperature
6. Dry minced onion is a nice add in
7. Garlic salt we like too
8. Whole or 2% Milk is best
9. And then you’ll need some oil for frying them.

Equipment Needed

You don’t really need two bowls, you can mix the boxed mix with a bit of flour and baking soda and then incorporate the rest. You will get a thick dough that you can scoop up and fry to golden brown in a skillet on the stovetop.

Variations

What’s listed below is the base. From there you could choose to add a little of this and that to add flavor or heat. A few other ideas would be some finely diced jalapenos or chiles, diced green onions, 1/4 cup shredded cheese, cayenne pepper, chili powder or dry Sriracha.

I mean the possibilities to add into the mix are endless, it’s kinda’ like our 3 ingredient beer bread in a sense in that regard. I would keep the add ins to a few tbsp worth so you don’t weigh it down though.

How to Make Hushpuppies with Jiffy

• This is quick and easy. All you do is whisk your mix and flour, egg, and other ingredients together in a bowl, then add your milk and egg. Stir just until it’s wet.
• In a skillet or dutch oven heat the oil. About 2 inches of oil will work, over medium high heat until sizzling.
• Use a tbsp to scoop up the thick batter and gently drop batter into the hot oil. I usually put 6 spoonfuls into hot oil at a time.
• Brown, turn to the other side and brown again. Work in batches until they are all golden brown. Remove with a slotted spoon and set on a paper towel lined plate to absorb excess oil on outside of each and serve.

Yes you could make this homemade cornbread recipe instead and use that, this is easier. Cornbread hush puppies are really fun for kids, well all finger foods are. If you want to make a meal where NO utensils are needed make these.

How are hush puppies different than cornbread?

How are these different from making Jiffy cornbread you might ask? Well the biggest difference is the consistency and texture on the outside. As you can see these are crunchy and fried while the other is baked in the oven and fluffy all the way around.

What are Long John Silver’s hush puppies made of?

This is where I think of when making and eating these. This fast food restaurant was around the corner from my house growing up and it was my FAVORITE. Their fried bites were the BEST ever and that is what I try to mimic when making them at home.

Theirs has a bit of sugar adding into the mix (which you could add 1 Tbsp) to make them sweeter but the rest remains the same. We enjoy both styles, savory and sweet.

How to save leftovers

I would enjoy them within 2 days after making them or the texture will change. Make sure that when you save them they are cooled, and wrap tightly in foil so they don’t dry out. Keep on the counter vs. the fridge as well.