Cornmeal Crab Puffs
By kmorganmoss • Sep 27th, 2008 • Category: Seafood & Fish, Tidbits & Noshings •
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Even though I am not opposed to family or guests eating and running-especially when they run satisfied and content. I on the other hand, don’t feel good about eating and running. But another busy week has left me short on time and I must eat and run today.
Frankly, this is a good eat and run snack as you could roll them up in a parchment lined newspaper cone heading out the door content and then some. So I leave you with a recipe along with a few words that about these crab filled morsels; golden with a crusty outside, moist chock full of crab on the inside. This is a twist on the Southern Hush puppies which we will talk about more in the weeks to come. Southern cooking at it’s finest once again.
For now enjoy these without further comment from me as I head to work. So, sorry I had to eat and run.
Cornmeal Crab Puffs
2 cups of stone-ground cornmeal( I like to use white, but yellow will do)
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder( preferably homemade)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 lb lump crab meat picked through for any shells
1/2 finely chopped onion
2 eggs lightly beaten
1 1/2 to 2 cups of milk
Oil for frying
- Prepare dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- Add the chopped onion and mix till combined.
- Add the eggs and milk blending till mixed.
- Gently fold in the crab meat so that the lumps do not break up.
- Heat a pan with about 2 to 3 inches of oil till it reaches 340 degrees.
- Drop by heaping teaspoon and fry till lightly brown about 2 minutes then turnover and fry the other side till lightly brown about 1 minute.
- Drain on paper towel and serve warm with cocktail sauce of ketchup and horseradish.
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kmorganmoss is the aspiring writer, photographer & passionate cook of ayankeeinasouthernkitchen.com; she is currently blogging and hopes to find her calling.
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Oh wow, do these look delicious! What a great Happy Hour treat these would be in our house!!
These look amazing…I have those little white buckets too!
Your photos make everything look so delicious. Now I’m craving crab puffs when a minute ago I would have never known I wanted one!
I really miss hush puppies and am looking forward to more on that subject…
These look incredible.
And now I want fried things for dinner.
These look great! I love crab in anything.
That sounds and looks terribly yumy! I love the combo! Highly tempting!
Cheers,
Rosa
Those look so light and tasty! I love it!
Kim we must be on the same wave length! My husband came home the other night with a hush puppy in his hand, he said …Do you know what this is?? I looked at it and said no, he said it’s a hush puppy can you make me some, then popped it in his mouth. I said well, I can try honey. the crab puffs! I know he’s gonna love these!! I sent for the cookbook by Virginia Willis, I can’t wait to get it!!
Fried, crabby, corny goodness — what’s not to love about this?
WOW!!! The texture looks perfect!
if i wasn’t irrationally and dreadfully afraid of deep-frying, i’d make these in a heartbeat. i really need to get past that, wouldn’t you say? just think of all the fried chicken i could be eating.
Wow! I’m definitely making these in the near future! Amazing looking + crab = heaven for me!
Oh man, those sure look good. Love the presentation, too!
These look DIVINE!!!
Dang, now I gotta find some crab meat…
These look so good and perfectly crunchy!
Wow, those crab puffs look so delicious! Amazing photos, too!
Yes, please! Those photos are making my mouth water….
These look soooooooooo good! Can’t wait to try them!
How delicious do these look! I wish I had a whole bucket right now!
These look amazing. I may request them for my birthday dinner next week! Lovely pictures, too.
They look great! I think I’ll be making these for football on Sunday. They’ll be perfect.
These look delicious!! And I can’t wait to hear about the hush puppies - I just found out that my husband has never had hush puppies, so I’d like to make them for him one day!
Hi Kim - so so good! I can’t wait - I have a deep fryer and some oil that I have been itching to use! Hope you are well.
I don’t usually deep fry anything, but I may have to make an exception for these. They look AMAZING.
can’t wait to hear about the hush puppies. these look nice and light. I have been craving crab cakes recently, but these look like they would do the trick!
I would eat these on the run but would much rather savour them:D
Wow these look simply delicious!
Kim, these puffs look amazing! I often prefer eating to running
Yum! These are going on my list to make next weekend!
Instead of my regular Friday night fish and chips, I shall attempt to make your crab puffs. It sure looks like a culinary mistress piece!
I’ll take a fast meal like that any day! Looks so cute in that little pail!
oh, those would be so good in a sandwich! must have now.
By the look of the photo I thought they are a sweet treat
but now after reading the title, this savoury tooth gril can definitely say: S-W-E-E-T! 
This looks really tempting, have to cook them now.
This looks really tempting, have to cook them now.
Regards,
Minal
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