Ok, this recipe is a two-fer. If you don’t use up all the batter in making the corn dogs, you can use the rest of the batter to fry up hush puppies. This recipe makes 5 corn dogs.
Before cooking anything, you want to be sure you can fit your corn dogs in the fry pan. Cut the skewers to the appropriate length
And test to see if the hot dogs fit, before you make a mess dipping them in corn batter
Now for the cooking part…first, start with opening up a can of baby corn, and drain well.
Using a stick blender, puree the baby corn
In a bowl, add 1 cup almond flour
Then add 3 tablespoons coconut flour
Add 1/4 teaspoon baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon sea salt. Blend the dry ingredients.
Add 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (or other type of oil you desire)
Add 6 tablespoons baby corn puree
Add 3 eggs
Blend well with a fork. At this point my batter looked like this:
To thin out the batter, I added 6 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream.
The idea is to achieve a batter that will cling onto the hotdog, but not too liquidy that it doesn’t make a thick layer. You have to play with the texture of the batter to get it just right. So, you may need a bit more or less than 6 tablespoons cream. The grind size of the almond flour will have an effect on texture of the batter.
Transfer the batter to a tall and thin container, tall enough to submerge the hotdogs
Get the oil in your pan up to temperature. I used leaf lard.
While the oil is heating, dust the hot dogs with a bit of coconut flour. This will help the batter stick to the hot dog
Dip the hot dog in the batter, make sure all sides are covered. You will need to tip the cylindrical container on its side and roll a bit to completely cover the hot dog. If you are struggling to get the hot dog completely covered, you can patch it up with your fingers - but, make sure your hands are clean and wetted with water, so that your fingers don’t stick to the batter.
Fry the corn dogs. Don’t walk away from the hot oil - in about a minute on one side, you will need to flip to other side as it cooks very quickly
With the remainder of the batter, you can make hush puppies. I like to add jalapeno peppers to my puppies!
Add as much diced fresh jalapeno as you desire
I dropped the hush puppies into the hot grease by the tablespoonful
Make sure you place the fried items on paper towel, to absorb the extra grease
The final plating
The perfect jalapeno hush puppy bite
And the perfect corn dog bite