Hominy Fritters With Bacon Thyme Dipping Sauce
Hominy Fritters With Bacon Thyme Dipping Sauce
These fritters get their rich flavor from whole kernels of hominy and savory thyme. Pair with a dipping sauce of bacon, thyme, hot pepper jelly and cider vinegar.Recipe courtesy of McCormick.
Prep Time
20
minutes
Cook Time
35
minutes
Servings
4
Total time: 55 minutes
Ingredients
- 8 slices of bacon
- 15 ounce canned white hominy, drained, rinsed well and dried
- 1/2 cup hot pepper jelly
- 2 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoon mccormick gourmet™ organic thyme leaves
- 3/4 cup cornmeal
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon mccormick gourmet™ sicilian sea salt
- 3/4 teaspoon mccormick gourmet™ organic garlic powder
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 2/3 cup milk
- vegetable oil, for frying
Directions
- Cook bacon in large skillet on medium heat until crisp.
- Remove from pan and drain on paper towels.
- Add hominy to skillet with bacon drippings; cook and stir 5 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Remove from pan; set aside.
- Place pepper jelly, vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon of the thyme and 3 slices of the cooked bacon in small food processor or blender container; cover.
- Process on high until well blended and smooth; set aside.
- Crumble remaining bacon slices; set aside.
- Mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar, sea salt, garlic powder and remaining 1 teaspoon thyme in large bowl.
- Add green onions, remaining crumbled bacon, eggs and milk; stir until just blended.
- Gently stir in hominy, the batter will be lumpy; Do not over stir.
- Pour about 2 inches oil into large heavy saucepan.
- Heat to 350ºF on medium heat.
- Drop batter by tablespoonfuls, a few at a time, into hot oil.
- Fry 4 minutes or until golden brown, turning once.
- Skim and remove any cooked fritter crumbs between batches.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Serve fritters with bacon thyme dipping sauce.