Mini Corn Dogs

This was one of my childhood favorite meals and it's coming up on 3 years since my Dad's passing so I wanted to be sure I did a recipe that highlighted him during this challenge. 

We grew up poor and my Dad was an amazing cook. He was spur of the moment, throw something together and it was always delicious. I learned much of what I know about cooking from many hours spent together in the kitchen. He also taught me the basics of breading and batters which I utilized in this recipe. The mini corn dogs are battered in a cornmeal mixture that gave them the perfect balance of a crunchy, sweet and salty flavor. 

The batter for the onion rings works best with a can of beer but in the event you don't have that, use milk and an egg to achieve your desired consistency. The addition of cornstarch is essential to the crunchy texture and is a standard in any flour dredge I make for frying. 

Mini Corn Dogs

Ingredients:

• 4 hot dogs, cut in quarters - stick toothpick or popsicle stick into the end. 

• 1/2 c cornmeal

• 1/2 c flour

• 2 tbsp sugar

• 1 tsp salt

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 3 tbsp mayonnaise

• 1/2 cup milk

Preparation:

1. Mix all together, dip corn dogs in mix and fry in peanut or vegetable oil at 325 until golden.

Onions Rings  

Ingredients:

• Cut onions in half by width and separate all pieces.

• 1 cup flour

• 2 tbsp cornstarch

• 1.5 tsp salt 

• 1 tsp pepper 

• 1tsp garlic powder 

• 1 tsp onion powder

Preparation:

1. Mix all together and toss onions in dry mix. 

2. Remove onions from flour mix. 

3. Add 1 cup milk and one egg or 1 can of beer to flour mix

4. Dip onions in batter and fry at 350 until golden.
   

Note - the total food cost was $2.27 plus reusable frying oil

See the recipe on Tiktok here