Southern Deep Fried Pickles Recipe

Fried pickles are an appetizer that is commonly  found in the South.  Its made by battering a dill pickle and then deep frying it until its golden brown.  Below is my recipe for how to make some delicious Deep Fried Pickles.  The batter is made with flour, cornmeal, buttermilk, egg, garlic powder, salt, sweet paprika, cayenne and sugar.

Ingredients:

2 cups of flour
1 cup of cornmeal
1 tablespoon of garlic powder
1 tablespoon of salt
1 tablespoon of sweet paprika
1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons of sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup of buttermilk
Peanut oil, for frying
1 (16 oz.)  jar of Dill Spears, drained
Bottle of Ranch Dressing

Instructions:

You will want to begin by taking a wide, shallow dish and putting in your flour, cornmeal, garlic powder, salt, paprika, cayenne and sugar and then whisking your ingredients together.  Now take a second wide, shallow dish and add in your eggs and buttermilk and then lightly whisk your ingredients together.

Now,  place enough peanut oil in a 4 to 5 quart cast iron Dutch oven so that it comes halfway up the side of the pot.  Then place your pot over medium-high heat and bring the temperature to 390 to 400 degrees F.

Now, working in batches, toss the pickle spears into the flour mixture, making certain to press them into the flour mixture.  Then shake off any extra flour.  Now place them into the egg mixture to coat.  Then dredge the spear back into the flour mixture once again.  Then carefully place each spear into the hot oil and cook until its golden brown.  This should take about 2 minutes. You can fry 3 to 4 pickles in the pot at the same time.  Use a slotted spoon to remove your fried dill spear from the pot and then place it on paper towels to drain. You will want to serve your fried pickles immediately with some Ranch dressing on the side as a dipping sauce.