Southern Fried Yellow Squash
fresh sliced
seasoned with salt, pepper, and cayenne - onion added
breaded with corn meal
frying in the skillet
Yellow Squash
Corn Meal
Salt
Pepper
Cayenne
Olive Oil
Slice squash into 1/4" slices. Place in a bowl and add salt, pepper, and a dash of cayenne. Mix well. Add 1 cup corn meal and toss gingerly until all pieces are coated. Let sit for 30 minutes so meal has time to set well on squash slices.
Pour 1/2 cup olive oil into a skillet. Heat until almost smoking. Add squash slices and leave until the bottom layer starts to brown. ONLY when bottom layer has browned should you carefully take a spatula and scraping from the bottom you need to flip the squash so the uncooked side can now brown. Repeat scraping the bottom and turning until all pieces are nicely browned and cooked through.
Grandma always added a little sugar to her corn meal and it's real good that way too
1-2 level tablespoons will give you a hint of sweetness. I chopped an onion into mine cuz we really like the flavor of onion.
wow,looks like yummy=)
next time I also want to test!=)
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Thats great! Let me know how it works for you
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I love squash and this looks pretty good, I'm going to give it a try. Thanks!
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Yellow squash is so good fried. I can't wait until summer when I can get some fresh squash at good prices.
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That's why I love summertime - fresh veggies!
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Oooh, so glad I was following my way through entre card today - this recipe looks fabulous and now I can't wait to try it!
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Thanks for sharing the recipe. I have been trying to find a recipe for what my grandma called squash mush. This looks very close to what she taught me to make many years ago. I can't wait to try it.
I think she just added the cornmeal to the pan, I don't remember the squash being breaded in it.
Gonna try this soon,
Thanks
Jenn
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