Fletcher’s Corny Dogs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This particular recipe link was sent to us from Connie, who just so happens to know that I love corn-dogs.  It came from The Recipe Book on Blogspot and it’s a copy-cat recipe of the famous Fletcher’s Corny Dogs.  Robyn begged me to do this one on my own because she didn’t want to deal with the deep-frying.  I don’t blame her because deep-frying is a huge stink-fest that is sometimes filled with skin burns and flames.  

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Obviously I had high hopes for this corn-dog recipe, but I have no idea what possessed me to have four motherfucking packages of hot-dogs ready. My other son and his fiance were over so that made six of us. You can go ahead and do the math if you want, but I’ll just tell you that it was too many damn hot-dogs.

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I forgot that I bought some bamboo skewers a while back and bought another package (they’re like $2 at Target). Do you even care? Way to be one of those food-bloggers, Nance. Let me tell you the cute story about how I accidently bought too many skewers. And then I’ll tell you how you can use the extras for kebabs (of which we never eat). Or how you could use them to hold up twee signs on cupcakes.  KILL ME.

I’m going to give you the quick and dirty run-down on these corn-dogs because I’m boring myself. Just know that we followed the directions.

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We rolled the hot-dogs in flour because it is supposed to make the batter adhere to the hot-dogs better. We also started out using a cast iron skillet like the recipe said we could (foreshadowing). I used a tall glass to dip the hot-dog in the batter. I did everything they say you should do, dammit.

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I even used a thermometer to make sure the temperature of the oil was right. I was on the ball, baby.  This part pissed me off the most because Rick broke my thermometer that night.  I blame the fact that he’s left-handed.  Ahem.

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You just don’t know the anticipation that was going on in our kitchen. For the record, three of the people in the house left to go to the store and the three that stayed were the most interested in the corn-dogs. Alex, because he also loves corn-dogs. Me, OBVIOUSLY. And Rick, because he kinda looks at this shit like science so it’s fascinating to him (nerd).

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WTF?

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Let me try another one and I’ll swirl it this time to try and keep the batter on.

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Eventually we decided to ditch the damn cast iron skillet.

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We’re bringing out the big guns. This is one of the inserts for a commercial food warmer. It is NOT made for deep-frying.

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I loved watching Alex’s face when this thing started rocking back and forth because the oil was getting hot. Shit was totally unstable and we had no business using it for deep-frying, but whatever, DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME. Alex was raised in the same house as my mother and that woman lived to make us nervous about anything she could. Her particular favorites being that the furnace would blow up if I left the boys home alone (teenagers, mind you) and that the house is going to fall over the hill one of these days. Please understand now why I am insane.

Rick, who had not spent impressionable years around Crazy Shirley, handled the deep-frying while Alex and I stayed as far away from that hot lava disaster-waitin-to-happen as we could. In some parts of the country we would be called by our native name…chickenshits.

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This is as good as it got.

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Don’t even say it. Don’t even THINK IT.

Corn Dogs

It ended up being a huge pile of despair.

I don’t think you can ever make corn-dogs at home that are as good as they make at amusement parks and fairs.  So it looks like I’ll be staying in Connie’s guest bedroom next year when the Texas State Fair opens!

Almost Fletcher's Corny Dogs
 
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Fletcher's Corny Dogs are the quintessential Texas State Fair delight. No trip to the fair is complete without a stop (or two, or three) to the Fletcher's stand located by the boots of Big Tex. The recipe is a closely-guarded secret, but this recipe is awfully good and will suffice for the 49 weeks of a year that you cannot get a Fletcher's.
Original Source/Author:
: Deep Fried and Full of Fat
Cuisine: All American !
Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal (not stone-ground)
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • pinch cayenne pepper
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • ½ - 1 cup milk
  • 8 hot dogs (1 lb package) (kosher beef, or your favorite beef/pork combo)
  • 8 Popsicle sticks or ¼" thick wooden skewers
  • peanut oil for frying
Instructions
  1. A deep fat fryer is best for cooking corny dogs, but a good cast iron dutch oven or deep cast iron skillet will work just fine.
  2. Fill fryer to the manufacturer's max fill line with peanut oil, or pour 3" of oil in a cast iron dutch oven or skillet. Insert a reliable deep frying thermometer and slowly bring the oil to a temperature of 365°F.
  3. While oil is heating, skewer hot dogs with the Popsicle sticks or skewers, leaving 3 finger's length exposed for a good grip. Set aside.
  4. Combine all dry ingredients in a small bowl deep enough to fit the skewered hot dogs. Add beaten eggs and mix well. Add ½ cup of milk, then add more as necessary (up to 1 cup) to make a batter that is slightly thicker than pancake batter. Mix with a whisk until just combined, but do not over beat or your corny dog will be chewy and gummy.
  5. When peanut oil is to temperature, dredge skewered hot dogs in the batter and let the excess drip off, then gently place in the hot oil. (If using a deep fat fryer, insert the hot dog vertically and hold it a moment or two to let the batter "set" before laying it down in the fat.) Cook for 6 to 7 minutes, turning it a couple of times to cook both sides evenly. Cook until the corny dog is an even deep, golden brown color.
  6. Remove from the fat and drain on a rack over paper towels. Serve hot with yellow American mustard.

 


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Fletcher’s Corny Dogs — 37 Comments

  1. I’m going to keep checking the comments because surely someone has a perfect recipe for at home corn dogs, right?! And by perfect, I mean easy or else I’ll continue to grab them from Sonic for a dollar:)

    • If you haven’t tried the Morning Star veggie corn dogs….seriously try it. Heat them up in your oven or those little ovens that sit on your counter (WHY CAN’T I THINK IF THEIR NAME????). Totally delic and you can’t even tell they are veggie!!! I SWEAR!!!

  2. At our state fair (Washington) they’re called Krusty Pups. I adore me a Krusty Pup. (Oh, and I had to think it. I really did.)

    Happy New Year to my two favorite food porn bloggers!

    • I can only imagine how many people who are hunting for porn are going to show up here and be wildly disappointed. Except for that one kinky motherfucker that is into hot-dogs. Into in the weird way, not like I’m into them. Hee!

  3. I don’t know if you have the fast food restaurant Krystal’s up north, but they have the best corn dogs. They are small, so they call them Corn Pups. So of course you have to eat two to equal one dog. If you don’t have Krystal, next time you come down to visit Robyn, she can take you to get one.

  4. On behalf of all the reader’s, I am going to defy Nance. THOSE LOOKED LIKE BIG GIANT DICKS! BOTH KIND! KOSHER AND NOT KOSHER! Okay, I feel better now.

    • OHMYGAWD -MY HEAD JUST EXPLODED! And I laughed out loud at the Kosher and not Kosher because my brain went there too.

      We ALL A BUNCH OF PErVS! (in the good way, of course). 😀

  5. I am sorry, but I come here for yummy recipes and delightful conversation not pornography and lewd comments. I told my friend Amanda about this site and now I am going to have to warn her that it is just a bunch of pervs, dirty pictures pretending to be food glamour shots and ‘recipes’ that are no more than adding fruit to cake mixes, not recipes. Jeebus.

  6. PENIS PENIS PENIS!!! I had to say that. Sort of off topic, why does spell check think the 2nd penis is spelled wrong? Kosher and Unkosher, hee hee.

  7. So I’m thinkin I’m fixin corny dogs for OUvsTEXAS this weekend since I’m not going (we’re gonna get slaughtered by OU and I’m tired of going up there…ok we won last year and not going to repeat). I’m surfing the net for a recipe and I came across yours. Funniest recipe I have ever seen. Are you sure that this is not a script for a new sit-com? I laughed so hard I was tearing up. My wife came in and she started laughing out loud.
    Anyway, you have given me much thought and consideration that maybe, just maybe I should stick to nachos and cheezits……save the corny dogs for the State Fair. I’ll go up there on Senior day after the crowd leaves…With your humor, you should publish more recipes…

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