Recipe: Perfect Loaded Johnny Cakes

Loaded Johnny Cakes. Add all but the tomatoes and green onions to a bowl. Heat frying oil in a skillet. Drain the juices in a cup I was able to get a half cup.

In the end, I made more Johnny Cakes than I wanted to and probably used way more than five pounds of flour. But it was a good learning process and now I have a recipe that's perfect for sharing and making small batches of Johnny Cakes! Use a slotted spoon to scoop out the fried johnny cakes and set them on a paper towel. You can cook Loaded Johnny Cakes using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Loaded Johnny Cakes

1. It's 1-1/2 cup of yellow corn meal.
2. Prepare 1-1/2 cup of self rising buttermilk cornbread mix.
3. It's 1-1/2 cups of self rising flour.
4. It's 1-1/2 teaspoon of salt.
5. It's 15 ounces of canned corn.
6. Prepare 15 ounce of can diced tomatoes.
7. Prepare 2 of large eggs.
8. It's 1/3 cup of thinly sliced green onion.
9. It's 2 tablespoons of sugar.
10. It's 1/4 cup of bacon drippings.

You'll need to fry the rest of the johnnycakes in batches, but remember to let the oil heat back up in between batches. This may be called "Johnny Cake " but I couldn't tell anything that made it different from regular ol' cornbread. A cornmeal and milk batter gives texture to these pancakes. Serve with butter and honey, or with maple syrup.

Loaded Johnny Cakes instructions

1. Add all but the tomatoes and green onions to a bowl. Heat frying oil in a skillet. Drain the juices in a cup I was able to get a half cup. Put in a pot with 1-1/2 cup of water. Bring it to a boil. Add tomatoes to the remaining ingredients except green onions..
2. Add the eggs and mix. Lastly add the boiling tomato juice mixture..
3. Stir well and make little cakes in the hot skillet. Let cook for 3-5 minutes..
4. Turn as they get done stack on a paper towel to absorb excessive amounts of oil. Cook about half the batter..
5. Slice the onion. Mix the onion in the remaining batter. Fry the cakes in the skillet. First side 3-5 minutes..
6. Turn as needed. Stack on a paper towel to absorb excessive amounts of oil. Fry till you no longer have batter..
7. Serve I hope you enjoy!!.

In a medium bowl, whisk together cornmeal, sugar, and salt. Add boiling water, and mix to combine. Some think these fried cornmeal "johnnycakes" were originally called Journey Cakes while others believe they were first called Shawnee Cakes after the tribe in the Tennessee Valley. In some regions, "johnny cakes" are small, flat griddle cakes. In The Bahamas, Johnny Cake is baked.