Broiled Rainbow Trout with Hush Puppies | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• ¹⁄₂ cup flour
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• ¹⁄₂ tbsp. kosher salt, plus more to taste
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• ¹⁄₄ cup buttermilk
• 2 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
• 1 tsp. hot sauce
• 1 (8 1/4-oz.) can cream-style corn
• ¹⁄₂ jalapeño, stemmed, seeded, and roughly chopped
• ¹⁄₂ small red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and roughly chopped
• ¹⁄₂ small yellow onion, roughly chopped
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• Canola oil, for frying
• ¹⁄₂ tsp. granulated garlic
• ¹⁄₄ tsp. celery seed
• ¹⁄₄ tsp. dried oregano
• ¹⁄₄ tsp. paprika
• ¹⁄₄ tsp. sugar
• ¹⁄₄ tsp. dried thyme
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 whole fresh rainbow trout (about 10 oz. each), butterflied
• 2 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
• Lemon wedges, for serving