Corn Dogs Recipe (For Air Fryer & Deep Fryer)
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You don’t have to wait until the next State Fair to enjoy a corn dog with this easy corn dogs recipe. In just 15 minutes you’ll be enjoying hot dogs wrapped in delicious cornbread batter and fried until golden.
Do corn dogs bring back nostalgic memories for anyone else? They’re definitely one of the most popular foods at State Fairs, county fairs, and carnivals. But for good reason, as who can resist a savory hot dog fried in a delicious cornmeal-based batter?
I don’t know about you, but in my house corn dogs are actually one of those things that my kids don’t realize you can even make at home. Luckily, this makes it easy for you to win coolness points as a parent by making them using this easy corn dogs recipe. And let’s face it, we all secretly live for those moments when our kids give us that, “wow, you’re actually kind of cool” look.
Trust me, when I say easy, I mean it. You’re going to pop those sticks into your hot dogs and dredge them in flour. Then you’re going to mix together your corn dog batter, which will take just a couple of minutes. Its ingredients include a combination of yellow cornmeal for that color, flour, egg, salt, milk, baking soda, baking powder, and sugar. The sugar adds just a touch of sweetness.
Pop your corn dogs in the batter and then fry them until golden brown, which only takes about 5 minutes. They’ll be ready to enjoy in just 15 minutes. Then all you have to do is serve your homemade corn dogs with the favorite condiments of your choice.
I just know your kids will love you bringing the fair home with this easy corn dogs recipe!
Recipe Ingredients
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Flour
- Milk
- Plain cornmeal
- Egg
- Sugar
- Beef hotdogs/weenies, plus some sticks, skewers, or popsicle sticks to go in them.
How to Make My Corn Dogs Recipe
First, fill the deep fryer with vegetable oil and heat to 375 degrees.
Dump your plain flour into a shallow bowl.
Stick wooden skewers or sticks into each weenie and lay them on a paper towel-lined plate.
Roll each hot dog in flour and shake off the excess.
This will help our corn dog batter stick to the hot dogs. Take it from me, we really need this step because once I forgot to do it and my batter kept sliding off in spots. By dipping them in flour first, it sticks perfectly.
Now we assemble our corn dog batter ingredients.
In a large bowl, place the , including flour…
Plain yellow cornmeal…
Sugar…
Salt…
Baking soda…
And baking powder.
Stir that up well.
Next, pour in the milk.
Finally, add the egg.
Stir all of that up really well until it’s all smooth and well combined.
NOW is our trick…
Spoon your batter into a tall drinking glass and dip each hot dog into the glass until covered.
As your batter in the glass gets lower, spoon more in.
VOILA! C’est Corn Dog! Or in my native Alabamian, “Well looky thar! It’s a corn dawg!”
Immediately place these in the deep fryer basket and drop them into the .
Fry until golden brown. They’ll take about five minutes or so to cook and you can cook more than one at a time. However, take care not to overcrowd your deep fryer.
Drain your corn dogs on a paper towel-lined plate and then serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
Personally, I like mine with lots of mustard!
How about you?
Pretend you are at the carnival or county fair and have some funnel cakes too.
Enjoy!
Storage
- Place cooled corn dogs in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Quickly reheat in the air fryer before serving.
- To make homemade frozen corn dogs, place the fully cooked corn dogs on wax paper-lined baking sheets and place them in the freezer until frozen hard (a few hours). Remove and place them in zipper seal bags before returning to the freezer. Reheat in the oven or air fryer.
Recipe Notes
- You can use any type of hot dogs, such as beef, chicken, or turkey hot dogs. You can also use mini hot dogs to make bite-sized corn dogs. They’ll just be quicker to cook (about 3 minutes), so keep an eye on your mini corn dogs.
- For extra sweetness, add 1 tablespoon of honey to the cornbread batter when you add the other wet ingredients.
- On the other hand, if you’d prefer a little bit more heat, add 1/4 teaspoon of ground cayenne pepper to the dry ingredients.
- You can use any milk for this recipe, including buttermilk or non-dairy milk like almond milk.
Recipe FAQs
How do you make air fryer corn dogs?
Follow the instructions above to make corn dogs in the air fryer. But instead of placing them in the deep fryer, you’ll want to do this:
- Lightly grease your air fryer basket with non-stick cooking spray.
- Cook at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes, flipping halfway to ensure they’re golden brown and crispy on both sides.
It’s also helpful soaking the wooden skewers in water for at least 20 minutes before using the air fryer, as this prevents them from burning.
Where can I buy corn dog skewers?
I got these sticks on the kid’s craft aisle at Walmart.
How do you make a gluten-free corn dogs recipe?
It’s simple! Just swap the all-purpose flour for almond flour and you have yourself gluten-free corn dogs.
How do you get batter to stick to a hot dog?
What is the best oil for deep frying corn dogs?
You want to choose an oil with a higher smoke point for deep frying, so canola oil, vegetable oil, and peanut oil are all good options.
How do you serve corn dogs?
Simply serve your homemade corn dogs with your favorite condiments, like ketchup, yellow mustard, sriracha, or barbecue sauce.
You may also like these fun fair recipes:
Deep Fried Ice Cream Milkshakes
Fresh Fried Corn (Shucking, Silking, Cooking, and Freezing)
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup plain cornmeal
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1 1/3 cup milk
- 8 weenies
Instructions
- Fill the deep fryer with vegetable oil and heat to 375 degrees.
- In a large bowl, add 1 cup of flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and mix until well combined.1.5 cups all-purpose flour, 1 cup plain cornmeal, 2 tbsp sugar, 1.5 tsp baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 tsp salt
- Add in the wet ingredients (milk, egg, and optional honey) and stir well until smooth and well blended. Set aside.1 1/3 cup milk, 1 egg
- Place 1/2 cup of flour in a shallow dish or pie plate. Skewer each weenie on a wooden stick, then roll in flour, gently shaking off the excess.1.5 cups all-purpose flour, 8 weenies
- Fill a tall drinking glass with the corn dog batter.
- Dip each weenie into the glass of batter while holding the stick until completely submerged. Slowly pull it out of the batter and carefully lower it into the hot oil.
- Fry until golden brown (about 5 minutes).
- Drain on paper towels.
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Very sweet & I love corn dogs!! I don’t eat them often but I don’t know why. I guess I just like a good hot dog on a bun so that’s where they go when I buy them!! Katy is growing up so fast Christy – I think she might enjoy cooking a bit when she gets older!
She is growing too fast Mary! I keep threatening bricks on her head to slow her down.
I am a retired reading teacher. I loved the idea that media specialist had so much that I had my kids with reading problems writing and illustrating their own books when I taught. My students were middle schoolers so we donated the books to a nursery school where i took my students to have them read to the little ones every week. It was a great experience for both the pre-kindergarteners and for my middle schoolers.
What a great thing that had to have been to watch Loretta!
Thanks for the corn dog recipe. My family just loves them and I think it would be something fun to try. I think I’ll have to make them for lunch this weekend. Can’t wait. Go Katie Rose! Kids and books make a great combo.
I hope yall enjoy them Stephanie!!
So we have TWO published authors in the Jordan family now! Like mother, like daughter. 🙂
And that picture of your babies is so cute, Christy.
I’m not a big hot dog fan, but we will make these just to be able to say, “Oh, yes, we make our own corn dogs at our house. Our friend Christy Jordan taught us how.”
~giggles~ I do hope yall will have fun making them Lisa!!
I too, remember the Zestos in 5 points! My what awesome corn dogs they served. Was thinking about them just the other day. Wonderful post, Christy, and I LOVE the idea about the kids writing books! What an inspired Librarian!
Love your site, and all of your posts. You are an amazing person.
Oh goodness, you make me blush. Thank you for the kind comments and I hope you enjoy the corn dogs!
I remember The Dandy Dog Place in Conway, AR, As a child I considered that “going out to eat” since we were a farm family and money most times was limited. We loved going there. The other day a Facebook friend wrote to remain me that we took her for her first corndog there. This would just be a flash in the pan now to most kiddos but in the 50s, it was a wonderful adventure . When I eat or even smell one it brings back great memories of times past with my Mom and Dad.
What wonderful memories Lou!
I am having a bad day at work, and reading this post(though that’s probably not what I should be doing!!!) has made me smile a big smile!
Thanks for all your recipes and remarks and pictures of your sweet family!