CRISPY SOUTHERN FRIED CATFISH
Simple is best, and this Southern Fried Catfish is no exception. The easy dinner recipe only requires a handful of pantry staples and it's ready about 20 minutes!!!
Provided by Blair Lonergan
Categories Dinner
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Combine cornmeal, seasoned salt, pepper, and garlic powder in a shallow dish.
- Pour milk into a separate dish.
- Heat oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Dip a catfish fillet in the milk, and shake off any excess.
- Transfer milk-soaked fish to the cornmeal mixture and gently roll to coat on both sides.
- Repeat with remaining fillets.
- Place fish in the hot skillet and cook until golden brown on each side (about 5-7 minutes per side). The fish will flake easily with a fork when it's done.
- Depending on the size of your skillet, you may need to cook the fish in batches. Don't overcrowd the skillet! Feel free to wipe out the pan and use additional butter/oil, as necessary, for subsequent batches.
- Drain fish on paper towels.
- Serve warm, garnished with chopped fresh parsley and a lemon wedge, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 (4 ounce) fillet, Calories 222 kcal, Carbohydrate 5.9 g, Protein 14.7 g, Fat 15.8 g, SaturatedFat 4.1 g, Cholesterol 36.7 mg, Sodium 659.3 mg, Fiber 0.6 g, Sugar 0.1 g
DEEP FRIED CATFISH BITES WITH A KICKBACK SAUCE
I love good catfish, and these have just the right amount of flavor in the coating so that they don't overpower the taste of the fish. Add to that a kickback dipping sauce, and you have all the ingredients for a great meal. You can even use the leftover batter to make hushpuppies. So, you ready... Let's get into the...
Provided by Andy Anderson !
Categories Seafood Appetizers
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- 1. DIPPING SAUCE
- 2. Gather your ingredients.
- 3. Add the mayonnaise, brown mustard, lime juice, honey, brown sugar, mustard powder, and Worcestershire sauce in a medium bowl.
- 4. Whisk to combine.
- 5. Season with hot sauce and salt to your own particular tastes.
- 6. Mix until all the ingredients are thoroughly incorporated.
- 7. Cover, and reserve.
- 8. Chef's Note: If you have the time, allow the dipping sauce to sit for 2 to 3 hours, or overnight. This will help give the ingredients a chance to know each other.
- 9. THE CATFISH
- 10. Gather your ingredients.
- 11. Cut the catfish into bite-sized pieces, and reserve.
- 12. Add the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, 1 teaspoon of salt and the cayenne pepper to a large bowl.
- 13. Whisk to combine.
- 14. Chef's Note: Adjust the salt to your own tastes, or leave it out altogether.
- 15. Add the beer.
- 16. Whisk until there are no lumps and the mixture is completely smooth.
- 17. Chef's Tip: If you have any left over beer, you should drink it down. We don't want anything wasted.
- 18. Chef's Note: If the batter is still a bit thick, add some water to thin it down.
- 19. Mix the remaining 1-teaspoon of salt with the pepper, garlic powder, and paprika and/or dill, if using.
- 20. Use this to lightly season the fish on both sides.
- 21. Chef's Note: You will probably have more of the salt/pepper/garlic mixture than what you need. Discard any that's left.
- 22. Preheat your oil to 350f (176c).
- 23. Chef's Tip: If you have a deep fryer, most are preset to this temperature. If you are using a pot, then use a thermometer to keep the temperature as close to 350f (176c) as possible.
- 24. Dip a piece of catfish into the batter and then carefully place into the hot oil.
- 25. Chef's Tip: Place several pieces into the oil, but don't overcrowd.
- 26. Keep the catfish moving in the oil so that they don't stick.
- 27. Fry until the catfish bites are nice and brown, about 3 to 4 minutes.
- 28. Place the cooked catfish on a paper towel, and repeat for the remaining catfish.
- 29. Chef's Tip: To keep the catfish warm, you might want to place them on a paper-towel lined baking sheet. Preset the oven to 200f (94c), and keep them in there until ready to serve.
- 30. Chef's Note: If you have any batter left over, and you probably will, drizzle it into the hot oil, and make some crunchies, put them in the plate and lay the catfish on top. I think some people like the crunchies more than the catfish.
- 31. To serve, add to a serving plate, with the dipping sauce on the side. Add a few lemon wedges, and there you go. Enjoy.
- 32. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
FRIED CATFISH TOPPED WITH CRAWFISH AU GRATIN SAUCE
Provided by Food Network
Time 1h
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 25
Steps:
- For the sauce: In a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat, melt the butter and saute the onions, peppers and garlic until wilted. Add the flour and stir until a blond roux is achieved, about 2 minutes. Stir in the sugar, chicken base, crab base, granulated garlic, basil, black pepper, cayenne pepper and thyme. Add the milk and wine and cook over medium heat until the milk thickens, stirring constantly, about 6 minutes. Add the cheese and stir until the cheese melts and fully incorporates into the sauce. Add the crawfish tails and cook until heated through, about 4 minutes. Add the green onions just before serving.
- For the catfish: Sprinkle the catfish with Creole seasoning. In a small bowl, beat the eggs and add the milk. Coat the catfish in flour and dip in the milk/egg mixture, then coat with cornmeal. Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a large skillet. Fry the catfish until golden brown, 7 to 8 minutes.
- Serve the catfish with the crawfish au gratin sauce.
SOUTHERN FRIED CATFISH
Steps:
- Heat the peanut oil in a 5-quart Dutch oven over high heat until it reaches 350 degrees F on a deep-fry thermometer. Adjust the heat to maintain the temperature.
- Whisk the cornmeal and flour together in a shallow dish. Combine the seafood seasoning, kosher salt, paprika, and pepper in a small bowl. Season the catfish fillets evenly on both sides with the spice mixture. Pour the buttermilk into another shallow dish. Dip each fillet into the buttermilk, flip once to coat both sides, hold over the pan and allow the excess to drip off. Coat both sides of the fillets in the cornmeal mixture. Set the coated fillets on a cooling rack and let rest for 5 minutes.
- Gently add the fillets, 2 at a time, to the hot oil and fry until golden brown, about 5 to 6 minutes. Remove the fried fillets to a cooling rack set over a newspaper-lined half sheet pan. Repeat method with remaining fillets. Arrange the catfish on a serving platter and serve immediately.
FRIED CATFISH
Provided by Robert Irvine : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a deep saucepot or small fryer to 350 degrees F.
- Next, in a bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk, ensuring to mix well. Then place in a shallow pan.
- To bread the fish, evenly sprinkle both sides of the fillets with the salt and pepper, then dip in the seasoned flour and tap off any excess. Follow with the egg wash and finish with the cornmeal. The breading should be evenly over the fillets. Proceed to place in the heated oil and cook for 3 minutes. Then flip and finish for 2 minutes. The crust should be golden brown and crisp. Then remove from the oil and place on a paper-towel-lined platter.
- To finish, drizzle with lemon juice and serve.
FRIED CATFISH WITH A KICK
It's a taste of cajun/creole but a little different than traditional. It's all about the timing guys and gals, no one likes an over or under cooked piece of fried fish.
Provided by graniteangel
Categories Catfish
Time 50m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Cut your catfish fillets into four pieces. You'll want to make sure your catfish fillets are about 4-6oz a piece.
- In a mixing bowl add the buttermilk, eggs and Worcestershire sauce. Blend until smooth with a fork or whisk.
- Let soak in egg and buttermilk mixture for 25-30 minutes.
- Drain all but about 1/2 cup of buttermilk and egg mixture from bowl. Add your creole mustard and half creole seasoning to the fillets and remaining wet mixture. Evenly coat fillets in mixture to ensure mustard and seasoning is evenly distributed.
- In seperate bowl mix together the remaining creole seasoning, black pepper, cayenne, onion powder, garlic powder, corn flower, corn meal, and flour.
- Or you can use 1 1/4 cups Lousiana fish fry instead of the corn flour and corn meal.
- Use a wok or another pot or pan with reasonable room to fry your fish. I would use a cast iron dutch oven or large cast iron frying pan for the best heat distribution. You don't want to crowd your fish too much, so make sure it's big enough or do two batches.
- Heat your peanut oil to about 375°F.
- Make sure to drain fillets fairly well before coating them in the dry mixture. Pat the extra dry coating off to avoid burnage. Let sit on wire rack for 2 minutes before placing in hot oil.
- Make sure the oil is really hot (375F) before placing fish into oil. Once you place your coated fillet pieces into your hot oil, turn the temp down to Med-High. Then after a minute turn to Med. Brown on each side for about 3-4 minutes depending on the size of your fillets. Turn heat back to Med-High when you first turn your fish. Turn back to Med after about a minute. They will be golden brown, but not too brown.
- If you need to do two batches due to the size of your pan then turn back up to med-high and get oil back to 375F before adding second batch. Turn back to Med after you've dropped your fish and let them cook for about the first minute.
- Place on wire cooling rack for about 2 minutes and serve then immediately.
- Goes great with cocktail sauce. French bread with butter and french fries are a yummy yet fattening addition to this dish.
- Oh, and don't forget that pint of beer!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1423.5, Fat 122.1, SaturatedFat 21.8, Cholesterol 144.9, Sodium 402.2, Carbohydrate 48.1, Fiber 3.5, Sugar 6.7, Protein 36.1
TODD RICHARDS'S FRIED CATFISH WITH HOT SAUCE
The Atlanta chef Todd Richards says his mother made catfish on Fridays as part of her weekly rotation of dishes. She let the fish sit in cornmeal for about five minutes before frying, a technique that he said resulted in very crispy fish. He uses the same method in this recipe, adapted from his cookbook, "Soul: A Chef's Culinary Evolution in 150 Recipes" (Oxmoor House, 2018). If you're using boneless catfish, this dish can be served as a sandwich.
Provided by Korsha Wilson
Categories easy, main course
Time 35m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Combine the buttermilk, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, granulated garlic, granulated onion and 1 teaspoon each of the salt and black pepper in a large bowl or large resealable plastic freezer bag. Add catfish pieces; cover or seal and refrigerate for 2 to 8 hours.
- Whisk together the cornmeal, cayenne and remaining 3 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper in a shallow dish or pie pan.
- Heat the oil in a 12-inch skillet to 350 degrees over medium heat.
- Remove the catfish from the buttermilk mixture and dredge in the cornmeal. Let stand 5 minutes.
- Fry the catfish (large pieces first), in batches, until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Drain on a plate lined with paper towels. Serve with additional hot sauce.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 987, UnsaturatedFat 57 grams, Carbohydrate 56 grams, Fat 69 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 34 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 957 milligrams, Sugar 7 grams, TransFat 1 gram
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