Nancy - Posted - 08/16/2011:  05:57:40

I love catfish! Always looking for a great recipe. Oh, yeah...catfish baked is great, but I would love a great recipe for that if you folks have one.

Nancy

pandjlocke - Posted - 08/16/2011:  06:31:23

Spread dijon mustard over the filets, roll 'em in a cajun seasoning/crushed corn flake mixture and fry 'em up. One of my favorite things.

Mopick - Posted - 08/16/2011:  07:26:17

I like my filets sliced into thin pieces that fry up real nice and crisp.  Take the filets and wash in cold water.

In a shallow bowl put 1/4 cup flour and 1 cup white corn meal.

In another bowl lightly beat two eggs.

Season the catfish as desired.  I use salt and pepper.

Dredge the pieces in flour / cornmeal mixture to coat both sides. Then dip in the eggs and dredge in flour / cornmeal mixture again.

Fry in an iron skillet with 1/2 inch of melted shortening heated to 375.  When one side gets nice and brown flip and fry the other side.

Drain on a paper towel.

Aunt Audie Lee would dip the catfish in the eggs and she put her flour and cornmeal in a brown paper bag.   She would put several pieces of catfish in the bag and shake it to coat the catfish.  Then fry in skillet.

lazyarcher - Posted - 08/16/2011:  11:12:39

Nancy--I ran a part time fishing charter on Lake Erie for a few years, and I'd offer fish fries as part of the outing. One of the easiest coatings to deep fry fish in was the cheapest no-name shake and bake type coatings that Loblaws sold. I'd cut each box with 1/2 cup of flour, add some garlic and onion powder. Dredge fillets in flour, then egg/milk mix, then into the coating...then directly into the deep fryer. If you let the fillets sit with the coating on them, the coating gets soggy and dosnt hold to the fish. Make sure the oil is around 375F, and don't overload the fryer or the temp drops too low and you're boiling vs deep frying. Serve with fries and salad....nothing better.

The catfish I've done (we get channel cats) were best in the 3-5lb range. I fillet them, then throw the fillets into a bucket of icewater for 15 mins. The fat on the meat turns whitish, and I remove it. Cut out the blood line in the middle also. We do the same thing with bass fillets, and you think you're eating halibut.

Edited by - lazyarcher on 08/16/2011 11:13:31

Nancy - Posted - 08/16/2011:  13:08:13

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Originally posted by lazyarcher

Nancy--I ran a part time fishing charter on Lake Erie for a few years, and I'd offer fish fries as part of the outing. One of the easiest coatings to deep fry fish in was the cheapest no-name shake and bake type coatings that Loblaws sold. I'd cut each box with 1/2 cup of flour, add some garlic and onion powder. Dredge fillets in flour, then egg/milk mix, then into the coating...then directly into the deep fryer. If you let the fillets sit with the coating on them, the coating gets soggy and dosnt hold to the fish. Make sure the oil is around 375F, and don't overload the fryer or the temp drops too low and you're boiling vs deep frying. Serve with fries and salad....nothing better.

The catfish I've done (we get channel cats) were best in the 3-5lb range. I fillet them, then throw the fillets into a bucket of icewater for 15 mins. The fat on the meat turns whitish, and I remove it. Cut out the blood line in the middle also. We do the same thing with bass fillets, and you think you're eating halibut.

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 Hi. Been off line, but came back on to read some of the posts.

Loblaws? What is that? What is the name of the coating?

 You might guess that here we have no Loblaws.

Maybe just the name of the coating?

I'd appreciate knowing. Thank you for this recipe.

Nancy

Bart Veerman - Posted - 08/16/2011:  13:50:00

Loblaws is a super market chain in Canada

pickNgrin - Posted - 08/16/2011:  14:01:27

I do like Mopick, but without the eggs. Salt & pepper, half flour and half cornmeal, fry, eat. 

-matt

Edited by - pickNgrin on 08/16/2011 14:03:31

lazyarcher - Posted - 08/16/2011:  15:19:24

Oops...sorry Nancy. I thought Loblaws were everywhere.

I use their "no-name" coating mix..its like chicken shake and bake, but its sometimes on sale for $.99 a box. I'm sure any of your big super stores wll have something similiar.