Fried Catfish
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Add one egg into a bowl.
- 2Add a good amount of Dijon mustard.
- 3Add a good amount of Old Bay hot sauce into the bowl.
- 4Add some salt and pepper.
- 5Add onion powder.
- 6Add garlic powder.
- 7Add a good amount of smoked paprika.
- 8Add more Old Bay seasoning.
- 9Zest one lemon into the bowl.
- 10Squeeze the juice of the lemon into the bowl.
- 11Add some fresh dill to the bowl.
- 12Whisk all the ingredients together.
- 13Add one cup of milk and mix it all up.
- 14Add the catfish fillet into the marinade and toss it all around to make sure it is submerged.
- 15In a shallow dish, add about two cups of cornmeal.
- 16Add about a cup of flour to create a 2-to-1 ratio of cornmeal to flour.
- 17Mix the cornmeal and flour together.
- 18Add the same seasonings used for the wet batter to the dry batter, being pretty heavy-handed with it.
- 19Mix all the dry ingredients together.
- 20For the tartar sauce, chop up some fresh dill.
- 21Put the chopped dill in a bowl.
- 22Take some pickles and chop them up.
- 23Add the chopped pickles to the bowl with the dill.
- 24Add a little bit of Dijon mustard.
- 25Add enough mayonnaise to cover all the other ingredients.
- 26Add a little squeeze of lemon juice.
- 27Add a little bit of garlic powder.
- 28Mix the tartar sauce ingredients together.
- 29Add salt and pepper to the tartar sauce.
- 30Pour about two inches deep of frying oil into a pot or cast iron.
- 31Put the pot on the stove and let it heat up to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 32Prepare a sheet tray with a wire rack and paper towels for draining the fried fish.
- 33Take a catfish fillet from the marinade and let some of the liquid drip off.
- 34Place the marinated catfish into the cornmeal and flour mixture, tossing it all over to coat.
- 35Let some of the excess dry batter drip off.
- 36Carefully put the battered catfish into the hot oil. Fry two at a time for about 5 to 7 minutes.
- 37Remove the fried catfish from the oil once done and place it on the wire rack to drain the grease.
Ingredients
- 1 Egg
- 1 good amount Dijon mustard
- 1 good amount Old Bay hot sauce
- 1 good amount Salt
- 1 good amount Pepper
- 1 good amount Onion powder
- 1 good amount Garlic powder
- 1 good amount Smoked paprika
- 1 good amount Old Bay seasoning
- 1 Lemon
- 1 handful Fresh dill
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 Catfish fillet
- 2 cups Cornmeal
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
- 1 some Pickles
- 1 enough to cover all the other ingredients Mayonnaise
Equipment
bowlwhiskcutting boardknifepotsheet traywire rackpaper towelstongs
Tips
- You can be pretty heavy-handed with the seasoning for the dry batter.
- When frying, only do about two at a time.
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